Jan Ole Otnæs
His career as a jazz promoter started in 1969 when he presented Keith Jarrett Trio in his hometown. Jan Ole became the first director of Bodø Kulturhus a new – two venue performing space in Bodø in 1991. He was asked to take over as Artistic Director of Molde Int Jazz Festival in 2001, a position he had until August 2013, when he took over as managing director of Nasjonal Jazzscene – Victoria. Victoria is a 300 cap venue in Oslo presenting around 150 concerts per year, a variety of unestablished acts and nasjonal/ international artists like Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Esperanza Spalding, John McLaughlin etc.