Bosse Broberg (born September 6, 1937,
Ludvika
Ludvika () is a bimunicipal city and the seat of Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County within the country of Sweden, with 14,498 inhabitants in 2010.
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The conurbation of Ludvika extends over the border of Smedjebacken Municipality, where a ...
) is a Swedish
jazz
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trumpeter and composer.
Broberg learned to play accordion as a child and switched to trumpet aged 14. He studied music at the
University of Uppsala
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and performed there in his own small ensemble in a
hard bop
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idiom. He worked for many years with
Gugge Hedrenius Görjen "Gugge" Hedrenius (October 2, 1938, Malmö - April 27, 2009, Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz pianist and bandleader.
Hedrenius was active in dixieland revival groups from his teens. He led a small group from 1959 to 1965 that included Idrees ...
beginning in the early 1960s, and was with
Arne Domnerus
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from 1964 to 1968; he also worked with
Börje Fredriksson
Börje Fredriksson (June 30, 1937 – September 21, 1968) was a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist.
Fredriksson was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden. He played at the beginning of the 1960s in a quartet with Bobo Stenson (piano), Palle Danielsson (bass) an ...
and
Jan Johansson. He took leadership of
Sveriges Radio
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's jazz programming in 1966, keeping the position to 1990; he founded the
radiojazzgruppen
Radiojazzgruppen (The Radio Jazz Group) was a Swedish band led by Arne Domnérus (1967–78) and Lennart Åberg (early 1980s). Several prominent Swedish musicians have been members of the group, such as Ulf Andersson, Jan Allan, Bosse Broberg, R ...
in 1967 and composed and arranged for the orchestra. He played with
Red Mitchell
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
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Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ba ...
from 1971 to 1982 and with the
Sandviken Big Band
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from 1975 to 1985. In the 1980s, he worked with
Christer Boustedt
Christer Boustedt (21 March 1939 in Bromma – 4 September 1986 in Alfta, Ovanåker Municipality) was a Swedish musician and actor.
He was primarily a jazz musician playing the saxophone, and contributed film music to many Swedish films.
He was c ...
and
Ã…ke Johansson
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Johansson played as a center half in IFK Norrköping and capped 53 times for the national team between 1955 and 1965. With IFK Norrköping he owns the ...
. He formed a big band in 1995 called Nogenja Jazz Soloist Ensemble. The group's name is a condensation of No Generation Jazz. He won a
Django d'Or
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in 2005.
References
*"Bosse Broberg". ''
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.
Barry Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...
.
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1937 births
Living people
Swedish jazz trumpeters
Male trumpeters
Swedish composers
Swedish male composers
Male jazz musicians
Radiojazzgruppen members