Nils Jansen

Nils Jansen
Born (1959-03-30) 30 March 1959 (age 65)
Haugesund, Rogaland
OriginNorway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger and music teacher
Instrument(s)Tenor, soprano, bass saxophone, bass clarinet

Nils Jansen (born 30 March 1959 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), known from several recordings and jazz orchestras.[1]

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.[1]

Jansen and Espen Rud has had a number of performances with the show Jazzmask for Rikskonsertene.[2]

Discography

Within Søyr

With Karsten Brustad

With Trygve Seim

Within Østenfor Sol

Within the Magni Wentzel Sextet

  • 2001: Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Norway Music)

With Helge Sunde & Norske Store Orkester

Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

References

  1. ^ a b "Jansen, Nils – Biografi". Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Barnehagekonserter" (in Norwegian). Rikskonsertene. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Trygve Seim – Sangam". ECM Records. Retrieved 2 November 2023.