Arvid Gram Paulsen (born 4 January 1922 in Kristiania – 11 April 1963) was a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and trumpet) and composer.

Biography

Gram Paulsen joined the orchestra at Oslo Swingklubb, and a new quartet with Lulle Kristoffersen and

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, under the leadership of

Rowland Greenberg Rowland Charles Wentworth Greenberg (28 August 1920 in Oslo – 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. Career With a style inspired by the Engl ...

(1940). Beyond the 1940s, he joined the studio band of Syv Muntre, and various ensembles led by Svein Øvergaard,

, Willie Vieth, Jens Book-Jensen, Alf Søgaard, Pete Iwers and Finn Westbye. By Kurios record contributions may be mentioned that during

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in conjunction with Alf Søgaard, contributed to

Kari Diesen Kari Diesen (née Heide-Steen; 24 June 1914 – 18 March 1987) was a Norwegian singer and revue actress. She worked for the revue theatre Chat Noir from 1937 to 1953, and for the Edderkoppen Theatre from 1954 to 1959. She participated in 24 ...

's album ''Problemet''/''Minorka'' (1942). In the 1950s he played within

's Orchestra and led his own bands. Before he died he performed at the

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in 1962.

Honors

*1957: Buddyprisen

Discography

*2001: ''Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist – Arvid Gram Paulsen'' (Gemini Records)

References

External links

Kristian Bergheim in memoriam
by Jan Ditlev Hansen at

NRK Jazz NRK Jazz is a Norwegian radio station operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that broadcasts jazz on DAB Digital Radio Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum. Digital ...

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