Ole Jacob Hystad

Norwegian jazz musician (born 1960)

Ole Jacob Hystad
Born	(1960-07-20) 20 July 1960 (age 63) Stord, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, band leader, composer
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, clarinet

Musical artist

Ole Jacob Hystad (born 20 July 1960) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone and clarinet). He was born in Stord, and is the brother of jazz saxophonist Jan Kåre Hystad.^[1]

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).^[1] 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.^[2]

The Hystad brothers toured US and Canada with Terje Rypdal's Crime Scene as part of Bergen Big Band.^[3]

Discography

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), as O.J.H. Quartet (Ben Besiakov, Sigurd Ulveseth & Alex Riel) playing music inspired by Dexter Gordon^[4]

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

^ ^a ^b Bjørn Stendahl (13 December 2002). "Saxer fra Bergen" (in Norwegian). Ny Tid. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
^ Aleksander Vallestad (25 July 2006). "Ingen vil ha jazzstafettpinnen" (in Norwegian). SunnHordland.no. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
^ Vilde Hjertholm Lunde (30 June 2012). "Ole Jacob Hystad i USA" (in Norwegian). SunnHordland.no. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
^ Tor Hammerø (2 September 2002). "Ole Jacob Hystad Quartet: Tune in – take out Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 3 November 2012.