Lars "Lasse" Samuelson (born Lars Samuelsson on 4 August 1935) is a Swedish

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(trumpet) and

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. Samuelson began his career in 1957 with playing with artists like Eva Engdahl, Seymour East Wall and Malte Johnson. In 1958 Samuelson participated in his first recording session, and in 1963 he started his first own band Swing Sing Seven. In 1965 he started The Dynamite Brass with his friend Jerry Williams. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he worked a lot as a studio musician, producer and arranger. During the 1970s and 1980s Samuelson was also frequently engaged by television and radio, and participated in the

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several times both as conductor and arranger. He has participated as the conductor of the Swedish contribution to the

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on three occasions, in

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

and

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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Biography of Lars Samuelson

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1935 births Living people Swedish male conductors (music) 21st-century Swedish conductors (music) 21st-century Swedish male musicians Fellows of the American Physical Society {{Sweden-musician-stub