Odd-Arne Jacobsen
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Odd-Arne Jacobsen was born on 29.12.1947. He stands today as a unique personal "voice" in European improvisation music, with his own distinctive tone language. Odd-Arne has worked with most of the leading artists in Norway in theatre and music, and has also presented his art internationally. He has had his own television programme in Russia, as well as a solo concert at the Moscow International Jazz Festival and has toured the USA, Mexico, Russia, France, China, Kuwait, Scotland, and Japan. In 1990 he undertook a solo concert of his own compositions in Carnegie Hall
, New York.
, bassist Arild Andersen
and the finish percussionist Edward Vesala
. Odd-Arne soon discovered he didn't want to be an ECM
artist and decided to go his own ways. Projects and tours in Japan and China soon led him to expressions his music would be influenced by. Odd-Arne Jacobsen is the first Norwegian guitar player ever to hold a solo concert in Weil Recital Hall at Carneige Hall, New York. He has also done his own TV shows both in Norwegian television (NRK) and in Russian TV with the show "Vinter nattens hemmeligheter". His success in Russia has also included a performance at Moscow international jazzfestival as a guest solo artist with the Russian guitar legend Alexei Kuznetsovs quartet. Jacobsen is also one of the few Norwegians who have toured with alto saxophonist Arne Domnerus
and the Swedish
jazz guitarist Rune Gustafsson. He also played a Robert Normann memorial gig with Rune Gustafsson in Sarpsborg
, Norway.
Odd-Arne has also had great success as a composer. In the recent years he have written "Music for the silence minority" for guitar, string quartet
and bassoon
. It was performed for the first time at an art-exhibition with works from Edvard Munch
and Gustav Vigeland
at the Munch Museum
in Oslo
.
He also played the opening concert at Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø
, Norway in January 2007. Together with the MIN Ensamble and Edvard Debess he performed his work "For strings Only" written for string quintet
and guitar
for the first time. Odd-Arne are currently working with music students from the University in Tromsø - the world northernmost university
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, New York.
Musical career
In the early 1970s Jacobsen toured with the saxophonist Jan GarbarekJan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
, bassist Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen is a Norwegian bass player.Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet , with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen...
and the finish percussionist Edward Vesala
Edward Vesala
Edward Vesala , born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer....
. Odd-Arne soon discovered he didn't want to be an ECM
ECM (record label)
ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
artist and decided to go his own ways. Projects and tours in Japan and China soon led him to expressions his music would be influenced by. Odd-Arne Jacobsen is the first Norwegian guitar player ever to hold a solo concert in Weil Recital Hall at Carneige Hall, New York. He has also done his own TV shows both in Norwegian television (NRK) and in Russian TV with the show "Vinter nattens hemmeligheter". His success in Russia has also included a performance at Moscow international jazzfestival as a guest solo artist with the Russian guitar legend Alexei Kuznetsovs quartet. Jacobsen is also one of the few Norwegians who have toured with alto saxophonist Arne Domnerus
Arne Domnérus
Sven Arne Domnérus was a Swedish jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist, popularly nicknamed Dompan....
and the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
jazz guitarist Rune Gustafsson. He also played a Robert Normann memorial gig with Rune Gustafsson in Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
, Norway.
Odd-Arne has also had great success as a composer. In the recent years he have written "Music for the silence minority" for guitar, string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
and bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
. It was performed for the first time at an art-exhibition with works from Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
and Gustav Vigeland
Gustav Vigeland
Gustav Vigeland was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo...
at the Munch Museum
Munch Museum
Munch Museum is an art museum in Oslo, Norway dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.-Munch Museum:...
in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
.
He also played the opening concert at Nordlysfestivalen in Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
, Norway in January 2007. Together with the MIN Ensamble and Edvard Debess he performed his work "For strings Only" written for string quintet
String quintet
A string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...
and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
for the first time. Odd-Arne are currently working with music students from the University in Tromsø - the world northernmost university
Albums
| År | Tittel | Plateselskap |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Vakkert Land | HCR |
| 1990 | Odd-Arne Jacobsen, They did not expect him | OAJ Records |
| 1991 | Autumn Rain in May | OAJ Records |
| 1993 | Far North | OAJ Records |
| 2002 | Coro Kallos - The 20th Anniversary | Kojima Recordings |
| 2002 | Tir'D With All These | OAJ Records |
| 2005 | Midnight sessions | OAJ Records |
| 2011 | Prosjekt Obstfelder | TMA Music |
External links
- Official Website
- Odd-Arne's MySpace profile
- Odd-Arne on youtube
- Odd-Arne on Norwegian Wikipedia
- Reference from Professor Per Brevig from The Juillard School,The Metropolitan Opera and The mannes College Of Music
- Reference from professor Haruna Miyake from Ferris University in Japan
- Reference from the University in Tromsø
