Georg "Jojje" Wadenius (born 4 May 1945) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was particularly active during the 1970s and 1980s as a studio and session guitarist and bassist, as well as for a series of albums of children's songs in Sweden.

Biography

Wadenius was born in Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School. After appearing on a number of Swedish hit records and being founder-member of two Swedish supergroups of the early 1970s, Made in Sweden (1966–1972 and 1976) and (1971–1972), he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the US group

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from 1972 to 1975. In 1979, he joined The

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, James Brown,

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, Paul Simon, Joe Thomas, Dionne Warwick,

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, Donald Fagen, Doug Katsaros, Michael Franks, and Luther Vandross, as well as many important artists in Sweden. In 1970, he received a Swedish

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for Made in Sweden and another for his work on children's songs. Later in his career, he produced other Scandinavian performers, including

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, and in 2001 he set up a recording studio in Oslo, Norway.

Discography

As leader

*1969 - ''Goda, Goda'' *1978 - ''Puss,Puss,Sant,Sant'' *1978 - ''Georg Wadenius'' *1987 - ''Cleo'' *1997 - ''Till alla barn'' *1997 - ''Left turn from the right lane'' *1999 - ''Zzoppa'' *2005 - ''Interloop'' *2009 - ''Jul på Svenska'' *2010 - ''Reconnection'' *2011 - ''Saleya'' *2012 - ''Teddy og Marian'' *2013 - ''Jul på Norska'' *2014 - ''Psalmer'' *2014 - ''Cleo, Vol. 2'' *2016 - ''Cleo with friends'' *2016 - ''Farvel'' *2016 - ''Livet är nu'' *2016 - ''Jojjes klassiska barnvisor'' *2018 - ''Jojjes Wadenius bästa barnvisor, Vol. 1'' With Made in Sweden *1968 - ''Made in Sweden (with Love)'' *1969 - ''Snakes in a Hole'' *1970 - ''Live! At the Golden Circle'' *1970 - ''Made in England'' *1970 - ''Regnbågslandet'' *1971 - ''Best of'' *1976 - ''Where Do We Begin'' With

*1972 - ''New Blood'' *1973 - ''No Sweat'' *1974 - ''Mirror Image'' *1975 - ''New City''

As guest

* ''Ja, Dä Ä Dä'' (1969) - Pugh Rogefeldt * ''Ramadan'' (1969) - Björn J:son Lindh * ''Rune At The Top'' (1969) - Rune Gustafsson * ''Taube'' (1969) -

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* ''Poem, Blues Och Ballader'' (1969) - Cornelis Vreeswijk * ''När Dimman Lättar'' (1969) - Berndt Staf * ''Jason's Fleece'' (1970) - Björn J:son Lindh * ''Solar Plexus'' (1971) - * ''Monica, Monica'' (1971) -

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* ''Huvva'' (1971)

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* ''Goda, Goda (DK)'' (1971) - Trille * ''Black Is The Color'' (1972) - Joe Henderson * ''Songs'' (1973) - B.J. Thomas * ''Funky Formula'' (1976) -

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* ''The Poet'' (1976) -

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* ''E.K.'' (1976) - Eero Koivistoinen * ''Move'' (1977) - Rune Gustafsson * ''Sansara Music Band'' (1977) - Sansara * ''It's A Long Story'' (1977) -

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* ''Nyspolat'' (1977) - Coste Apetrea * '' The Mathematician's Air Display'' (1977) - Pekka Pohjola * ''Hoven, Droven'' (1977) -

* ''Spelar Nilsson'' (1978) - De Gladas Kapell * ''Live & More'' (1980) -

and

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* ''Dreams'' (1980) -

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* '' Never Too Much'' (1981) - Luther Vandross * '' Forever, for Always, for Love'' (1982) - Luther Vandross * '' Busy Body'' (1983) - Luther Vandross * '' Get It Right'' (1983) - Aretha Franklin * ''Born To Love'' (1983) - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack * ''Success'' (1983) -

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* '' Live From New York'' (1984) - The Saturday Night Live Band * '' How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye'' (1984) - Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross * '' Swept Away'' (1985) - Diana Ross * ''Passion Fruit'' (1985) - Ronnie Cuber * ''

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'' (1985) - Luther Vandross * ''Gloria Loring'' (1986) -

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* ''The Camera Never Lies'' (1987) - Michael Franks * ''Distant Drums'' (1987 - Brian Slawson * ''Family Vacation'' (1987) - Rosenschontz * ''Energia'' (1989 - Valerie Lynch * ''Collection'' (1989) -

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* ''Johnny Gill'' (1990) -

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* ''So Intense'' (1991) - Lisa Fischer * ''Hearts Of Fire'' (1991) -

* ''That Time Again'' (1991) -

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* ''Jigsaw'' (1991) -

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* ''Only Human'' (1991) -

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* ''Make Time For Love'' (1991) -

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* ''Time For Love'' (1991) -

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* '' Kamakiriad'' (1993) - Donald Fagen * ''Scene Is Clean'' (1993) Ronnie Cuber * ''Paul Jabara Friends'' (1993) -

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* ''Television'' (1994) - Dr. John * ''Pure Pleasure'' (1994) -

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* '' Alive in America'' (1995) - Steely Dan * ''Gravity'' (1995) - Howard Johnson * ''Mr. X'' (1996) - Jason Miles * ''All That I Am'' (1997) - Joe Thomas * ''Endless Is Love'' (1997) -

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* ''Bortom Det Blå'' (1997) - Lisa Ekdahl * ''Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely'' (1999) -

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* ''Julemorgen'' (1999) - Nissa Nyberget * ''Port Of Call'' (2000) - Silje Nergaard * ''Djävulen Och Ängeln'' (2000) - Tomas Ledin * ''Soul Ballads'' (2001) - Sigvart Dagsland * ''At First Light'' (2001) - Silje Nergaard * ''

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'' (2002) -

* ''Visor'' (2002) - Helen Sjöholm * ''Nightwatch'' (2003) - Silje Nergaard * ''Irreplaceable'' (2003) -

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* ''Life'' (2003) -

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* ''Taube'' (2003) - Per Myrberg * ''Når Dagen Roper'' (2004) - Anne Grete Preus * ''Det Føles Bra'' (2005) - Jan Eggum * ''Be Still My Heart - The Essential'' (2005) - Silje Nergaard * ''Här Är Den sköna sommaren'' (2006) -

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* ''No Vil Eg Vake Med Deg'' (2006) - Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen * ''I Let The Music Speak'' (2006) - AnnSofie von Otter * ''In The Moment'' (2007) - Jazzcode * ''Hjerteknuser'' (2007) - Jan Eggum

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wadenius, Georg 1945 births Living people 20th-century American bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American people of Swedish descent American rhythm and blues bass guitarists American rock guitarists American session musicians American soul guitarists Blood, Sweat & Tears members Musicians from Stockholm Saturday Night Live Band members Swedish guitarists Male guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Swedish male musicians