Bengt-Arne Wallin (13 July 1926 in

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Churc ...

– 23 November 2015) was a Swedish jazz composer, arranger, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player who played jazz influenced by Swedish traditional folk music. He also wrote film scores.

Biography

Between 1953 and 1965, he worked in the ensembles of Arne Domnérus and

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'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,

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, Nils Landgren,

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and Wolfgang Schlüter). From 1972 to 1993, he worked as a lecturer at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.

Awards and honors

In 1962 and 2002, he was awarded the Swedish jazz prize

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. For his music production ''Visa fran Barnrike'' he received in 1970 the international radio award ''Prix Triumph Variete''. He was awarded the

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by the Swedish government in 2002. 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)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallin, Bengt-Arne 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 Recipients of the Illis quorum