Sven Arne Domnérus (20 December 1924 – 2 September 2008) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

Career

He began to play the clarinet at the age of 11 but had taken up the saxophone by the time he left school and then turned professional. In 1949 he performed at the Paris Jazz Festival and with

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when Parker was on tour in Sweden in 1950. A few years later he recorded with

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, and James Moody. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1960s he was a featured soloist in the Swedish Radio Big Band. He wrote for film and television and recorded with

Lars Gullin Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin (4 May 1928 – 17 May 1976) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. 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 ...

and

Bengt Hallberg Bengt Hallberg (13 September 1932 – 2 July 2013) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger.John Fordha"Bengt Hallberg obituary" theguardian.com, 7 August 2013 Born in Gothenburg, he studied classical piano from an early age, and wro ...

. With

Bengt-Arne Wallin Bengt-Arne Wallin (13 July 1926 in Linköping – 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 Betwe ...

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, and

Åke Persson Åke Persson (February 25, 1932 – February 5, 1975) was a Swedish bebop jazz trombonist. Biography Persson was born in Hässleholm, southern Sweden and started his music career by playing valve trumper in school. Persson, known as "the Comet ...

(the latter two were former members of

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's Orchestra), he participated in the Jazz Workshops organised for the Ruhrfest in Recklinghausen by Hans Gertberg from the Hamburg radio station. He recorded several times with

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in Sweden and is featured throughout "The Midnight Sun Never Sets", composed and arranged by Jones and recorded under Jones' direction by Harry Arnold's orchestra in 1958. Domnérus' playing in his early career was typical of the cool, sophisticated, technically accomplished and lyrical style of Swedish modern jazz during the 1950s. Domnérus' health declined in his last years, and he retired from playing. He was awarded the

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 ...

by the Swedish government in 1994 and the

Litteris et Artibus Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The ob ...

in 2002.

Discography

As leader

* ''Come Listen with Me'' (Telefunken, 1960) * ''Arne Domnerus'' (Metronome, 1961) * ''Mobil'' (Megafon, 1965) * ''Fancy'' (Gazell, 1970) * ''Dedikation'' (Megafon, 1971) * ''Hall Dig I Gang'' (SR, 1971) * ''I Let a Song Go Out...'' (RCA, 1972) * ''Songs of Simon'' (Sonet, 1972) * ''Songs of Simon & Garfunkel'' (Discophon, 1973) * ''Sabra'' (RCA, Victor 1975) * ''I'll Be Seeing You'' (RCA, 1975) * ''Antiphone Blues'' (Proprius, 1975) * ''We Love You Madly'' (Philips, 1975) * ''Arne Domnerus Spelar Povel Ramel'' (Sonet, 1976) * ''

Jazz at the Pawnshop Jazz at the Pawnshop is a multi-session recording made by Gert Palmcrantz on December 6–7, 1976, at Jazzpuben Stampen (Pawnshop) in Stockholm, Sweden. A pawnshop had operated on the site prior to the jazz club. Proprius Records founder Jacob ...

'' (Proprius, 1977) * ''When Lights Are Low'' (Telestar, 1977) * ''Scandinavian Design'' (RCA, 1977) * ''Hypertoni'' (RCA, 1977) * ''Ja, Vi Alskar'' (Zarepta, 1978) * ''The Sheik'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1979) * ''A.D. 1980'' (Phontastic, 1980) * ''Musik Under Stjarnorna'' (RCA, 1980) * ''Brost-Toner'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1980) * ''Evergreens Fra Kanaan'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1981) * ''Duke's Melody'' (Phontastic, 1981) * ''Fragment'' (Phontastic, 1982) * ''Blue and Yellow'' (Phontastic, 1982) * ''Rapturous Reeds'' with

Bob Wilber Robert Sage Wilber (March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader. Although his scope covers a wide range of jazz, Wilber was a dedicated advocate of classic styles, working throughout his care ...

(Phontastic, 1988) * ''Dompan at the Savoy'' (Phontastic, 1991) * ''Good Vibes: Jazz at the Pawnshop 3'' (Proprius, 1992) * ''Sugar Fingers'' (Phontastic, 1993) * ''Far Jag Lov...Eller Skall Vi Dansa Forst'' (Ladybird, 1994) * ''Heartfelt'' (Proprius, 1994) * ''In Concert with Best Hallberg & Rolf Ericson'' (Phontastic, 1994) * ''Live Is Life'' (Proprius, 1995) * ''Happy Together!'' with

Putte Wickman Putte Wickman (10 September 1924 – 14 February 2006) was a Swedish jazz clarinetist. Career He was born Hans Olof Wickman in Falun, and grew up in Borlänge, Sweden, where his parents hoped he would become a lawyer. He nagged them to allow hi ...

(LadyBird, 1996) * ''Easy Going'' (LadyBird, 1997) * ''Jazz at the Pawnshop 2'' (Proprius, 1997) * ''Arne Domnerus Septet in Concert'' (Caprice, 1997) * ''A Little Bossa Nova'' (LadyBird, 1998) * ''Face to Face'' with

Bernt Rosengren Bernt Rosengren (born 24 December 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. His recordings earned him five Gyllene Skivan awards in Sweden over more than forty years. Biography Rosengren first played professionally at age ...

(Dragon, 1999) * ''What Kind of Fool Am I'' (LadyBird, 2004) * ''Jazz Under the Stars'' (Capitol, 2004) * ''Ett Dagsverke'' (Gazell, 2005) With

Rune Gustafsson Rune Urban Gustafsson (25 August 1933 – 15 June 2012) was a Swedish jazz guitarist and composer. He performed with Arne Domnérus, Jan Johansson, and Zoot Sims among others. Life and career Rune Gustafsson was born in 1933 in Gothenburg. ...

* ''Dialog'' (Megafon, 1972) * ''Svarta Far'' (Sonet, 1974) * ''Varat Gang'' (Sonet, 1979) * ''Conversation'' (Polar, 1983) * ''Portrait of Porter'' (Phontastic, 1985) * ''Sketches of Standards'' (Proprius, 1991) With

* ''Duets for Duke'' (Sonet, 1978) * ''Downtown Meeting'' (Phontastic, 1979) * ''Skyline Drive'' (Phontastic, 1983) * ''Jazz at the Pawnshop'' (Prophone, 1990)

As sideman

With Harry Arnold * ''This Is Harry and the Mystery Band'' (Metronome, 1957) * ''Havin' a Ball'' (Metronome, 1959) * ''Guest Book'' (Metronome, 1961) * ''Harry Arnold Jazz Show Live 1959'' (Ancha, 1993) * ''Premiar!'' (Ancha, 1994) * ''The Big Band in Concert 1957/58'' (Dragon, 1996) * ''Studio Sessions 56–58'' (Dragon, 1998) * ''Big Band 1964/65 Vol 1'' (Dragon, 2003) * ''Big Band 1964/65 Vol 2'' (Dragon, 2003) With

Alice Babs Hildur Alice Nilsson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer and actress. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known i ...

* ''Alice and Wonderband'' (Decca, 1959) * ''Music with a Jazz Flavour'' (Swedish Society Discofil, 1973) * ''Om Sommaren Skona'' (Swedish Society Discofil, 1974) * ''Alice Babs Serenading Duke Ellington'' (Swedish Society Discofil, 1975) * ''Illusion'' (Vax, 2007) With Friedrich Gulda * ''Music for Piano and Band'' (Columbia, 1963) * ''Jazz for the Virtuoso'' (Mace, 1965) * ''Jazz at Auditorium'' (Sonorama, 2016) With

* ''Lars Gullin and His Groups'' (Prestige, 1953) * ''Aeros Aromatic Atomica Suite'' (EMI, 1976) * ''The Great Lars Gullin Vol. 1 '55/'56'' (Dragon, 1982) With

* ''Young Guitar'' (Metronome, 1961) * ''Killing Me Softly'' (Sonet, 1973) * ''Standards'' (Eagle, 1995) With

* ''Vol. 2'' (Metronome, 1954) * ''Spelet Om Job'' (SR, 1972) * ''Hallberg's Hot Accordion in the Foreground'' (Phontastic, 1981) * ''In New York'' (Phontastic, 1984) * ''Powerhouse Kraftverk'' (Phontastic, 1984) * ''Spring On the Air'' (Phono Suecia, 1990) With Jan Johansson * ''Rorelser'' (Megafon, 1963) * ''Jazz Pa Ryska'' (Megafon, 1967) * ''Pa Skiva Med Jan Johansson'' (Megafon, 1969) * ''Du Gladjerika Skona'' (SR, 1971) * ''Younger Than Springtime'' (Artist, 1972) * ''Jan Johansson Spelar Musik Pa Sitt Eget Vis'' (Megafon, 1973) * ''Folkvisor'' (Megafon, 1988) * ''Den Korta Fristen'' (Megafon, 1991) * ''Ack Varmeland Du Skona Rosa'' (Honung 1995) * ''Barnvisor'' (Heptagon, 1996) With

Radiojazzgruppen Radiojazzgruppen (The Radio Jazz Group) was a Swedish band led by Arne Domnérus (1967–78) and Lennart Åberg (early 1980s). Several prominent Swedish musicians have been members of the group, such as Ulf Andersson, Jan Allan, Bosse Broberg, Rolf ...

/ Jan Johansson * ''Vardkasar'' (Sveriges Radio, 1969) * ''Frostrosor'' (SR, 1970) * ''Blaslandor'' (SR, 1970) With Georg Riedel * ''Jazz Ballet'' (Swedisc, 1964) * ''Riedaiglia'' (Sveriges Radio, 1967) * ''Puls Gymnastikmusik'' (Megafon, 1970) * ''Motiomera'' (SR, 1972) * ''En Strimma Av Trost'' (Proprius, 1982) * ''Kirbitz'' (Phontastic, 1985) With George Russell * ''Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 2'' (Flying Dutchman, 1970) * ''Vertical Form VI'' (Soul Note, 1981) * ''New York Big Band'' (Soul Note, 1982) With

Lars Samuelson Lars "Lasse" Samuelson (born Lars Samuelsson on 4 August 1935) is a Swedish musician (trumpet) and music arranger. Samuelson began his career in 1957 with playing with artists like Eva Engdahl, Seymour East Wall and Malte Johnson. In 1958 Samuel ...

* ''Dance Party'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1973) * ''Party Music 3'' (RCA Victor 1973) * ''Het Sommar'' (EMI, 1975) With

Swedish Radio Jazz Group Radiojazzgruppen (The Radio Jazz Group) was a Swedish band led by Arne Domnérus (1967–78) and Lennart Åberg (early 1980s). Several prominent Swedish musicians have been members of the group, such as Ulf Andersson, Jan Allan, Bosse Broberg, Rolf ...

* ''Arktisk Svit/En Dag I Radiohuset Med Broderna Marx'' (SR, 1971) * ''Seismisk Komposition/Monday's Child'' (SR, 1971) * ''Jan Johansson Longing'' (Phono Suecia, 1993) With

* ''Old Folklore in Swedish Modern'' (DUX, 1962) * ''The Magic Box'' (SR, 1971) * ''Varmluft'' (Sonet, 1972) * ''The Birth and Re-Birth of Swedish Folk Jazz'' (ACT, 1998) With

Monica Zetterlund Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained int ...

* ''Swedish Sensation'' (Columbia, 1958) * ''Chicken Feathers'' (SR, 1972) * ''Folk Som Har Sanger Kan Inte Do'' (YTF, 1976) * ''Spring Is Here'' (Dragon, 1988) With others *

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), ' ...

, ''Jan Allan 70'' (Phono Suecia, 1998) *

Ernestine Anderson Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She sang at Carnegie Hall, ...

, ''Hot Cargo'' (LPTime, 2007) * Laila Dalseth, ''Glad There Is You'' (Talent 1978) *

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, ''Delta Rhythm Boys in Sweden'' (Jubilee, 1958) *

Berndt Egerbladh Berndt Erik Egerbladh (May 1, 1932 – March 2, 2004) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and television personality. Biography Egerbladh was born in Transtrand. He grew up in Umeå and performed in local jazz and dance orchestras. He graduat ...

, ''African Suite'' (Sonet, 1976) * Berndt Egerbladh, ''TwoSome'' (LadyBird, 1998) *

Thore Ehrling Thore Ehrling (December 29, 1912, Stockholm - October 21, 1994, Stockholm) was a Swedish trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, who led jazz and popular music ensembles. Ehrling played with Frank Vernon's ensemble from 1930 to 1934, and concomitant ...

, ''Minns Med Thore Ehrling'' (Nostalgia, 1984) * Thore Ehrling, ''Pa Nytt'' (Odeon, 1972) *

, ''Lillette/Be My Love'' (Artist, 1951) *

Lars Erstrand Lars Erstrand (27 September 1936 Uppsala, Sweden – 11 March 2009) was a Swedish vibraphonist. Career Erstrand began his musical life on piano, but after hearing Lionel Hampton he changed to vibraphone. During the 1960s he joined a band led by cl ...

, ''A Phontastic Music Party Ad Lib at the Grunewald'' (Phontastic, 1984) *

Leonard Feather Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Biography Feather was born in London, England, into an u ...

, ''Leonard Feather & the Swinging Swedes'' (Cupol, 1974) *

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...

Chubby Jackson Greig Stewart "Chubby" Jackson (October 25, 1918 – October 1, 2003) was an American jazz double-bassist and band leader. Biography Born in New York City, Jackson began at the age of seventeen as a clarinetist, but quickly changed to bass in ...

, ''Bebop Enters Sweden 1947-49'' (Dragon, 1982) * Bjorn Isfalt, ''Giliap'' (Europa Film, 1975) * Thore Jederby, ''Bas: Thore Jederby'' (Odeon, 1970) *

with Harry Arnold, ''Quincy's Home Again'' (Columbia, 1958) *

Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists". Biography Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan, U ...

, ''Thad and Aura'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1977) * Thad Jones, ''Greetings and Salutations'' (Passport, 1995) * Tommy Korberg,

Bo Nilsson Bo Nilsson (1 May 1937 – 25 June 2018) was a Swedish composer and lyricist. Career Bo Nilsson was born in Skellefteå, and first drew notice as a composer at the age of 18 when his ''Zwei Stücke'' (Two Pieces) for flute, bass clarinet, per ...

, ''Ravaillac'' (Caprice, 1994) *

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, ''Kustbandet with Arne Domnerus'' (Exportradet, 1991) *

Nils Lindberg Nils Lindberg (11 June 1933 – 20 February 2022) was a Swedish composer and pianist. Biography Lindberg was born in Uppsala on 11 June 1933. He was known both as a jazz composer and musician, but was also active in other styles. Several of his wo ...

, ''7 Dalmalningar Swedish'' (Society Discofil, 1973) * James Moody, ''Moody's Mood for Love'' (Metronome, 1965) * Jan W. Morthenson/Csaba Deak/Maurice Karkoff/Jan Bark, ''68'' (Phono Suecia, 1968) *

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, ...

, ''The Big Band Sessions'' (Gemini, 2008) * Kjell Ohman, ''The Hammond Connection'' (Opus 3, 1994) *

, ''Charlie Parker in Sweden'' (Collector, 1960) *

Povel Ramel Baron Povel Karl Henric Ramel (; 1 June 1922 – 5 June 2007) was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginative wit, both verbal and musical ...

, ''Aterbesok I Holken'' (Knappupp 1991) *

Red Rodney Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...

, ''Yard's Pad'' (Sonet, 1976) *

Thore Swanerud Thore Swanerud (18 June 1919 – 8 December 1988) was a Swedish jazz pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was born in Stockholm and died in the same city. He is best remembered for an eight-bar improvised solo he made duri ...

, ''On the Sunny Side'' (Beaver, 1987) *

Toots Thielemans Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his chromatic harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistl ...

, ''Toots Thielemans'' (Metronome, 1963) *

Carli Tornehave Carli Tornehave (born 26 August 1932, in Stockholm), is a Swedish singer and actor. He has participated at Melodifestivalen six times; in 1962 he performed ''Anneli'' and ''När min vän'', in 1963 he performed ''Twist till menuett'' and '' En g� ...

, ''Who's Harry Warren? Evergreen!'' (Phontastic, 1995) * Gosta Theselius, ''Swedish Jazz'' (Bally 1956) * Gosta Torner, ''Gosta Torner'' (Telestar, 1972) *

Cornelis Vreeswijk Cornelis Vreeswijk (; ; 8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet and actor. He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to becom ...

, ''Spring Mot Ulla Spring! Cornelis Sjunger Bellman'' (Philips, 1971) * Osten Warnerbring, ''Tio Latar...Osten...Och En Soffa'' (Philips, 1971) *

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

, Carli Tornehave, Pamela Knowles, ''Who's Harry Warren? Evergreen!. Vol. 1: Jeepers Creepers'' (Phontastic, 1981) * Mike Westbrook, ''Love and Understanding'' (My Only Desire, 2020) *

, ''Swingin' for the King'' (Phontastic, 1979) * Roy Williams, ''Royal Trombone'' (Phontastic, 1984) * Roy Williams, ''Again! Roy Williams in Sweden'' (Phontastic, 1987)

References

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