Nils Jansen (born 30 March 1959 in
Haugesund
Haugesund () is a municipalities of Norway, municipality and List of towns and cities in Norway, town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855. The vast majority of ...
, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), known from several recordings and jazz orchestras.
Career
Jansen attended the Jazz program at
Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1995–98), and joined band like Ellipse,
Per Husby Quintet, "Trondheim Big Band" and
Søyr
Søyr (established 1976 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start of
trumpeter Torgrim Sollid.
Biography
Søyr was initially inspired by folk music from Stor-Elvdal Municipality (among others Ole Mørk Sandvik) ...
. After moving to Oslo, he has played within orchestras like "Radiostorbandet", med
Espen Rud Sextet,
Trygve Seim Ensemble,
Magni Wentzel Sextet, "Sharp 9", and musicians like
Christina Bjordal,
Staffan William-Olsson and
HÃ¥kon Storm.
[
Jansen and Espen Rud has had a number of performances with the show ''Jazzmask'' for ]Rikskonsertene
Concerts Norway () was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway (), with its main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway is to make living music of high artistic quality accessible to all people in the country." The ...
.
Discography
Within Søyr
Søyr (established 1976 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start of
trumpeter Torgrim Sollid.
Biography
Søyr was initially inspired by folk music from Stor-Elvdal Municipality (among others Ole Mørk Sandvik) ...
*1988: ''Vectors'' ( Hot Club)
With Karsten Brustad
*1991: ''Intarsia'' ( Origo Sound)
With Trygve Seim
Trygve Seim (born 25 April 1971) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Seim has released numerous albums since 1992, including over 20 albums for ECM Records as a composer, band-leader or co-band-leader.
Career
Seim was born in Oslo a ...
*2000: '' Different Rivers'' (ECM
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Economics and commerce
* Engineering change management
* Equity capital markets
* Error correction model, an econometric model
* European Common Market
Mathematics
* Lenstra's Elliptic curve method for factor ...
)
*2005: '' Sangam'' (ECM)Marilyn Mazur
Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...
Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
*2009: ''What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale'' (MNJ), feat. Erlend Skomsvoll
Erlend Fredrik Skomsvoll (born 12 May 1969) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, keyboards, accordion, and tuba), band leader, composer and arranger, known from his own band Skomsork and the band Wibutee with Live Maria Roggen, Madrugada, and ...
*2011: ''Migrations'' (MNJ), feat. Øyvind Brække
*2011: ''Kinetic Music '' (MNJ), feat. Magic Pocket
References
External links
Nils Jansen Biography on LevendeDukker.com
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Norwegian jazz saxophonists
Norwegian jazz composers
Norwegian male jazz composers
Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
Musicians from Haugesund
1959 births
Living people
21st-century Norwegian saxophonists
21st-century Norwegian male musicians
Ensemble Denada members
Søyr members