JAN JOHANSSON

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Although not well known in the U.S., Jan Johansson was among Sweden's top jazz pianists of the 1950s and '60s and commanded tremendous respect in Scandinavian jazz circles. Johansson (who also played guitar, organ, and accordion) was born and raised in Soderhamn in Sweden's Halsingland province, where he studied classical piano as a child before becoming interested in swing and bebop as a teenager. As a high school student in the late '40s, he played locally with various Soderhamn swing and dance bands, including Gerhard's Orchestra, the Five Swingers, and the sextet of the Benny Goodman-influenced clarinetist Gunnar Hammarlund. After serving in the military, he moved to Goteborg (Sweden's second-largest city) in the early '50s and went on to be employed as a sideman on sessions by big-band leader Kenneth Fagerlund in 1954-1955, and bassist Gunnar Johnson in the mid- to late '50s. Johansson's first sessions as a leader came read more...
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JAN JOHANSSON 8 Bitar album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
8 Bitar
Hard Bop 1961
JAN JOHANSSON Innertrio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Innertrio
Hard Bop 1962
JAN JOHANSSON Jan Johansson / Georg Riedel ‎: Rörelse album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jan Johansson / Georg Riedel ‎: Rörelse
Hard Bop 1963
JAN JOHANSSON In Pleno album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Pleno
Hard Bop 1964
JAN JOHANSSON Jazz på svenska album cover 4.38 | 4 ratings
Jazz på svenska
Hard Bop 1964
JAN JOHANSSON Dansa Med TV album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dansa Med TV
Hard Bop 1966
JAN JOHANSSON Jan Johansson & Bengt-Arne Wallin ‎: Barnkammarmusik album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jan Johansson & Bengt-Arne Wallin ‎: Barnkammarmusik
Hard Bop 1966
JAN JOHANSSON Jazz på ryska album cover 3.75 | 2 ratings
Jazz på ryska
Hard Bop 1967
JAN JOHANSSON Musik genom fyra sekler album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
Musik genom fyra sekler
Hard Bop 1969
JAN JOHANSSON På Skiva Med Jan Johansson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
På Skiva Med Jan Johansson
Hard Bop 1969
JAN JOHANSSON Du Glädjerika Sköna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Du Glädjerika Sköna
Hard Bop 1971
JAN JOHANSSON Younger Than Springtime album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Younger Than Springtime
Hard Bop 1972
JAN JOHANSSON 300.000 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
300.000
Hard Bop 1972
JAN JOHANSSON Jan Johansson & Radiojazzgruppen : Den Korta Fristen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jan Johansson & Radiojazzgruppen : Den Korta Fristen
Hard Bop 1991
JAN JOHANSSON Intervju Med Ett Piano album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Intervju Med Ett Piano
Hard Bop 1995
JAN JOHANSSON Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues
Hard Bop 1997
JAN JOHANSSON Jan Johansson & Arne Domnerus : Younger Than Springtime - 1959-1961 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jan Johansson & Arne Domnerus : Younger Than Springtime - 1959-1961
Hard Bop 1999
JAN JOHANSSON In Hamburg album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Hamburg
Hard Bop 2011

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JAN JOHANSSON Live In Tallinn album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Tallinn
Hard Bop 1995

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JAN JOHANSSON Spelar musik på sitt eget vis album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spelar musik på sitt eget vis
Hard Bop 1972
JAN JOHANSSON Folkvisor album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Folkvisor
Hard Bop 1988
JAN JOHANSSON 8 Bitar/Innertrio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
8 Bitar/Innertrio
Hard Bop 1989
JAN JOHANSSON En resa i jazz och folkton album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
En resa i jazz och folkton
Hard Bop 1995
JAN JOHANSSON Jazz på ungerska / In pleno album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Jazz på ungerska / In pleno
Hard Bop 1996
JAN JOHANSSON Piano album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Piano
Hard Bop 2007
JAN JOHANSSON Jan Johansson / Rune Gustafsson : When the Sun Comes Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jan Johansson / Rune Gustafsson : When the Sun Comes Out
Hard Bop 2015

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