Ole Mathisen

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Ole Mathisen
Born (1965-02-13) 13 February 1965 (age 59)
Sandefjord, Vestfold
OriginNorway
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s) Saxophone, clarinet, flute
Website olemathisen.com

Ole Mathisen (born 13 February 1965) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet) and composer. He is a critically acclaimed saxophonist and active performer on the New York City and the international jazz scene, [1] and known for more than 80 recordings. [2] He has performed with artists such as Paula Cole, Louie Vega, Steve Hunt, Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Hiram Bullock, Tom Coster, Mark Egan, Steve Smith, Mino Cinelu, Peter Erskine, Eddie Gómez, Badal Roy, Rufus Reid, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Claudio Roditi, Will Lee, LaVerne Baker, Abraham Laboriel, Randy Brecker, Gil Goldstein, Lew Soloff, Tiger Okoshi, Michael Gibbs, Harvie Swartz, Jon Christensen, Gary Husband, Bill Bruford, Kenny Barron, Bob Moses, Jeff Berlin, Hilton Ruiz, Petter Wettre, Adam Nussbaum, Frankie Valli, and Dream Theater, and has composed music for film and television. [3]

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He is the brother of jazz musicians Per Mathisen (bass), Hans Mathisen (guitar) and Nils Mathisen (keyboards, guitar and bass).

Career

Mathisen received his bachelor's degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1988. While at Berklee he studied for three years with renowned saxophonist Joe Viola. He moved to New York City in 1993 and received a master's degree in Jazz Performance from Manhattan School of Music in 1995, studying saxophone with Bob Mintzer, arranging with Maria Schneider, and film scoring with Ed Green. [1] [3]

Mathisen has been regular with Chris Washburne and his Latin jazz band «SYOTOS Band» (four albums). [4] He was the leader of the orchestra «Anomaly», and with his brothers Per (bass) and Hans Mathisen (guitar) he contributed in Chris Washburne Sextet «NYNDK» (2003–), releasing Jazzheads (2006). [5] Mathisen has also performed with Petter Wettre and Adam Nussbaum/Francois Moutin in the production «Conspiracy».

Otherwise, he has this country contributed to releases by Hans Mathisen and Olga Konkova, and played clarinet on the concert DVD by Dream Theater in 2006. [6]

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

With Russ Lossing, François Moutin and Tony Moreno
With Tony Moreno, François Moutin and Kenny Wessel
With Per Mathisen and Paolo Vinaccia

Collaborations

With Fernando Tarres
With Bob Moses
With Randy Roos
With Mighty Sam McClain
With Ahmad Mansour
With Eduardo Tancredi
With Steve Hunt
With Jamshied Sharifi
With Bruno Råberg
With Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band
With Olga Konkova
With Jiro Yoshida
Within NYNDK (New York Norway Denmark)
Within String Zone including Stig Roar Wigestrand (violin), Per Einar Watle, Øivind Wang Tollefsen (guitars), and Per Mathisen (double-bass)
With Dream Theater
With Stevie Holland
With Chris Washburne
With Hans Mathisen
With Mamak Khadem
With Keiko Lee
With Amir ElSaffar
Within FFEAR including with Chris Washburne (Composer, trombone), Per Mathisen (bass)

Film music

With Michael Gibbs Original Soundtrack

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References

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  5. ↑ Hammerø, Tor (2006-02-24). "NYNDK Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  6. ↑ "Dream Theater - Score (20th Anniversary World Tour) credits". discogs.com. 2006-02-24. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Digital Download - Ole Mathisen - Chinese Horoscope". Jazzheads.com. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
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