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Frank Jakobsen

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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 (age 70)
Bergen, Norway
OriginNorwegian
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician and composer
InstrumentDrums

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]

Career

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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

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

Discography (in selection)

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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
With Olav Dale Quartet
Within Bergen Big Band
With other projects

References

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  1. ^ a b c Frank Jakobsen (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Jakobsen, Frank Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Vossajazzprisen
1997
Succeeded by