Nils Jansen

Norwegian jazz musician

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

Musical artist

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)

With Karsten Brustad

1991: Intarsia (Origo Sound)

With Trygve Seim

2000: Different Rivers (ECM)
2005: Sangam (ECM)^[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), feat. Erlend Skomsvoll
2011: Migrations (MNJ), feat. Øyvind Brække
2011: Kinetic Music (MNJ), feat. Magic Pocket

References

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