Magni Wentzel
Magni Wentzel (born June 28, 1945 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian singer and guitarist who, despite her classical training, has mainly emerged in the field of jazz .
Life
Wentzel comes from a musical family; her mother was a singer, her father a violinist in the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. At the age of five she sang in the children's theater Totenlaget Barneteater . Then she learned to play the guitar and performed as a jazz singer at the age of twelve. At the age of fourteen she released her first jazz record That Old Feeling . After she was admitted to study as an opera singer at Operahøgskole in Oslo, she decided to learn guitar in Spain from 1963. In 1967 she performed there with Pony Poindexter and with Tete Montoliu . Back in Oslo she performed with the rhythm and blues band of her cousin, Geir Wentzel. Then she worked with jazz musicians like Einar Iversen and Egil Kapstad and founded her own band. From 1977 she also appeared as a soloist with the Danish Radio Big Band and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. She also toured with Charlie Ventura .
At the opening of a Munch exhibition in 1978, she performed as a classical guitarist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC . In 1986 she played the solo guitar in a recording of the Norwegian radio in the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo . Over the next few years she worked with Roger Kellaway , Red Mitchell , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Art Farmer and Mads Vinding . Peter Gullin wrote "Far, Far Away Where Longing Lives" for her (1990). She also appeared in Hoffmann's stories .
Prizes and awards
Wentzel received the Gammleng Prize in 1988; In 1998 she was awarded the Buddy Prize.
Discographic notes
- Sofies plass (Hot Club Records, 1983, with Egil Kapstad, Ole Jacob Hansen , Carl Morten Iversen , Halvard Kausland;. Nominated for the Spellemann Prize )
- All or Nothing at All ( Gemini Records , 1986, with Egil Kapstad, Terje Venaas , Egil Johansen )
- New York Nights (Gemini Records, 1991, with Roger Kellaway, Red Mitchell)
- Porgy & Bess (Hot Club Records, 2001, with Olga Konkova , Nils Jansen , Christian Jaksjø , Carl Morten Iversen, Espen Rud )
- Live (Curling Legs, 2003, with Jørn Øien , Jon Gordon , Carl Morten Iversen, Espen Rud)
- Singles
- Mamma (en gutt har sett på meg) (1958), with Per Nyhaug
- Byssan lull Blues (1958), with Åse Wentzel
- That Old Feeling / My One and Only Love (1959)
- Augustin (1959), with Åse Wentzel & Willy Andresen
- Milk Shake / Troll-Rock (1960)
- Walk on My Side / I Want You (1970)
Web links
- Web presence
- Magni Wentzel at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wentzel, Magni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian singer and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |