{{Short description|Norwegian jazz singer and guitarist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Magni Wentzel | image = Åse og Magni Wentzel - 1959.jpg | caption = Magni and Åse Wentzel 1959. | image_size = 260px | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|06|28}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | death_date = | death_place = | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician, composer | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|www.magniwentzel.no}} }}
'''Magni Wentzel''' (born 28 June 1945 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals and guitar), the daughter of musicians Odd Wentzel-Larsen and Åse Wentzel, and known for a number of jazz recordings.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://snl.no/Magni_Wentzel |title=Magni Wentzel Biography |author=Johs Bergh |accessdate=2012-11-05 |publisher=Store Norske Leksikon}}</ref><ref name=mic>{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2006060212091488303501 |title=Wentzel, Magni Biography |date=21 March 2011 |accessdate=2012-11-05 |publisher=Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no}}</ref>
== Career == Wentzel started in "Totenlaget Barneteater" (1951). She was trained by opera singers Erna Skaug, Almar Heggen and professor Paul Lohmann in Wiesbaden, took guitar lessons from 1956, and released her debut jazz album ''That Old Feeling'' in 1959. Instead of attending the first year of the newly established "Statens operahøgskole" in Oslo, she chose to go on learning classical guitar in Spain (1963), Switzerland and England, and taught jazz song under Tete Montoliu.<ref name=snl/> She played on the Club 7 in Oslo within Geir Wentzel Band, and at the same time she was strongly influenced by Aretha Franklin.<ref name=mic/> She collaborated extensively with a series of Oslo-based musicians, like within the quartets and quintets including Einar Iversen and Egil Kapstad. Peter Gullin dedicated the album ''Far, Far Away Where Longing Live'' to her. Later she worked for ''Opera Mobile'', then as the "mother" in '' The Tales of Hoffmann'' by Offenbach.<ref name=mic/>
== Honors == *Gammleng-prisen 1988 *Buddyprisen 1998<ref name=snl/>
== Discography ==
=== Solo albums === *1969: ''Magni Wentzel Plays'' (Polydor), Norwegian versions of pop songs ''Frank Mills'' and ''Starshine'' from the musical Hair *1975: ''Guitar And Flute'' (Polydor), classic classics with Torkil Bye Flute *1978: ''Jeg Synger For Min Lille Venn'' (VNP), children's album with her mother Åse Wentzel *1983: ''Sofies Plass'' (Hot Club Records), a famous jazz pieces with Egil Kapstad, Halvard Kausland, Ole Jacob Hansen & Carl Morten Iversen, nominated for the Spellemannprisen *1986: ''All Or Nothing at All'' (Gemini Records), with Egil Kapstad, Terje Venaas & Egil Johansen *1988: ''My Wonderful One'' (Gemini Records), classics with Art Farmer, Egil Kapstad, Terje Venaas & Egil Johansen *1991: ''New York Nights'' (Gemini Records), jazz hits with Red Mitchell & Roger Kellaway *1995: ''Come Away With Me'' (Gemini Records), jazz standards, with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Roger Kellaway *1997: ''Turn Out The Stars'' (Hot Club Records), varied wipers, among them four from West Side Story, with Roger Kellaway & Mads Vinding *2000: ''Porgy & Bess'' (Hot Club Records), music by George Gershwin with her own sextet (including Olga Konkova, Nils Jansen, Christian Jaksjø, Carl Morten Iversen & Espen Rud) *2002: ''Divergence'' (Hot Club Records), jazz and Spanish guitar music recorded 1997, with Mads Vinding & Roger Kellaway *2010: ''Live'' (Curling Legs), recordings from the club ''Håndverkeren'' by NRK, at "Oslo Jazzfestival" 2003, with Jørn Øien, Jon Gordon, Carl Morten Iversen & Espen Rud
=== Singles === *1958: ''Mamma (En Gutt Har Sett På Meg)'', with Per Nyhaugs orkester *1958: ''Byssan lull Blues'', with Åse Wentzel *1959: ''That Old Feeling/My One And Only Love'' *1959: ''Augustin'', with Åse Wentzel & Willy Andresens orkester *1960: ''Milk Shake/Troll-Rock'' *1970: ''Walk on My Side/I Want You''
=== Collaborative works === ;With other projects *1994: ''Stille Vann'', with Torhild Nigar *2004: ''Syng & le – de beste fra 1952–1962'', with Åse Wentzel *2005: ''Portrait of a Norwegian Jazz Artist'' with Erik Amundsen
;With various artists *1988: ''The Jazz Sampler'' *1992: ''Fra En Musikers Dagbok'' *1997: ''Gemini – The Jazz Sampler Vol. 3'' *2003: ''Turning Pages – Jazz in Norway Vol. 4'' *2005 ''Stellar Voyage – Rare Rock Grooves And Fusion From Norway'' *2005 ''Turning Pages: Jazz In Norway 1960–70'' *2006 ''Hørt & Uhørt – 28 Diamanter Fra 50-tallet'' *2006 ''Jazz Collection 1'' *2007 ''NRK Sessions: Soul, Afro-Jazz And Latin From The Club 7 Scene''
== References == {{portal|Norway|Jazz|Music}} {{reflist}} {{commons category|Magni Wentzel}}
== External links == *{{Official website}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BiQU4VFVCY "That Old Feeling" sung by Magni Wentzel, Oslo 1959. Audio only] on YouTube
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