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Jan Johansson (September 16, 1931 – November 9, 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist. He is little known outside Scandinavia, and his records are not widely available, though Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, and is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden.
Johansson was a native of Söderhamn, in the Hälsingland province of Sweden. Studying classical piano as a child, he would also go on to master the guitar, organ and accordion, before turning on to swing and bebop as a teenager. He met saxophonist Stan Getz while at university. He abandoned his studies to play jazz full time, and worked with many American jazz musicians, becoming the first European to be invited to join the Jazz at the Philharmonic package.
The years 1961 to 1968 produced a string of classic albums, which would help define his style of re-imagining traditional European folk tunes via jazz and the avant garde. These included Jazz på svenska and Jazz på Ryska (Jazz in Russian) which are both available in an expanded form on CD. Jazz på Ungerska (Jazz in Hungarian) together with Danish Jazz violinist Svend Asmussen is the third album in that series. Jazz in Swedish comprises variations on sixteen Swedish folk songs with Georg Riedel playing acoustic bass. During this period, Johansson also made several recordings with Radiojazzgruppen.
Johansson was a native of Söderhamn, in the Hälsingland province of Sweden. Studying classical piano as a child, he would also go on to master the guitar, organ and accordion, before turning on to swing and bebop as a teenager. He met saxophonist Stan Getz while at university. He abandoned his studies to play jazz full time, and worked with many American jazz musicians, becoming the first European to be invited to join the Jazz at the Philharmonic package.
The years 1961 to 1968 produced a string of classic albums, which would help define his style of re-imagining traditional European folk tunes via jazz and the avant garde. These included Jazz på svenska and Jazz på Ryska (Jazz in Russian) which are both available in an expanded form on CD. Jazz på Ungerska (Jazz in Hungarian) together with Danish Jazz violinist Svend Asmussen is the third album in that series. Jazz in Swedish comprises variations on sixteen Swedish folk songs with Georg Riedel playing acoustic bass. During this period, Johansson also made several recordings with Radiojazzgruppen.
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medullaman wrote:
Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [19]
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arglactable wrote:
Get off fucking Stratovarius fags, i am here because of Opeth. [2] lol. Power metal.
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Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [18]
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Glad to see Mikael and friends are bringing Jan's work to a wider audience. Check out Lapp-Nils Polska if you want a really fun, quintesentially Swedish track.
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Killer stuff.
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thank you Agnes Obel :)
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Pianohallick.
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Get off fucking opeth fags, i am here because of Stratovarius.
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Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [15]
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Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [14]
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Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [13]. It so cool to listen to russian folk songs in jazz.
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Father of Anders and Jens from Hammerfall and Stratovarius
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AmrHassanMorsy wrote:
Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [12] yeah, just knew him because of the new record :).
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arglactable wrote:
God damn. Everything he mentions is amazing. The man has impeccable taste.
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Thank you Mikael Åkerfeldt [11]
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Mikael Åkerfeldt [10]
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JustSomeOldJoe wrote:
Listened to 8 bitar / Innertrio for the first time. Feel truly cheated. I should have heard it 40 years ago.
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