Frank Robert Cook (March 25, 1924 – August 13, 1982) was a Norwegian jazz musician and band leader. Cook was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, the son of Axel Brynjulf Christensen Cook (1886–1927) and Ingeborg Alma Cook (née Isaksen, 1888–1982). He was known for his performances in the 1950s with

Nora Brockstedt Nora Brockstedt (20 January 1923 – 5 November 2015) was a Norwegian singer. She was the first person ever to represent Norway in the European Song Contest, appearing as the Norwegian entrant in 1960 and 1961. She was first nationally kno ...

Per Asplin Per Asplin (10 August 1928 – 9 October 1996) was a Norwegian-Danish pianist, singer, composer and actor, born in Tønsberg. He co-starred in a handful of films as well as participating in Melodi Grand Prix five times in the 1960s. He is still p ...

, Lillian Harriet, and Frank Ottersen, in

Rowland Greenberg Rowland Charles Wentworth Greenberg (28 August 1920 – 2 April 1994) was a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet), seen by many as one of the foremost names in Norwegian jazz in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born and died in Oslo. Career With a styl ...

's quintets and the Carsten Klouman Trio, as well as in his own ensemble, Frank Cook's Orkester, where he played bass together with vocalists such as Anders Saus and

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. Cook made recordings with Sverre Cornelius Lund and Arnstein Johansen in the 1960s, and he appeared on

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

with Kjell Halvorsen (piano) and

Bjørn Krokfoss Bjørn Krokfoss (born 10 August 1943 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drummer), known from playing within Magnolia Jazzband (1968) og Stokstad/Jensen Trad.Band (1969), Canal Street Jazzband (1976), in Rowland Greenberg's band (1979). Bi ...

(drums) from 1967 onward. He wrote the film score for '' Gylne ungdom'' (1956) and contributed to the volume ''Toner fra tigerstaden: musikk, mennesker og miljø fra Oslos revyliv 1905–78'' (Tones from Tiger Town: Music, People, and the Ambiance of Oslo's Cabaret Life, 1905–78; Fabritius, 1979). His band participated in recordings with artists such as

Britt Langlie Britt Langlie (born 14 January 1945) is a Norwegian stage, film and television actress. Information Born in Trondheim, she made her debut at Trøndelag Teater in 1966. From 1967 she has worked at Det Norske Teatret. In 1981 she was awarded the Nor ...

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, and Jan Høiland, and it was a fixture in the early episodes of

Roald Øyen Roald Øyen (born 12 September 1940) is a Norwegian television host and television personality for NRK. Øyen joined NRK in 1962 and hosted the programme '' Bit for bit, bilde for bilde'' (Bit by Bit, Frame by Frame) and has commentated for Norway ...

's television program '' Bit for bit, bilde for bilde''. Frank Cook is buried at

Vestre Gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen (station), Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a cremator ...

in Oslo.Frank Cook at Gravminner i Norge
/ref> Frank was the brother of the singer and actress Ingeborg Cook.

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1924 births 1982 deaths Norwegian jazz bass guitarists Burials at Vestre gravlund Jazz musicians from Oslo {{Norway-musician-stub