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Jan Bertil Allan (born 7 November 1934)[1] is a Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer.[2] He is the winner of a Grammis Award, the Swedish equivalent of the Grammys.[3] He has also composed for several films such as The Adventures of Picasso (1978), Sopor (1981) and Trollkarlen (1999).

Career

Allan was born 7 November 1934 in Falun, Sweden.[1] He began his career in 1951 as a pianist; after moving to Stockholm, he changed to the trumpet as his main instrument. At this time he played in Carl-Henrik Norin's orchestra. From 1954 to 1955, he worked with Lars Gullin and Rolf Billberg and from 1955 to 1959 with Carl-Henrik Norin. At the same time, he earned a PhD in physics.

Despite his small number of records, Allan is among the most important modern jazz musicians in Sweden. From 1960 to 1963, he led a quintet with Billberg. Over the course of the 1960s, he worked with Arne Domnérus, Georg Riedel, and Bengt Hallberg, among others. From 1968 to 1975, he was a member of the Swedish Radio Jazz Group.[4] His album Jan Allan -70, which featured Rolf Ericson, Nils Lindberg, Bobo Stenson, Jon Christensen, and Rune Gustafsson, won a Grammis Award for Jazz of the Year in 1970.[3] Allan played with the same group and Georg Riedel on the trio-album Sweet And Loverly. His 1998 album Software stands in strong affinity with the West Coast Jazz of Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz.

Over the course of his career, Allan recorded albums with Bosse Broberg, Benny Carter, Dorothy Donegan, Lars Gullin, Jan Johansson, Thad Jones, Roger Kellaway, Lee Konitz, Nils Lindberg, Georg Riedel, George Russell and Monica Zetterlund. In 2009, he was honored with a Swedish Golden Django as a Master of Jazz.

In 2000, his Bach trumpet, which was engraved with his name and he played for 35 years, was stolen.[5] A movie about the theft and missing trumpet was broadcast on Swedish television in 2015; it had an audience of 1.1 million viewers.[6]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Arne Domnerus

With Berndt Egerbladh

With Lars Gullin

With Nils Lindberg

With George Russell

With Monica Zetterlund

With others

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b "Svenska Filminstitutet". Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
  3. ^ a b 1970 Grammis Award nominees and winners (Swedish)
  4. ^ "A Swedish jazz legend - Berwaldhallen". www.berwaldhallen.se. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ oj-admin (10 February 2012). "Håll koll efter Jan Allans trumpet!". OrkesterJournalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Sannsagan om en stulen trumpet Tom Alandh har gjort en film inspirerad av nedanstående historia. Dokumentären "Jan Allan och trumpeten som försvann" sändes i SVT1 den 4/1 2015 och hade 1.1 miljoner tittare. Sprid denna historia! Uppmana alla du känner att läsa och hålla ögonen öppna. Sprid det på nätet och på krogen. Berätta för musikanter, för pantbanker, försäljare ... och uppmana till att vara noga med att om möjligt kontrollera ett objekts ursprung, innan man köper det. För samtliga bestulnas skull. "I ett perspektiv, bara en bit metall ... I ett annat perspektiv, en av de mest betydelsefulla instrumenten i svensk musikhistoria." Citat trumpetaren Peter Asplund". www.annallan.se. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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