Fred Lange-Nielsen (28 September 1919 – 28 December 1989) was a Norwegian doctor and jazz musician (bass, vocals), known in the early
Oslo
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music scene, and from several recordings.
Lange-Nielsen and
Anton Jervell were the first to describe
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS) in 1953.
[Jervell A, Lange-Nielsen F. Congenital deaf-mutism, functional heart disease with prolongation of the QT interval and sudden death. American Heart Journal, 1957; 54: 59 - 68.]
He played in
String Swing (1937–1941), the quartet Hot Dogs, in
Rowland Greenberg's orchestra (1941),
the Oslo Swing Club's orchestra, the studio group Seven Cheerful and with
Cecil Aagaard's "Swingsters" and quintet Sew-We-La (1950–1953).
References
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1919 births
1989 deaths
Norwegian jazz musicians
Norwegian cardiologists
20th-century Norwegian physicians
20th-century Norwegian musicians