Ole Jacob Hystad
Ole Jacob Hystad is a Norwegian jazz musician. He was born in Stord Municipality, and is the brother of jazz saxophonist Jan Kåre Hystad.
Career
Hystad is leader of his own Ole Jacob Hystad Quartet, originally comprising additional Sigurd Ulveseth, Ben Besiakov,,and Stein Inge Brækhus. Later the quartet substituted Brækhus with Alex Riel for their second album Tune in – take out, and has lately consisted of Dag Arnesen, Sigurd Ulveseth and Frank Jakobsen. 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 with Terje Rypdal's Crime Scene as part of Bergen Big Band.
Discography
As band leader
- 1998: Touch of time, as O.J.H. Quartet
- 2002: Tune in – take out, as O.J.H. Quartet playing music inspired by Dexter Gordon
Collaborative works
;With Ole Amund Gjersvik- 1990: A Voice from the Past
- 1995: Around the Fountain
- 2002: Mot Himmlen I Paris – Piaf På Norsk
- 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
- 2006: Vargtime 2 – Four Cousins
- 2009: Skywatching, including Jan Ingvar Toft, Mike McGurk and Roger Pedersen
- 2013: ''Organics''