Frank Jakobsen

Frank Jakobsen (born 28 April 1954) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number of recordings, and central to the jazz scenes in Bergen and Oslo.[1][2]

Frank Jakobsen
Jakobsen at Victoria during the 2016 Oslo Jazzfestival.
Jakobsen at Victoria
during the 2016 Oslo Jazzfestival.
Background information
Born (1954-04-28) 28 April 1954
Bergen, Norway
OriginNorwegian
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician and composer
Instrument(s)Drums

Career

Jakobsen was born and raised in Bergen, where he played in local groups like Danmarks Plass Rock & Jazz (1974–80), Frk. Pirk (1976–78), Bergen Big Band, Trang Fødsel and Son Mu among others. He played with jazz musicians like Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Vigleik Storaas, Olav Dale, Jan Kåre Hystad. During a period where he lived in Oslo he cooperated with Cutting Edge, Thorgeir Stubø, Knut Riisnæs, Paul Weeden, Guttorm Guttormsen, Søyr, Rune Klakegg, Rob Waring and Carl Morten Iversen.[1][2]

Honors

Jakobsen with Bergen Big Band at USF Verftet, Bergen 2014.

Discography (in selection)

Within Dag Arnesen's "Ny Bris»
Within Cutting Edge
  • 1982: Cutting Edge (Odin Records)
  • 1984: Our Man in Paradise (Odin Records)
  • 1995: Alle tre (Curling Legs)
With Carl Morten Iversen and Rob Waring
  • 1992: Secret Red Thread (Odin Records)
Within Rune Klakegg Trio
  • 1992: Anaerobics (Odin Records)
With Knut Kristiansen
  • 1995: Monk Moods (Odin Records)
With Olav Dale Quartet
  • 1997: Little Waltz (NorCD), including Sebastian Dubé & Dag Arnesen
Within Bergen Big Band
With other projects
  • 1992: Nattjazz 20 år (Grappa Music)
  • 1995: Den lilla kvelven (Nimis), with Kenneth Sivertsen, poems written and read by Jon Fosse
  • 1996: Jazz Out of Norway (Odin Records), sampler
  • 1997: Med kjøtt og kjærlighet ((Curling Legs)), within Søyr, poetry by Niels Fredrik Dahl and Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
  • 1997: Hybel (Norsk Plateproduksjon), within Trang Fødsel
  • 1998: Close to My Heart (Ponca Jazz Records), with Finn Hauge (including Olga Konkova & Terje Gewelt)
  • 1999: Cocoon (Acoustic Records), with "Cocoon" (including Barbro Husdal, Carsten Dyngeland & Sigurd Ulveset)
  • 2000: City Dust (Curling Legs), with Helén Eriksen
  • 2001: Touching (Resonant Music), with Knut Riisnæs
  • 2001: Synchronize Your Watches (Resonant Music), within Rob Waring Trio
  • 2002: Julestemning (Lynor), with "Bergen Nord Kammerkor" conducted by Bjørn Berentsen
  • 2003: Hush Hush (EMI Music, Norway), with Nathalie Nordnes
  • 2004: Reworks; :.What Kind of Machine Is This? (), with Chillienuts
  • 2005: De aller beste (Sony BMG Music), with Trang Fødsel
  • 2005: Seagull (Grappa Music), within Bergen Big Band feat. Karin Krog & John Surman
  • 2005: Join Me in the Park (EMI Music, Norway), with Nathalie Nordnes
  • 2006: Vargtime 2 – Four Cousins (Gemini Records), within Jan Kåre Hystad Kvartett
  • 2006: Barna synger Pophits (Barneselskapet)
  • 2011: Live in Bergen (Acoustic Records), with Ole Amund Gjersvik

References

  1. Frank Jakobsen (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. "Jakobsen, Frank Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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