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Frode Kjekstad

Born: November 23, 1974

Frode Kjekstad is a Norwegian jazz guitarist, married to jazz singer Aina Fridén, and known from collaboration and recordings with jazz musicians Lonnie Smith, Eric Alexander, Mike LeDonne, Joe Farnsworth, Byron Landham, Alberto Marsico, Frank Foster, Johnny Griffin, Don Menza, Jim Morrison, Mark Nightingale, Claire Martin, Deborah Brown, and Wendell Brunious. 

He has performed at clubs like Ronnie Scott´s in London and Smoke in New York.

Kjekstad is known for a virtuoso way of playing the guitar, and has done many projects in the guitar/organ/drums trio concept, but also solo, duo, trio and all kind of combos. His style is influenced by different hornplayers and pianoplayers, exemplified by counterpoint chord melodies, and swinging basslines in his solo and duo work with singers and hornplayers.

Stars Aligned

By Frode Kjekstad

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Phineas Train; Open Ocean; Blues 4u; Bonebreaker; Moon Song; Stars Aligned; Hammond Cheese; Foggy Morning In The Woods; Jingles.

Frode Kjekstad Qrt: Stars Aligned

by Glenn Astarita
March 11, 2026

Talented Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad discovered jazz in his early teens through the bebop genius of Charlie Parker and the refined touch of Joe Pass. He started formal jazz guitar studies at fifteen and moved to Oslo in 1994, where he immersed himself in the local scene and performed with legends like Johnny Griffin, Frank Foster, ...

Losen Records' Winning Formula?

by Friedrich Kunzmann
December 4, 2019

No formula at all. The only thing that remains constant from release to release on Norwegian label Losen Records is the fact, that no album will sound anything like the last. Home to young talents, such as the Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni Skúlason or the Russian saxophone virtuoso Masha Art, as well as old hands along ...

A Piece of the Apple

By Frode Kjekstad

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: A Piece of the Apple; Malala; The Three Musketeers; Not While I'm Around; That's All; Cold Duck Time; My Shining Hour; Invitation; The Lone Ranger.

Frode Kjekstad: A Piece of the Apple

by Geno Thackara
August 7, 2017

There's no telling just when or why a certain place will sink its hooks into you. However active Frode Kjekstad remains in his native Norway, he's clearly left his heart in New York City. The bustling personality of the metropolis can be felt all over his bop-and-blues compositions and fleet fretwork. With a classy full-bodied tone ...

The Italian Job

By Frode Kjekstad

Label: Curling Legs
Released: 2013
Track listing: Split Second; Majority; The Stringbearer; Giu La Testa; Freedom Theme; Jack-Pot; Waltz for E.P.; Blues for Alice in Wonderland; Pino; Liersangen; Teeth for Tooth.

Frode Kjekstad: The Italian Job

by Ian Patterson
March 11, 2013

The sound of a Hammond organ has the knack of automatically resetting your watch to 1960-something, just as wah-wah guitar unfailingly conjures the 1970s and the dreaded synthesizer, the 1980s. And whilst Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad's organ trio unequivocally revives the spirit of organists Jack McDuff and Jimmy Smith on The Italian Job, his trio--with organist ...

Frode Kjekstad Italian Job Trio: London, UK, November 19, 2012

by Ian Patterson
December 4, 2012

Frode Kjekstad Italian Job TrioRonnie Scott's Jazz ClubSoho, London, EnglandNovember 19, 2012The London Jazz Festival may have ended for another year the day before, after 10 exhilarating days, but jazz never rests at 47 Frith Street Soho, home to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Monday night was business as usual, as it ...

New York Time

By Frode Kjekstad

Label: Curling Legs
Released: 2005
Track listing: The Way You Look Tonight; Sugar; Autumn in New York; Prospect Park S.W.; Secret Love; Brooklyn Bound; Laura; Road Song; Over Easy. (51:22)