Ola Mathias Calmeyer (14 April 1930 in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

- 5 June 2003) was a Norwegian jazz

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

. He was the brother of the actor

Joachim Calmeyer Kåre Joachim Calmeyer (23 June 1931 – 26 December 2016) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Oslo, and grew up in Horten and Tromsø. He was the brother of jazz musician Ola and journalist Bengt Calmeyer. He made his stage debut at Rogaland ...

and the author Bengt Calmeyer, and known from a number of collaborations and album releases.

Biography

After growing up in

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, he was part of the

jazz scene (1949–53), was in

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(1953–63), and performed in

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(1963–75), where he established Urijazz in

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among other things. After moving to

and becoming a central part of the jazz scene there (1975–1990) he performed with the house orchestra at

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, Winds Hot & Cool, as well as bands led by Brinck Johnsen, Alf Kjellman

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, Paul Weeden,

Odd Riisnæs Odd Riisnæs (born 12 May 1953) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer. He was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of pianist Eline Nygaard Riisnæs and the younger brother of jazz saxophonist Knut Riisnæs. He is known from a series of ...

, and

Carl Magnus Neumann Carl Magnus Neumann, also known as Calle (31 July 1944 in Oslo, Norway), is a noted saxophonist, considered one of the best in Norway. Biography Neumann started playing the flute at an early age, before picking up the clarinet, playing with di ...

. There after he established his own label Jazzland in partnership with the jazz bassist Arne Styhr, whereupon he gave him out plate with his own band "Mallorcatrio" with

Ole Jacob Hansen Ole Jacob Hansen (16 April 1940 in Oslo, Norway – 6 March 2000) was a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number recordings and international cooperation. Career Hansen established himself on the Oslo jazz scene first in Tore San ...

on drums and

Terje Venaas Terje Venaas (born 30 March 1947 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from dozens of recordings and a number of international cooperation. Career Venaas started playing music within several local bands in the M ...

/Kai Hartvigsen on upright bass, with contributions from his brother

, and Bjørn Johansen. Carl Petter Opsahl
Ola Calmeyer Prosjekt: «Jazzpoem»
anmeldelse fra VG (9.8.05) He also released the album ''Rainbow sessions'' with

Bjarne Nerem Bjarne Arnulf Nerem (31 July 1923 in Oslo, Norway – 1 April 1991 in Oslo), was a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone and clarinet) among the foremost soloists in Norwegian jazz. He was in the tradition of Lester Young, ...

Kristian Bergheim Kristian Bergheim (6 June 1926 in Bærum – 30 May 2010) was a noted saxophonist, considered one of the few in Norway of international caliber. Biography Bergheim was raised in Asker and in Stabekk in the neighboring municipality Bærum, wher ...

and Eyvind Olsen. More recently, he led a new version of the orchestra "Havna Swingers 95" (which he established in 1948-49) releasing an album, and collaborated with the poet

Triztán Vindtorn Triztán Vindtorn (31 July 1942 – 4 March 2009), born Kjell Erik Larsen, was a Norwegian poet and performance artist from Drammen. He made his literary debut with the poetry collection ''Sentrifuge'' in 1970. His latest collections were ''Jeg ka ...

. In a quartet with Jørn Winnæss,

Halvard Kausland Halvard Magne Kausland (25 April 1945 – 21 December 2017) was a Norwegian jazz guitarist and civil servant. Biography He hails from Sund. He has his education from the ''Norges kommunal- og sosialhøgskole'', Agder Regional College and ...

, and Kristen Svendsen released on two albums (1997, 2000).

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Jazzpoem'' (1990) * ''Jazz i blått spindelvev'' (1997) with Alexander Grieg, Geir Åge Johnsen and Jørn Winnæss * ''Fingersongs'' (1999) with Jørn Winnæss * ''Oleo!'' (2006) * ''Our Buddy'' (2010)

Other contributions

* Winds Hot & Cool: ''Nostalgia Up to Date'' (1984) *

: ''Rainbow sessions'' (1990) * Monica Borgen: ''Choice'' (1998) *

: ''Live at Kongsberg and Other Unreleased Works'' (2008)

References

External links

Biography at Jazzbasen.

Discography at Jazzbasen.
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