Aage Teigen (17 July 1944 – 15 January 2014) was a Norwegian jazz musician (

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) and

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born and raised in Oslo. He was from a number of orchestras and active on the Oslo jazz scene. He initiated the

Oslo Jazzfestival Oslo International Jazz Festival (Oslo Jazzfestival, established 1986 in Norway) is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the jazz genre, performed on stages in Oslo. History The pilot project (1984–1985) was init ...

and led the festival between 1986 and 2007. He has played in Per Borthen's Swing Dept. and Christiania Jazzband, as well as Christiania 12. Teigen received the

Oslo City Culture Award The Oslo City Culture Award is a Norwegian award given to a person, group or cultural activity of outstanding achievement in or long-time contribution to arts, science or other cultural work in the city of Oslo's or the country's cultural life. A b ...

in 2002 for his efforts for the Oslo Jazzfestival. Han mottok Oslo Jazzfestivals pris Ella prize in 2011. Teigen died 15 January 2014 after a short-term illness.

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Biography
and pictures at Norsk Musikkinformasjon 2014 deaths 1944 births Norwegian jazz trombonists Male trombonists Musicians from Oslo Norwegian male jazz musicians {{Norway-musician-stub