Frank Jakobsen
Frank Jakobsen is a Norwegian jazz musician, known from a number of recordings, and central to the jazz scenes in Bergen and Oslo.
Career
Jakobsen was born and raised in Bergen, where he played in local groups like Danmarks Plass Rock & Jazz, Frk. Pirk, 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.Honors
- Vossajazzprisen
Discography (in selection)
; Within Dag Arnesen's "Ny Bris»- 1982: Ny Bris
- 1982: Cutting Edge
- 1984: Our Man in Paradise
- 1995: Alle tre
- 1992: Secret Red Thread
- 1992: Anaerobics
- 1995: Monk Moods
- 1997: Little Waltz, including Sebastian Dubé & Dag Arnesen
- 2003: Adventures in European New Jazz And Improvised Music, with Mathias Rüegg "Art & Fun" on compilation with various artists
- 2005: Seagull, feat. Karin Krog conducted by John Surman recorded at the Nattjazz Festival, Bergen 2004
- 2007: Meditations on Coltrane, with The Core
- 2008: Som den gyldne sol frembryter
- 2010: Crime Scene, with Terje Rypdal recorded at the Nattjazz Festival, Bergen 2009
- 1992: Nattjazz 20 år
- 1995: Den lilla kvelven, with Kenneth Sivertsen, poems written and read by Jon Fosse
- 1996: Jazz Out of Norway, sampler
- 1997: Med kjøtt og kjærlighet ), within Søyr, poetry by Niels Fredrik Dahl and Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
- 1997: Hybel, within Trang Fødsel
- 1998: Close to My Heart, with Finn Hauge
- 1999: Cocoon, with "Cocoon"
- 2000: City Dust, with Helén Eriksen
- 2001: Touching, with Knut Riisnæs
- 2001: Synchronize Your Watches, within Rob Waring Trio
- 2002: Julestemning, with "Bergen Nord Kammerkor" conducted by Bjørn Berentsen
- 2003: Hush Hush, with Nathalie Nordnes
- 2004: Reworks; :.What Kind of Machine Is This?, with Chillienuts
- 2005: De aller beste, with Trang Fødsel
- 2005: Seagull, within Bergen Big Band feat. Karin Krog & John Surman
- 2005: Join Me in the Park, with Nathalie Nordnes
- 2006: Vargtime 2 – Four Cousins, within Jan Kåre Hystad Kvartett
- 2006: Barna synger Pophits
- 2011: Live in Bergen, with Ole Amund Gjersvik