Bengt-Arne Wallin
Bengt-Arne Wallin (13 July 1926 in Linköping – 23 November 2015) was a Swedish jazz composer, arranger, trumpeter, and flugelhorn palyerist who played jazz influenced by Swedish traditional folk music. He also wrote film scores.[1]
Biography[]
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Between 1953 and 1965, he worked in the ensembles of Arne Domnérus and Lars Gullin, as well as the Radiobandet with Harry Arnold. He performed with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson. During this time he also participated in Benny Golson's sessions with Scandinavian musicians.
His arrangements of Swedish folklore, which were initially recorded under the title Old Folklore in Swedish Modern 1962 with a big band, featured soloists such as Domnérus, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab and Georg Riedel and strings. He returned to this musical area in 1997 with the JazzBaltica ensemble (including Tomasz Stańko, Nils Landgren, Bugge Wesseltoft and Wolfgang Schlüter).[2] From 1972 to 1993, he worked as a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Stockholm.
Awards and honors[]
In 1962 and 2002, he was awarded the Swedish jazz prize Gyllene Skivan. For his music production Visa fran Barnrike erhielt he received in 1970 the international radio award Prix Triumph Variete. In 2010 he was honored with the Swedish Django d'Or as "Master of Jazz".
Discography[]
- Isn't It Romantic (Vik, 1957)
- Old Folklore in Swedish Modern (DUX, 1962)
- Adventures in Jazz and Folklore (DUX, 1965)
- Barnkammarmusik (Megafon, 1966)
- Dear John (Dunhill, 1966)
- Visa Fran Barnrike (SR, 1970)
- The Magic Box (SR, 1971)
- Wallin/Wallin (DUX, 1971)
- Varmluft (Sonet, 1972)
- The Unexpected Symphony (Sonet, 1979)
- Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (Dragon, 1983)
- Miles from Duke (Phono Suecia, 1986)
- A Swedish Tribute to Duke (Phono Suecia, 1995)
- The Birth and Rebirth of Swedish Folk Jazz (ACT, 1998)[3]
References[]
- ^ "Godnattvalsen by Bengt-Arne Wallin (Translated from Swedish by Rest in Peace)". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Woelfle, Marcus A. (1998-01-31). "The Birth & Rebirth Of Swedish Folk Jazz - Bengt-Arne Wallin". RondoMagazin.de. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "The Birth And Rebirth Of Swedish Folk Jazz". Nordische-Musik.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
External links[]
- Bengt-Arne Wallin at AllMusic
- Bengt-Arne Wallin discography at Discogs
- Bengt-Arne Wallin at IMDb
- 1926 births
- 2015 deaths
- Swedish music arrangers
- Swedish film score composers
- Swedish jazz trumpeters
- Male trumpeters
- Swedish jazz composers
- Male jazz composers
- People from Linköping
- Male film score composers