Nils Jansen

Nils Jansen
Born	30 March 1959 Haugesund, Rogaland
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, arranger and music teacher
Instruments	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

• 1988: Vectors (Hot Club Records)

With Karsten Brustad

• 1991: Intarsia (Origo Sound)

With Trygve Seim

• 2000: Different Rivers (ECM Records)
• 2005: Sangam (ECM Records)^[3]

Within "Østenfor Sol»

• 2001: Troillspel (MajorStudio)

Within the Magni Wentzel Sextet

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

With Helge Sunde & Norske Store Orkester

• 2006: Denada (ACT), feat. Olga Konkova & Marilyn Mazur

Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

• 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

References

1. "Jansen, Nils – Biografi". Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
2. "Barnehagekonserter" (in Norwegian). Rikskonsertene. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
3. "Trygve Seim – Sangam – Review". ECM Records. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

External links

• Nils Jansen Biography on LevendeDukker.com