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Instruments
  
Saxophone, clarinet

Name
  
Ole Hystad


Genres
  
Jazz

Albums
  
Tune In - Take Out

Born
  
20 July 1960 (age 63) Stord, Norway (
1960-07-20
)

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, band leader, composer

Similar People
  
Sigurd Ulveseth, Bergen Big Band, Christian Welde, Ole Thomsen, Dag Arnesen

Christian welde stratocumulus feat ole jacob hystad sax and roger pedersen guitar


Ole Jacob Hystad (born 20 July 1960 in Stord, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone and clarinet), and the brother of jazz saxophonist Jan Kåre Hystad.

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Career

Hystad is leader of his own Ole Jacob Hystad Quartet, originally comprising additional Sigurd Ulveseth (bass), Ben Besiakov, (piano), and Stein Inge Brækhus (drums). Later the quartet substituted Brækhus with Alex Riel for their second album Tune in – take out (2002), and has lately consisted of Dag Arnesen (piano), Sigurd Ulveseth (bass) and Frank Jakobsen (drums). He also played in Bakeriet Bluesband, and on releases by the musicians Atle Hansen, Lars Erik Drevvatne and Ole Amund Gjersvik, and been at the forefront of Stord Jazz and Blues Festival.

The Hystad brothers toured US and Canada vith Terje Rypdal's Crime Scene as part of Bergen Big Band.

As band leader

  • 1998: Touch of time (Taurus Records), as O.J.H. Quartet (Ben Besiakov, Sigurd Ulveseth & Stein Inge Brækhus)
  • 2002: Tune in – take out (Taurus Records), aws O.J.H. Quartet (Ben Besiakov, Sigurd Ulveseth & Alex Riel) playing music inspired by Dexter Gordon

    • Collaborative works

    With Ole Amund Gjersvik
  • 1990: A Voice from the Past (Acoustic Records)
  • 1995: Around the Fountain (Acoustic Records)
    • With Britt-Synnøve Johansen
  • 2002: Mot Himmlen I Paris – Piaf På Norsk (West Audio Production)
    • Within Bergen Big Band
  • 2003: Adventures in European New Jazz And Improvised Music (Europe Jazz Oddysey), with Mathias Rüegg "Art & Fun" on compilation with various artists
  • 2005: Seagull (Grappa Music), feat. Karin Krog conducted by John Surman recorded at the Nattjazz Festival, Bergen 2004
  • 2007: Meditations on Coltrane (Grappa Music), with The Core
  • 2008: Som den gyldne sol frembryter (Grappa Music)
  • 2010: Crime Scene (ECM Records), with Terje Rypdal recorded at the Nattjazz Festival, Bergen 2009
    • With Jan Kåre Hystad
  • 2006: Vargtime 2 – Four Cousins (Gemini Records)
    • With Christian Welde
  • 2009: Skywatching (WeldeMedia), including Jan Ingvar Toft, Mike McGurk and Roger Pedersen
    • With Organ Jam
  • 2013: Organics (Normann Records)

    • References

    Ole Jacob Hystad Wikipedia
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