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Jack Noren
Jack Noren
American musician
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Bengt-Arne Wallin
Bengt-Arne Wallin
Swedish trumpeter
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Bosse Broberg
Bosse Broberg
Swedish trumpeter
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Bengt Hallberg
Bengt Hallberg
Swedish musician
4
Rune Gustafsson
Rune Gustafsson
Swedish musician
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Jan Lundgren
Jan Lundgren
Swedish jazz pianist and composer
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Esbjörn Svensson
Esbjörn Svensson
Swedish jazz pianist
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Arne Domnérus
Arne Domnérus
Swedish musician
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Egil Johansen
Egil Johansen
Norwegian-Swedish musician
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Lars Gullin
Lars Gullin
Swedish musician
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Gösta Theselius
Gösta Theselius
Swedish jazz musician, composer, arranger
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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James Black
James Black
American R&B and jazz musician
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Nicolai Dunger
Nicolai Dunger
singer
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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud
French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Cal Massey
Cal Massey
American musician
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Jan Allan
Jan Allan
Trumpter and composer
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Harry Arnold
Harry Arnold
Swedish jazz saxophonist and bandleader
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Bo Stief
Bo Stief
Danish musician
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Gerd Dudek
Gerd Dudek
German musician
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Bruce Clarke
Bruce Clarke
Australian musician
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John Serry Jr.
John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Bob Curnow
Bob Curnow
musician
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Clare Fischer
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Moondog
Moondog
American composer
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Gérard Badini
Gérard Badini
French jazz musician
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Bill Finegan
Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Rolf Ericson
Rolf Ericson
Swedish musician
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Jymie Merritt
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
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Edgar Battle
Edgar Battle
American musician
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Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Miff Görling
Miff Görling
Swedish musician
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Hank Levy
Hank Levy
American musician
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Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Benedikt Jahnel
Benedikt Jahnel
musical artist
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Jimmy Wisner
Jimmy Wisner
American pianist, arranger, songwriter, and producer
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Steve Reich
Steve Reich
American composer
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Paul Motian
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
Reinhold Svensson
Swedish composer

Reinhold Svensson

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Swedish composer
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Reinhold Svensson (December 20, 1919 in Husum – November 23, 1968 in Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz pianist, Hammond organist and composer.

Svensson recorded as a solo artist in 1941-1942, then joined the ensemble of violinist Hasse Kahn. In 1948, Putte Wickman took leadership of the group, and Svensson worked with it until 1960 as a performer, arranger, and composer.

Svensson appeared at the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949, worked with Arne Domnerus's orchestra, and played with Charlie Norman in 1950-1951 as a duo under the names Ralph & Bert Berg and the Olson Brothers. He also recorded with his own ensembles (including under the name Ragtime Reinhold); Domnerus, Jack Noren, Simon Brehm, and Thore Jederby were sidemen of his in the late 1940s and early 1950s.