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but he has also recorded with artists such as

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, Art Farmer and Tony Williams. He also played at the 1977

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. His 1979 album ''Earmeal'' included session work from brothers

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, Steve and

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, as well as their father, Joe Porcaro. This is one of the few instances where the entire Porcaro family appears together on one album, the most well-known examples being Toto's ''

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'' and '' The Seventh One''. Schaffer is a member of the Electric Banana Band where he plays guitar as the character 'Zebra'. He also performs with the group ''The Night Agent''. Schaffer received the

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in 1999 and in 2005

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Discography – albums

*1973 – ''Janne Schaffer'' *1974 – ''Janne Schaffer's Andra LP'' *1974 – ''The Chinese'' *1976 – ''Katharsis'' *1978 – ''Earmeal'' *1980 – *1982 – *1985 – ''Traffic'' *1987 – *1988 – ''Electric Graffiti'' *1989 – (with Leif Strand, Bo Westman and Nacka Sångensemble) *1989 – (compilation) *1990 – (with Björn J:son Lindh and Gunnar Idenstam) *1992 – *1993 – (compilation) *1995 – *1996 – (compilation) *1996 – (compilation) *2000 – (music from the movie '' Hälsoresan'' with Björn J:son Lindh and Electric Banana Band) *2000 – *2002 – (compilation) *2002 – (with Björn J:son Lindh, Leif Strand and Nacka Sångensemble) *2004 – (compilation) *2005 – (compilation) *2009 – (compilation) *2010 – ''Music Story'' (compilation box) *2013 – (with

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)

Soundtracks

*1970 – ''Förpassad'' *1974 – ' *1979 – '' Repmånad eller Hur man gör pojkar av män'' *1998 – (with

) *1999 – '' Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt'' (with Björn J:son Lindh) *2011 – ''The Stig-Helmer story'' (with Björn J:son Lindh)

Prog, fusion and jazz projects

* Svenska Löd AB: ''Hörselmat'' (1971) * Gabor Szabo: ''Small World'' (1972) * Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band: ''Blues Of Sweden'' (1972) * Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah: ''Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah'' (1973) * ''Jazz Meeting 1.'' (1973) * Rune Gustafsson: ''Killing Me Softly'' (1973) * Pop Workshop: ''Vol. 1.'' (1973) * Pop Workshop: ''Song Of The Pterodactyl'' (1974) * Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band: ''Blues Of Stockholm'' (1974) * Art Farmer: ''A Sleeping Bee'' (1974) * Ablution: ''Ablution'' (1974) * Rune Gustafsson: ''On A Clear Day'' (1976) * Mads Vinding Group Featuring Janne Schaffer: ''Danish Design'' (1977) * Various: ''Montreux Summit, Volume 1'' (1977) * Rune Gustafsson: ''Move'' (1977) * Gabor Szabo: ''Belsta River'' (1979) * Allen Vizzutti: ''Rainbow'' (1981) * Oriental Wind: ''Bazaar'' (1981) * Hector Bingert – Don Menza: ''El Encuentro'' (1983) * Putte Wickman: ''Desire'' (1984) * Urban Agnas: ''Bilder Från En Ö'' (1984) * Putte Wickman: ''Mr Clarinet'' (1985) * Lennart Åberg: ''Green Prints'' (1986) * Leif Strand: 'New Age / De 12 Årstiderna' (1986) * Andreas Vollenweider – Dancing With The Lion (1989) * ''String Along With Basie'': Rune Gustafsson Featuring Jan Schaffer, Georg Wadenius, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1989) * Isildurs Bane – The Voyage (A Trip To Elsewhere) (1992) * Thomas Darelid – ''10 Sånger Utan Sång'' (1992) * Rune Gustafsson: ''Rune Gustafsson'' (1993) * Isildurs Bane: ''Cheval - Volonté De Rocher'' (2002) * Ola Melander Featuring Georg Wadenius, Janne Schaffer, Sofi Hellborg, Blue Marmelade Band: ''Blue Marmelade'' (2011)

Awards and honours

*1989 – Swedish Grammy (

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) for "Instrumental production of the year" with the album Electric Graffiti *1999 –

*2005 –

Illis Quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') ( English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gu ...

*2010 – S:t Eriksmedaljen

References

External links

Janne Schaffer
– Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaffer, Janne 20th-century guitarists 21st-century guitarists Swedish guitarists Male guitarists Swedish film score composers Male film score composers 1945 births Living people Singers from Stockholm Swedish session musicians 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians 21st-century Swedish male singers Recipients of the Illis quorum