Nils Jansen
Nils Jansen | |
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Born | Haugesund, Rogaland | 30 March 1959
Origin | Norway |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger and music teacher |
Instruments | Tenor, soprano, bass saxophone, bass clarinet |
Nils Jansen (born 30 March 1959 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), known from several recordings and jazz orchestras.[1]
Career[]
Jansen attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1995–98), and joined band like Ellipse, Per Husby Quintet, "Trondheim Big Band" and Søyr. After moving to Oslo, he has played within orchestras like "Radiostorbandet", med Espen Rud Sextet, Trygve Seim Ensemble, Magni Wentzel Sextet, "Sharp 9", and musicians like Christina Bjordal, Staffan William-Olsson and Håkon Storm.[1]
Jansen and Espen Rud has had a number of performances with the show Jazzmask for Rikskonsertene.[2]
Discography[]
- Within Søyr
- 1988: Vectors (Hot Club Records)
- With Karsten Brustad
- 1991: Intarsia (Origo Sound)
- With Trygve Seim
- 2000: Different Rivers (ECM Records)
- 2005: Sangam (ECM Records)[3]
- Within "Østenfor Sol»
- 2001: Troillspel (MajorStudio)
- Within the Magni Wentzel Sextet
- 2001: Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Norway Music)
- With Helge Sunde &
- 2006: Denada (ACT), feat. Olga Konkova & Marilyn Mazur
- Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
- 2009: What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale (MNJ Records), feat. Erlend Skomsvoll
- 2011: Migrations (MNJ Records), feat. Øyvind Brække
- 2011: Kinetic Music (MNJ Records), feat. Magic Pocket
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Jansen, Nils – Biografi". Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Barnehagekonserter" (in Norwegian). Rikskonsertene. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Trygve Seim – Sangam – Review". ECM Records. Retrieved 1 September 2013.[dead link]
External links[]
Categories:
- Norwegian jazz saxophonists
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Male jazz composers
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
- Musicians from Haugesund
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 21st-century saxophonists
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- Ensemble Denada members
- Søyr members