Radiojazzgruppen (The Radio Jazz Group) was a Swedish band led by
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 ...
(1967–78) and Lennart Åberg (early 1980s). Several prominent Swedish musicians have been members of the group, such as
Ulf Andersson
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Chess career
At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. ...
,
Jan Allan
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,
Bosse Broberg,
Rolf Ericson
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Early career
Ericson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He moved to New York City in 1947 and, in 19 ...
,
Olle Lind, Rune Gustafsson,
Bengt Hallberg
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Born in Gothenburg, he studied classical piano from an early age, and wro ...
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Egil Johansen,
Jan Johansson and
Georg Riedel.
During the 1970s and 80s the band worked with guest musicians and composers such as
Carla Bley
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,
Anthony Braxton
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Don Cherry
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Gil Evans
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian Americans, Canadian–American jazz pianist, Music arranger, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators i ...
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Thad Jones
Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists".
Early life, family and education
Thad Jones was born i ...
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George Russell and
Aage Tanggaard.
Discography
CD
*1968/1991 - ''Den korta fristen''.
Jan Johansson and Radiojazzgruppen. Megafon MFCD-101.
References
Lennart Åberg: Ständigt på gång!Grove Music Online
Swedish jazz ensembles
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