Through more than sixty years, he has played with everyone in Norwegian jazz.

Jazzland Recordings is a Norwegian jazz and nu-jazz label based in Oslo, Norway.

Only major international record companies was to be found in Oslo, so Odin soon became the most important national label for contemporary Norwegian jazz.

A piano tuner by profession, he was also a central person in Northern Norwegian jazz.

Hansen was a colorful and highly engaged drummer, and a central figure in Norwegian jazz from 1960 until his death.

He is a prominent figure in modern Norwegian jazz.

From the 1940s on, the violin started to play a more fundamental role in Norwegian jazz.

Oslo is the center of today's Norwegian jazz.

Pioneers of Norwegian jazz including Jan Garbarek.

His cool, almost ambient approach is typical of Norwegian jazz, although recently there have been moves to build bridges with electronica and post-rock.