Live Foyn Friis - Værfast (2021)

Live Foyn Friis (aka Liive) is a Norwegian jazz singer and composer/songwriter born in Bærum, Norway.

‘One of the hottest names on the Scandinavian Jazz heaven right now!’ – Jazzspecial

Live Foyn Friis has travelled around the world with her projects and worked with international names in different parts of the world, (as Bobby McFerrin, Mike Stern, Nelson Faria, Rubem Farias, Nikolaj Hess, Brian Blade, DR Big Band, Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, Nord-Norsk Symfoniorkester, John Scofield, Luboš Soukup).
Several of her albums has been nominated for international prizes like Danish Music Awards, The Years Big Band album in Japan, The Music Prize in Norway, and she won the prizes The Years Young Jazz Composer, and Denmarks New Jazz Star!
She has released 8-10 albums of jazz and indie in her own name Live Foyn Friis, and under the band names Foyn Trio!, Liis, The Baby Zebras, Touché Monet, The Bob Nova.
In 2017 she was signed to the label Universal with her pop-project Liive, and has released radio singles, and played support for Britney Spears on Denmarks biggest stage. She’s also written music for other artists in Los Angeles, London and Asia and is now currently working on her coming albums with Liive, her jazz quartet Live Sings Sassy, Rykte and new music for trio and big band.