Jan Bertil Allan (born 7 November 1934) is a Swedish

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trumpeter and composer. He is the winner of a

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Award, the Swedish equivalent of the

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. He has also composed for several films such as ''

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'' (1978), '' Sopor'' (1981) and '' Trollkarlen'' (1999).

Career

Allan was born 7 November 1934 in

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. He began his career in 1951 as a pianist; after moving to

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, he changed to the trumpet as his main instrument. At this time he played in Carl-Henrik Norin's orchestra. From 1954 to 1955, he worked 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 l ...

and

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and from 1955 to 1959 with Carl-Henrik Norin. At the same time, he earned a

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. Despite his small number of records, Allan is among the most important modern

musicians in Sweden. From 1960 to 1963, he led a quintet with Billberg. Over the course of the 1960s, he worked with

Arne Domnérus 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 profession ...

, Georg Riedel, and

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, among others. From 1968 to 1975, he was a member of the Swedish Radio Jazz Group. His album ''Jan Allan -70'', which featured

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, Nils Lindberg,

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, Jon Christensen, and Rune Gustafsson, won a Grammis Award for Jazz of the Year in 1970.1970 Grammis Award nominees and winners
(Swedish) Allan played with the same group and Georg Riedel on the trio-album ''Sweet And Loverly''. His 1998 album ''Software'' stands in strong affinity with the

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and

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. Over the course of his career, Allan recorded albums with Bosse Broberg,

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

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, Jan Johansson,

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, Nils Lindberg, Georg Riedel, George Russell and

Monica Zetterlund Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad " En gång i Stockholm" ("Once Upon a T ...

. In 2009, he was honored with a Swedish

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as a Master of Jazz. In 2000, his Bach trumpet, which was engraved with his name and he played for 35 years, was stolen. A movie about the theft and missing trumpet was broadcast on Swedish television in 2015; it had an audience of 1.1 million viewers.

Discography

As leader

* ''70'' (MCA, 1970) * ''Dialogic'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1982) * ''Sweet and Lovely'' (Dragon, 1993) * ''Jan2'' (J.A.M., 1996) * ''A Beautiful Friendship'' (J.A.M., 2000) * ''Temptations of Freedom'' (J.A.M., 2001) * ''The Idea of Sailing'' (J.A.M., 2005) * ''Artwork: Two of a Kind'' (J.A.M., 2009)

As sideman

With

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* ''The Sheik'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1979) * ''A.D. 1980'' (Phontastic, 1980) * ''Brost-Toner'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1980) * ''Blue and Yellow'' (Phontastic, 1982) * ''Skyline Drive'' (Phontastic, 1983) * ''Swedish Rhapsody'' (Phontastic, 1996) * ''Arne Domnerus'' (Four Leaf Clover, 2000) With Berndt Egerbladh * ''Kristallen Den Fina'' (CBS, 1975) * ''African Suite'' (Sonet, 1976) * ''Night Pieces'' (LadyBird, 1996) With

* ''The Artistry of Lars Gullin'' (Sonet, 1958) * ''Fine Together'' (Sonet, 1973) * ''Aeros Aromatic Atomica Suite'' (EMI, 1976) * ''Portrait of My Pals'' (Capitol, 2002) With Nils Lindberg * ''Trisection'' (Columbia, 1963) * ''Reflections'' (Swedish Society, 1975) * ''Brass Galore'' (Bluebell, 1981) * ''Big Band Galore'' (Bluebell, 1984) With George Russell * ''The Essence of George Russell'' (Sonet, 1971) * ''Vertical Form VI'' (Soul Note, 1981) * ''New York Big Band'' (Soul Note, 1982) With

* ''Chicken Feathers'' (SR, 1972) * ''Varsamt'' (RCA, 1991) * ''Sweet Georgie Fame'' (Philips, 1992) * ''Bill Remembered'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 2000) With others *

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, ''Music with a Jazz Flavour'' (Swedish Society, 1973) * Alice Babs, ''Alice Babs Serenading Duke Ellington'' (Swedish Society, 1975) *

, ''We'll Be Together Again'' (Odeon, 1973) *

, ''Dorothy Donegan'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1976) * Rune Gustafsson, ''Move'' (Sonet, 1977) * Rune Gustafsson, ''Standards'' (Eagle 1995) *

, ''in New York'' (Phontastic, 1984) * Gugge Hedrenius, ''Blues of Stockholm'' (Polar 1974) * Jan Johansson & Georg Riedel, ''Rorelser'' (Megafon, 1963) *

, ''Thad and Aura'' (Four Leaf Clover, 1977) *

, ''That Was That'' (Dragon, 1991) *

, '' Glad, Koonix!'' (Dragon, 1986) *

Karin Krog Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian Vocal jazz, jazz singer. Life and career Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen ...

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, ''On a Misty Night'' (Odin, 2018) *

Silje Nergaard Silje Nergaard (born 19 June 1966) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter. She is one of the best-selling jazz artists on the official sales chart in Norway. She became known worldwide after the release of the international bestseller ''Tel ...

, ''At First Light'' (EmArcy, 2001) * Lars Sjosten, ''Dedicated to Lee'' (Dragon, 1984) * Christina von Bulow, ''The Very Thought of You'' (Dragon, 1994) *

Cornelis Vreeswijk Cornelis Vreeswijk (8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch singer-songwriter and poet who lived and worked primarily in Sweden. Born to Dutch parents in IJmuiden, Netherlands, he emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age ...

, ''Getinghonung'' (Philips, 1974) *

Sylvia Vrethammar Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945) is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. Vrethammar was born in Uddevalla, Sweden. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education te ...

, ''Stardust & Sunshine'' (Sonet, 1975) *

Bengt-Arne Wallin Bengt-Arne Wallin (13 July 1926 – 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 Wallin was born in ...

, ''The Magic Box'' (SR, 1971) * Bengt-Arne Wallin, ''Varmluft'' (Sonet, 1972) *

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, ''Fields and Forms'' (Musica Jazz, 2008)

Sources

* Richard Cook & Brian Morton: ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD''. Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2002 *

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 ...

Ira Gitler Ira Gitler (December 18, 1928 – February 23, 2019) was an American jazz historian and journalist. The co-author of ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'' with Leonard Feather—the most recent edition appeared in 1999—he wrote hundreds of ...

: ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.'' Oxford University Press, New York 1999, .

References

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