Per Henrik Wallin (July 17, 1946 – June 15, 2005) was a

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jazz pianist Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instru ...

and

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. He was acclaimed in Continental Europe, but relatively obscure in the United States.All About Jazz
/ref> He received the Swedish variant of the

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two years before his death.

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