Paul (Palle) Wagnberg (born 25 April 1961 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish–Norwegian jazz musician, mostly known for his jazz-organ playing. He also sings and plays the piano in addition to composing.

Career

Wagnberg was born in

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, Sweden. Since 1985 he has been playing professionally with his

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organ. He is in particular known for his footwork on the bass pedals. He is known for his collaborations within the Swedish-Norwegian

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The Real Thing, comprising Wagnberg (Hammond B3 organ),

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(guitar),

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(drums) and the late

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(saxophone). The Real Thing is currently put on hold after Køhn died in 2004 in Thailand by the tsunami catastrophe. With his own trio Wagnberg has released three albums, ''Eat Meat'' (1999) with Torstein Ellingsen (drums) and Randy Johnston (guitar), ''Gone Fishing'' (2001) with Torstein Ellingsen (drums) and Frode Kjekstad (guitar) and ''Catch 22'' (2007) with Erik In 2009 he contributed organ on Stina Stenerud's album ''Kissing Fools'' with Hildegunn Øiseth on trumpet. Apart from his own "Organ Unit", Wagnberg is organist in the tribute band "Santana The Experience" from

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Discography

Solo albums

;Paul Wagnberg Trio *1999: ''Eat Meat'' (Real Music Records) *2001: ''Gone Fishing'' (Real Music Records) ;Paul Wagnberg Organ Unit *2007: ''Catch 22'' (Real Music Records)

Collaborative works

;Within The Real Thing *1992: ''The Real Thing'' (Real Music Records) *1993: ''...in New York'' (Real Music Records), feat.

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produced by Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, and nominated for the

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

1994 *1994: '' A Perfect Match'' (Real Music Records), with Bohuslän Big Band, arranged and produced by the Los Angeles-based arranger Tom Kubis *1995: ''Live'' (Real Music Records) *1997: ''Pleasure is an Attitude'' (Real Music Records) *2000: '' Deluxe'' (Real Music Records), with Even Kruse Skatrud and the

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*2003: ''New Wrapping'' (Real Music Records) *2006: ''A Real Christmas'' (Real Music Records), feat. Sigrid Brennhaug on vocal ;With J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters *1995: ''Buckshot Hunters'' (Hunters Records) *1999: ''My Kind of Blues'' (Hunters Records) *2001: ''Make A Better World''(Hunters Records) *2004: ''Perfect Moves'' (Hunters Records) ;Within

's "Bigbandblast» *2004: ''

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'' (Real Records) ;With Stina Stenerud *2009: ''Kissing Fools'' (Hunter Records)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagnberg, Paul Swedish jazz musicians Jazz organists Spellemannprisen winners Musicians from Norrköping 1961 births Living people 21st-century organists The Real Thing (Norwegian band) members