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Egil Johansen
Egil Johansen is credited on 621 releases across 175 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
621
Credits
175
Albums
8
Decades active
14
In collections
Biography
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Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, educator, composer and arranger (in Norway known by the nickname Egil "Bop"), born January 11, 1934 in Oslo, Norway, died April 12, 1998 in Huddinge, Sweden.
He played with Einar Stenberg, Egil Monn-Iversen, Arne Domnérus, Bengt Hallberg, Rune Gustafsson, Georg Riedel, Quincy Jones, Harry Arnold and others.
Played the role of the Captain in the advent calendar TV series "Julefergå" which ran on Norwegian TV in 1995 (the other members of The Brazz Brothers played the other main characters of the series).
He is the father of Jan Johansen.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
621 releases · 175 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 785
- Other credits · 45
- Production · 1
Studios: Europa Film · Stampen Jazzhus · Rainbow Studio · Metronome Studio, Stockholm
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Jan Johansson
- Various
- Cornelis Vreeswijk
- Monica Zetterlund
- Leif Strands Kammarkör
- Bengt Hallberg
- Lars Gullin
- Harry Arnold And His Swedish Radio Studio Orchestra
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