Paul (Palle) Wagnberg (born 25 April 1961 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish–Norwegian jazz musician, mostly known for his jazz-organ playing. He also sings and plays the piano in addition to composing.

Career

Wagnberg was born in

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, Sweden. Since 1985 he has been playing professionally with his

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organ. He is in particular known for his footwork on the bass pedals. He is known for his collaborations within the Swedish-Norwegian

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, comprising Wagnberg (Hammond B3 organ),

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(guitar),

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(drums) and the late

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(saxophone). The Real Thing is currently put on hold after Køhn died in 2004 in Thailand by the tsunami catastrophe. With his own trio Wagnberg has released three albums, ''Eat Meat'' (1999) with Torstein Ellingsen (drums) and

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(guitar), ''Gone Fishing'' (2001) with Torstein Ellingsen (drums) and Frode Kjekstad (guitar) and ''Catch 22'' (2007) with Erik In 2009 he contributed organ on Stina Stenerud's album ''Kissing Fools'' with

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on trumpet. Apart from his own "Organ Unit", Wagnberg is organist in the tribute band "Santana The Experience" from

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Discography

Solo albums

;Paul Wagnberg Trio *1999: ''Eat Meat'' (Real Music Records) *2001: ''Gone Fishing'' (Real Music Records) ;Paul Wagnberg Organ Unit *2007: ''Catch 22'' (Real Music Records)

Collaborative works

;Within

*1992: ''The Real Thing'' (Real Music Records) *1993: ''...in New York'' (Real Music Records), feat.

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produced by Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, and nominated for the

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

1994 *1994: '' A Perfect Match'' (Real Music Records), with

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, arranged and produced by the Los Angeles-based arranger

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*1995: ''Live'' (Real Music Records) *1997: ''Pleasure is an Attitude'' (Real Music Records) *2000: '' Deluxe'' (Real Music Records), with

Even Kruse Skatrud Even Kruse Skatrud (born 18 August 1977) lecturer at the University of Oslo, a Norwegian Jazz musician, composer, Music arranger and Orchestra leader. He is the son of musician Harry Andersen and Marit Skatrud Andersen, married to singer-artist ...

and the

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*2003: ''New Wrapping'' (Real Music Records) *2006: ''A Real Christmas'' (Real Music Records), feat. Sigrid Brennhaug on vocal ;With J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters *1995: ''Buckshot Hunters'' (Hunters Records) *1999: ''My Kind of Blues'' (Hunters Records) *2001: ''Make A Better World''(Hunters Records) *2004: ''Perfect Moves'' (Hunters Records) ;Within

's "Bigbandblast» *2004: ''

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'' (Real Records) ;With Stina Stenerud *2009: ''Kissing Fools'' (Hunter Records)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagnberg, Paul Swedish jazz musicians Jazz organists Spellemannprisen winners People from Norrköping 1961 births Living people 21st-century organists The Real Thing (Norwegian band) members