Jan Kåre Hystad
Jan Kåre Hystad | |
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Hystad in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Hysen |
| Born | 9 July 1955 Stord, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, band leader, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophones, clarinet, flute |
Jan Kåre "Hysen" Hystad (born 9 July 1955) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, flute), and the older brother of jazz saxophonist Ole Jacob Hystad. He is known as leader of his own Quartet and as part of the Bergen Big Band with cooperations with Teje Rypdal, John Surman and Karin Krogh.