Tore Jensen (born 19 May 1935) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn) and bandleader, known from a series of Dixieland bands and album releases.
Career Jensen was born in Oslo, and was first known through the local band «Hot Saints» (1953–60), whereupon he was involved in the band «Big Chief Jazzband» and «Norwegian Dixieland All Stars». Together with Bjørn Stokstad he toured with his own band as in Germany (1961), before the two established the eponymous Stokstad/Jensen Trad.Band (1962–), where all the members was honorary citizen of New Orleans (1984). They also played a series of gigs at Moldejazz from 1963, and a number of festivals and concerts outside Norway. He also worked in a swing jazz quintet with Svein Gusrud and Peter Opsvik, and played on releases by bands like «Norske Rytmekonger», «Swingkameratene», «Christiania 12» and «Mississippi Jazzband». He received Buddyprisen (1987), and was awarded Ellaprisen Oslo Jazzfestival in (2000), bl.s. to have cultivated young musicians within bands like Tore Jensens Shangri-La.
Honors 1974: Spellemannprisen in the class Jazz, within Stokstad / Jensen Trad.Band for the album Mer Glajazz 1995: Buddyprisen
Discography Within Stokstad / Jensen Trad.Band 1973: Glajazz (RCA International), with Laila Dalseth & Wild Bill Davison 1974: Mer Glajazz (RCA International), with Laila Dalseth 1975: Nye gamle 1977: Blanda drops (Hot Club Records 1978: Selvskrevet 1982: Kraftjazz (Talent Records) 1983: Happy New Chair (Hot Club Records), (including Christiania Jazzband on the A-side) 2000: The Originals-1974, with Laila Dalseth & Wild Bill Davison 2002: At the Jazz Band Ball
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