Career
Norvoll was early inspired by the West Coast jazz guitarists Barney Kessel and Jim Hall. He was chairman of the Nordnorsk Jazzforum, og sentral i dennes utgivelse av Distant Reports medical nordnorsk jazz (Gemini, 2001). Øystein Norvoll Quintet appeared at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 1988.
He is also a teacher in the music school in Tromsø.
Within the band "Bossa Nordpå" he released the album Uma Onda Number March (2005), including Marit Sandvik (vokal, Henning Gravrok (saxophone), Finn Sletten (drums), Oddmund Finnseth (bass) and Helge Sveen (saxophone). In 2012 they played at Harstad within "Ervik Storband".