Jan Allan
Encyclopedia
Jan Bertil Allan is a Swedish
jazz
trumpeter and composer. He is a winner of the Grammis
awards, the Swedish equivalent to the Grammys. He has also composed for several films such as The Adventures of Picasso
(1978).
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
trumpeter and composer. He is a winner of the Grammis
Grammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
awards, the Swedish equivalent to the Grammys. He has also composed for several films such as The Adventures of Picasso
The Adventures of Picasso
The Adventures of Picasso is a 1978 Swedish film comedy directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, as the famous painter...
(1978).
Literature
- Richard CookRichard CookRichard David Cook was a British jazz writer, magazine editor and former record company executive.Sometimes credited as R. D. Cook, Cook was born in Kew, Surrey and lived in west London as an adult. He was co-author, with Brian Morton, of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings , now in its ninth...
& Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Sixth Edition, London, Penguin, 2002