Jan Johansson & Georg Riedel - In Hamburg (CD)

Release Date: 08/26/11Remembering Jan Johansson: Sweden's pioneer of jazz at the piano with bassist Georg Riedel, the NDR studio band and NDR jazz workshops.With his timeless interpretations of folk songs on 1963's 'Jazz på Svenska' with bassistGeorg Riedel, pianist Jan Johanssonled the way in Swedish jazz during his lifetime. Born in 1931, Johansson became known to the general public as a member of Stan Getz's band in the 1950s, and later became the first European musician to play on Norman Granz's famous American 'Jazz at the Philharmonics' series. Had he not died in a car accident at the young age of just 37, he would no doubt have still been held in high regard alongside other internationally famous European jazz stars such Albert Mangelsdorff. 'A lot of people considered him to be the best. Not only because he played Swedish folk music so uniquely, but also due to his avant-garde side. It was so modern that even music that young jazz musicians play today is not more progressive t