Artists

The list of musicians Mathisen has played with is countless, but here are some of them:

D R U M S
ACUÑA, Alex – solo recording artist, drums/perc with Weather Report, Koinonia
ALFONSO, Ludwig
ARNESEN, Rune – Nils Petter Molvær, Rebekka Bakken, Anneli Drecker
BORLAI, Gergo – Tribal Tech
BRUFORD, Bill – solo recording artist, Yes, King Crimson, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks
CARLOCK, Keith – TOTO, Sting, Steely Dan, Wayne Krantz, Chris Botti, John Mayer
CARRINGTON, Terry Lynne – solo recording artist, Herbie Hancock, Clark Terry, Al Jarreau
CHRISTENSEN, Jon – Keith Jarret, Jan Garbarek, John Scofield, Masqualero
DAVIS, Jeff
HERNANDEZ, Horacio “El Negro” – Carlos Santana, Roy Hargrove, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera
HUSBAND, Gary – solo recording artist, John Mclaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Billy Cobham, Quincy Jones
KLEIVE, Audun – Marilyn Mazur, Terje Rypdal
MATTHEWS, Herman – Tower of Power
MAYER, Jojo – solo recording artist, Nerve, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, Screaming Headless Torsos
MORENO, Tony
MAZUR, Marilyn – solo recording artist, percussion with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek
NUSSBAUM, Adam – Sonny Rollins, Michael Brecker, David Liebman, Stan Getz, John Scofield
PILOTO, Giraldo Barreto – Cuba’s number one drummer, leader of Klimax
PETERSON Jr., Ralph – solo recording artist, Michael Brecker
REYES Jr., Walfredo de los – Carlos Santana, percussion with Chicago
SÁNCHEZ, Antonio – Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, John Patitucci, Donny McCaslin
VALIHORA, Martin – Hiromi Uehara
VINACCIA, Paolo – Mike Mainieri, David Darling
ZIMRING, Utsi – Mike Stern, David Kikoski, Jeff Andrews

P I A N O  /  K E Y S
ALLEN, Geri – with Ornette Coleman
BULATKIN, Daniel
CECH, Christoph
COLLIER, Jacob – Hans Zimmer, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Snarky Puppy, Dirty Loops
HOFF, Jan Gunnar – Pat Matheny, Chick Corea
HUSBAND, Gary – solo recording artist, John Mclaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Billy Cobham, Quincy Jones
KIKOSKI, David – solo recording artist, Roy Haynes, Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, Mingus Big Band
KONKOVA, Olga – Adam Nussbaum, Gary Husband, Jojo Mayer
NORDENSTRÖM, Jesper – Joshua Radin, Rebekka Bakken, Loreen
REBELLO, Jason – Sting, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Phill Collins, Joss Stone

G U I T A R
AKKERMAN, Jan  – Focus
BULLOCK, Hiram – Steely Dan, Paul Simon
BURIAN, Juraj
DONOHUE, Jerry – solo guitar artist
KOLLER, Martin – Nils Petter Molvær, Vienna Art Orchestra
LE, Nguyen
LE PAPE, Gildas – Satyricon
RYPDAL, Terje – solo guitar artist
ROBIN, Ruggero – Zucchero, Andrea Bocelli, John Patitucci, Trilok Gurtu
STERN, Mike – Miles Davis
TURGEMAN, Elon – James Moody, Avishai Cohen, Arnie Lawrence, Adam Nussbaum
VINJOR, Nils Einar – Silje Nergaard
WAKENIUS, Ulf – Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Pat Metheny
WESSEL, Kenny

S A X O P H O N E
ABRAMOV, Omri – NOA, Idan Raichel, Dennis Chambers, Pete Lockett, Kurt Rosenwinkel
EVANS, Bill – Miles Davis, Elements, Mahavishnu Orchestra
HOFSETH, Bendik – Steps Ahead
MATHISEN, Ole – Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Lew Soloff, Steve Smith, Mino Cinelu, Dream Theatre
PREINFALK, Gerald – Klangforum Wien, Peter Madsen, Django Bates
THOMAS, Gary – Miles Davis
WETTRE, Petter – Manu Katche, Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Joey DeFrancesco

U P R I G H T   B A S S
ANDERSEN, Arild – Radka Toneff, Don Cherry, Phil Woods, Chic Corea

T R O M B O N E
WASHBURNE, Chris

V I O L I N
SCHMID, Benjamin –  Vienna Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra London, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Amsterdam under conductors such as Christoph von Dohnanyi, David Zinman, Seiji Ozawa or Valery Gergiev.

A C C O R D I O N
PAIER, Klaus

V O C A L
BAKKEN, Rebekka – Wolfgang Muthspiel
BREMNER, Freedom – solo recording artist, Screaming Headless Torsos
CHAMPLIN, Bill – Chicago
JOAO, Maria – Joe Zawinuel
WILLIAMS, Joseph – TOTO

C O M P O S E R  /  A R R A N G E R
LANG, Bernhard – Klangforum (Vienna, AUT)
SUNDE, Helge – Ensemble Denada (Oslo, NOR)

O R C H E S T R A
Ensemble Denada (Oslo, Norway)
Klangforum (Vienna, Austria)
NRK KORK (Oslo, Vienna)