Ole Jacob Hansen


Ole Jacob Hansen was a Norwegian jazz musician, known from a number recordings and international cooperation.

Career

Hansen established himself on the Oslo jazz scene first in Tore Sandnæs Big Band, Mikkel Flagstad Quintet, Bjørn Jacobsen Septet, Arild Wikstrøm Quartet and within Kjell Karlsen's various ensembles including at Moldejazz, Bjørn Johansen Quartet. He was subsequently within Bernt Rosengren Orchestra in Stockholm, with Idrees Sulieman, 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 with several gigs at Club 7. He established the club Jazz Alive 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.

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