Nils Jansen (born 30 March 1959 in Haugesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), known from several recordings and jazz orchestras.
Career Jansen attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1995–98), and joined band like Ellipse, Per Husby Quintet, "Trondheim Big Band" and Søyr. After moving to Oslo, he has played within orchestras like "Radiostorbandet", med Espen Rud Sextet, Trygve Seim Ensemble, Magni Wentzel Sextet, "Sharp 9", and musicians like Christina Bjordal, Staffan William-Olsson and Håkon Storm.
Jansen and Espen Rud has had a number of performances with the show Jazzmask for Rikskonsertene.
Discography
Within Søyr 1988: Vectors (Hot Club)
With Karsten Brustad 1991: Intarsia (Origo Sound)
With Trygve Seim 2000: Different Rivers (ECM) 2005: Sangam (ECM)
Within Østenfor Sol 2001: Troillspel (MajorStudio)
Within the Magni Wentzel Sextet 2001: Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Norway Music)
With Helge Sunde & Norske Store Orkester 2006: Denada (ACT), feat. Olga Konkova & Marilyn Mazur
Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra 2009: What If? A Counterfactual Fairytale (MNJ), feat. Erlend Skomsvoll 2011: Migrations (MNJ), feat. Øyvind Brække 2011: Kinetic Music (MNJ), feat. Magic Pocket
References
External links Nils Jansen Biography on LevendeDukker.com