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Jan Johansson
Swedish jazz pianist, composer of Pippi Longstocking song
Sweden · 1931-09-16 – 1968-11-09
Jan Johansson is credited on 735 releases across 192 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
735
Credits
192
Albums
8
Decades active
15
In collections
Biography
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Swedish jazz pianist, arranger and composer, born 16 September 1931 in Onsäng, Söderala parish, Hälsingland, died in a car accident 9 November 1968 in Sollentuna, Stockholm County.
His album "Jazz på svenska" is the best selling jazz album in Sweden having sold over a quarter of a million copies and has been streamed more than 10 million times on Spotify.
Anders Johansson and Jens Johansson, co-founders of (which has reissued his albums on CD), are his sons.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
735 releases · 192 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 1,299
- Other credits · 196
Studios: Studio 2, Sveriges Radio · Europa Film · Kildevældskirken · Atlantis Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Stan Getz
- Astrid Lindgren
- Monica Zetterlund
- Cornelis Vreeswijk
- Oscar Pettiford
- Mari Laurila
- Toots Thielemans
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