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Jazz saxophonist
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Male
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Birth:
30 March 1959(Haugesund, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Nils Jansen (born 30 March 1959 in Haugesund, 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. 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 Håkon Storm.
Jansen and Espen Rud has had a number of performances with the show Jazzmask for Rikskonsertene.
Discography
- 1988: Vectors (Hot Club Records)
- 1991: Intarsia (Origo Sound)
- 2000: Different Rivers (ECM Records)
- 2005: Sangam (ECM Records)
- 2001: Troillspel (MajorStudio)
- 2001: Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Norway Music)
- 2006: Denada (ACT), feat. Olga Konkova & Marilyn Mazur
- 2009: What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale (MNJ Records), feat. Erlend Skomsvoll
- 2011: Migrations (MNJ Records), feat. Øyvind Brække
- 2011: Kinetic Music (MNJ Records), feat. Magic Pocket