Norwegian Jazz - Norwegian Jazz Ensembles, Norwegian Jazz Guitarists, Norwegian Jazz Musicians, Norwegian Jazz Saxophonists (Paperback)

Chapters: Norwegian Jazz Ensembles, Norwegian Jazz Guitarists, Norwegian Jazz Musicians, Norwegian Jazz Saxophonists, Norwegian Jazz Singers, Norwegian Jazz Trombonists, Norwegian Jazz Trumpeters, Shining, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Damp, Stian Carstensen, Nils Petter Molvaer, Torstein Lofthus, Radka Toneff, Terje Gewelt, Frode Thingnaes, Egil Johansen, Fredrik Carl Stormer, Paal Nilssen-Love, Trygve Seim, Arild Andersen, Arve Henriksen, Halvard Kausland, Lasse Marhaug, Come Shine, the Two, Tord Gustavsen, Karin Krog, Wibutee, Nora Brockstedt, Silje Nergaard, Frode Haltli, Torun Eriksen, Sigurd Kohn, Bugge Wesseltoft, Eivind Aarset, John Pal Inderberg, the Real Thing, Urban Connection, Mathias Eick, Jon Balke, Jon Eberson, Jon Christensen, Kjell Bartholdsen, Jarle Vespestad, Audun Kleive, Gerhard Aspheim, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Sondre Meisfjord, Atomic, Beady Belle, Heming Valebjorg, Per Jorgensen, Tord Gustavsen Trio. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Egil Johansen (in Norway also known by the nickname Egil "Bop," January 11, 1934 December 4, 1998) was a Norwegian -Swedish jazz drummer, teacher, composer, and arranger .Life Johansen was born in Oslo . He was considered already in his teens as one of the best drummers and was a professional musician from the age of 16. He received the nickname "Bop" because he was especially good at playing bebop . He was always open to the new styles of jazz that he encountered. His professional career started in Einar Stenberg s orchestra in the summer of 1950 with Svalerodkilens badhotell and continued in the autumn with Svaes Danseskole, after which he joined Egil Monn-Iversen s orchestra and Kjell Johansen s experimental band for 1951-1953. He played in Rowland Greenberg s orchestra in 1952.He moved to Sweden in 1954 at the invitation of .