Nils Lindberg (11 June 1933 – 20 February 2022) was a Swedish composer and pianist.
Biography
Lindberg was born in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
on 11 June 1933. He was known both as a jazz composer and musician, but was also active in other styles.
Several of his works are written in a style combining elements of jazz, Swedish folk music and classical music.
He studied musicology at Uppsala University from 1952 to 1956 and then composition at the
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm ( sv, Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was mad ...
, from 1956 to 1960.
"While still a student he began playing professionally with"
Benny Bailey
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Biography
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Bailey briefly studied flute and piano before turning to trumpet. He attended the Cleveland Conserva ...
(1957–8), Anders Burman (1958),
Ove Lind (1959),
Lars Gullin
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Career
Lars Gullin was born in Visby, Sweden. He was a child prodigy on the accordion. At age thirteen, he played clarinet in a military band and later l ...
, and
Putte Wickman.
He played with a touring
Duke Ellington
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in 1973 and recorded with vocalist
Karin Krog
Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer.
Life and career
Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in ...
in 1976.
Lindberg died on 20 February 2022, at the age of 88.
Discography
As arranger
*''Swedish Folk Tunes from Dalecarlia'' - Andrew Canning, church organ, Uppsala Cathedral Choir, Milke Falck Proprius, PRSACD 2032 (2004)
*''Timeless - Dalecarlian Paintings'' -
Jan Allan
Jan Bertil Allan (born 7 November 1934) is a Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer. He is the winner of a Grammis Award, the Swedish equivalent of the Grammys. He has also composed for several films such as ''The Adventures of Picasso'' (1978), '' ...
, trumpet,
Putte Wickman, clarinet,
Arne Domnérus, alto saxophone,
Bjarne Nerem
Bjarne Arnulf Nerem (31 July 1923 in Oslo, Norway – 1 April 1991 in Oslo), was a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone and clarinet) among the foremost soloists in Norwegian jazz. He was in the tradition of Lester Young ...
, tenor saxophone,
Anders Lindskog, tenor saxophone, Erik Nilsson, baritone saxophone, Torgny Nilsson, trombone, Jan Allan, trumpet, alto horn, Nils Lindberg, piano, organ, conductor, Björn Alke, bass,
Sture Nordin
Sture Nordin (11 November 1933 – 11 October 2000) was a leading Swedish jazz bassist. , bass, Roman Dylag, bass, Fredrik Norén, drums, Nils-Erik Slörner, drums, The Fresk Quartet, Sockentrio from Rattvik, Swedish Radio Orchestra Prophone, PCD 081 (2005)
*''Speglingar - Mytologiska bilder'' Anders Paulson, soprano saxophone, Dalasinfoniettan, Bjarne Engeset Swedish Society Discofil, SCD 1140 (2008)
Source:
Bibliography
*''As You are, Music Memories'' (2006), Swedish, 168 pages, Stockholm: Svenskt visarkiv, Jazz Department at The Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research, 0281-5567 ; 17
References
External links
Composer's website, accessed 8 February 2010Gehrmans Musikförlag biographical page, accessed 8 February 2010
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1933 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Swedish male musicians
20th-century Swedish musicians
Big band bandleaders
Jazz bandleaders
Swedish composers
Swedish male composers
Swedish jazz musicians
Royal College of Music, Stockholm alumni
Musicians from Uppsala
Male jazz musicians