Ole Jacob Hansen Explained

Ole Jacob Hansen
Birth Date:16 April 1940
Birth Place:Oslo
Origin:Norway
Instrument:Drums
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, Drummer

Ole Jacob Hansen (16 April 1940 in Oslo, Norway – 6 March 2000) was a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number recordings and international cooperation.[1]

Career

Hansen established himself on the Oslo jazz scene first in Tore Sandnæs Big Band (1958), Mikkel Flagstad Quintet (1959), Bjørn Jacobsen Septet (1958–60), Arild Wikstrøm Quartet (1961) and within Kjell Karlsen's various ensembles including at Moldejazz (1962), Bjørn Johansen Quartet (1962). He was subsequently within Bernt Rosengren Orchestra in Stockholm (1963–64), with Idrees Sulieman (1964), and in Paris with Eric Dolphy and Donald Byrd.

At the Metropol Jazz Club he played with a number of the world's leading jazz musicians. During the 1970s, he contributed to several recordings with Ditlef Eckhoff, Paul Weeden and Terje Bjørklund, as well as within Adonis (74–75) with several gigs at Club 7.[2] He established the club Jazz Alive (1980) in Oslo, and in the 1980s and 1990s he played with Thorgeir Stubø, Lee Konitz, Doug Raney, Laila Dalseth, Jan Erik Vold, Harald Gundhus, Knut Riisnæs, Totti Bergh, and Einar Iversen.

Hansen was a colorful and highly engaged drummer, and a central figure in Norwegian jazz from 1960 until his death.[2]

Honors

Discography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ole Jacob Hansen Discography . 2012-12-12 . Discogs.com.
  2. Encyclopedia: Johs . Bergh . Ole Jacob Hansen Biography . Norwegian . 2012-12-12 . . Kunnskapsforlaget.

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