Kristian B. Jacobsen
{{Short description|Norwegian bassist}}
File:Kristian Jacobsen Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2018 (193317).jpg
Kristian Breivik Jacobsen (born 17 January 1992 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian bassist.{{cite web | url=https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/kristianbjacobsen | title=Kristian B. Jacobsen | publisher=All About Jazz | accessdate=2018-08-23}}
Biography
Jacobsen studied music at Norwegian Academy of Music (2012–2013) before joining the jazz program at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2013–2016).
He is part of the Norwegian soul/jazz quartet Rohey together with vocalist Rohey Taalah, keyboardist and composer Ivan Blomqvist and drummer Henrik Lødøen. Together they have toured all over Scandinavia and Europe, and visited most jazz festivals and venues available. Rohey released their debut album A Million Things in 2017 on the label Jazzland Recordings.{{cite news | url=https://morgenbladet.no/kultur/2017/04/hoytsvevende-debut | title=Høytsvevende debut | first=Maria | last=Lokna | newspaper=Morgenbladet | date=2017-04-17 | accessdate=2018-08-23}}
Honors
- 2018: Nominated to the year's newcomer and Gramo scolorship during Spellemannsprisen as part of Rohey{{cite web | url=https://spellemann.no/nominerte/arets-nykommer-gramostipend | title=Årets nykommer & gramostipend: Og de nominerte er | publisher=Spellemannprisen | accessdate=2018-08-23 | archive-date=2018-08-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822145642/https://spellemann.no/nominerte/arets-nykommer-gramostipend/ | url-status=dead }}
- 2015: Young Talents Scholarship by Norwegian Association for Composers and Lyricists{{cite web | url=https://www.tono.no/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Mottakere-av-Unge-Talenter-stipend-2015.pdf | title=Mottakere av Unge Talenter-stipend 2015 | website=Tono.no | accessdate=2018-08-23}}
Discography
= With Rohey =
- 2017: A Million Things (Jazzland Recordings)
= With DRØM =
= With [[Lukas Zabulionis]] =
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHxP_lNUFg ROHEY - I Found Me (Live at Rockefeller)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYwsvRuqlmc ROHEY - Is This All There Is? (Live at Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht)]
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobsen, Kristian B.}}
Category:Norwegian jazz composers
Category:21st-century Norwegian upright-bassists
Category:Avant-garde jazz double-bassists
Category:Norwegian jazz upright-bassists
Category:Norwegian male double-bassists
Category:Avant-garde jazz musicians