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Jan Johansson

Person · male · Sweden · Söderhamn · born 1931 · died 1968 · recording since 1961

Swedish jazz pianist (1931–1968)

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Also known as Jan Johannson · 扬·约翰松

Debut: 1961
Recording span: 7 years
Release groups: 29
Awards: 1
Timeline events: 25
Wiki language versions: 18

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Timeline

25 events▣ Album 21◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1930s
1. 16 September 1931 · Birth
  Born 1931-09-16
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1960 · Award
  Won: Gyllene Skivan
  source: wikidata
2. August 1961 · Debut release
  Debut release: 8 bitar
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
3. August 1961 · Album
  Album: 8 bitar
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1962 · Album
  Album: Innertrio
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1963 · Album
  Album: Rörelser
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1964 · Album
  Album: Jazz på svenska
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1964 · Album
  Album: In Pleno
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1967 · Album
  Album: Jazz på ryska
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1968 · Album
  Album: 300.000
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1968 · Album
  Album: Spelar jazz på ungerska
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 9 November 1968 · Death
  Died 1968
  source: wikidata
12. 1969 · Album
  Album: Vårdkasar
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1988 · Album
  Album: Musik genom fyra sekler
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1991 · Album
  Album: Den korta fristen
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1993 · Album
  Album: Longing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1995 · Album
  Album: Ack Värmeland du sköna
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1995 · Album
  Album: Spelar musik på sitt eget vis
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1995 · Album
  Album: Intervju med ett piano
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1996 · Album
  Album: Barnvisor
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1997 · Album
  Album: Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1999 · Album
  Album: Younger Than Springtime 1959–61
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2007 · Album
  Album: Piano
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 6 September 2011 · Album
  Album: Jan Johansson in Hamburg With Georg Riedel
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 14 November 2012 · Album
  Album: Helen Merrill At Nalen With Jan Johansson
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography776 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374239084

Biography

Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 – 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger whose work combined modern jazz, Scandinavian folk music and large-ensemble writing.
Active both as a performer, composer and arranger for recording, radio and television during the 1950s and 1960s, he was a member of Arne Domnérus’s orchestra and of Radiojazzgruppen, and collaborated with musicians including Stan Getz and Georg Riedel.
Johansson is widely associated with a series of recordings based on European folk music interpreted through jazz, among them Jazz på svenska (1964), which became the best-selling jazz album in Swedish history, with more than 400,000 copies sold, and has remained continuously in print since its release. He also composed music for film and television, including the theme for the television series Pippi Longstocking.
Johansson was the father of Anders Johansson, drummer in HammerFall, and Jens Johansson, keyboardist in Stratovarius. The brothers operate the record label Heptagon Records, which manages the continued availability of Johansson’s recordings.

Early life and education

Jan Johansson was born on 16 September 1931 in Söderhamn, Hälsingland, and grew up in Söderala parish, Gävleborg County. His parents were Valter August Johansson, a district manager, and Ingeborg Persson, a primary school teacher. He began piano studies at the age of eleven and continued formal musical training throughout his school years. During his teenage years he performed jazz with local amateur groups.
After completing his secondary education at Söderhamns läroverk in 1951, Johansson enrolled in electrical engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. While studying there, he served as pianist and musical director for several student revues (spex), including productions based on historical themes such as Gustav Vasa. He also performed regularly with local jazz ensembles and participated in jam sessions with visiting musicians.

Early professional work (1955–1959)

After leaving his engineering studies, Johansson worked professionally as a jazz pianist in Gothenburg during the mid-1950s. He performed with the orchestras of Gunnar Hammarlund and Kenneth Fagerlund, and from 1956 to 1959 with bassist Gunnar Johnson’s quintet. With this ensemble he toured extensively in Sweden and made radio and gramophone recordings. Johansson married Else Gunborg Charlotta Bergström in 1957.

Collaboration with Stan Getz (1959–1960)

In 1959 Johansson was invited by tenor saxophonist Stan Getz to perform at Jazz Club Montmartre in Copenhagen. He remained in Denmark during the 1959–1960 season and participated with Getz in recordings and Nordic concert tours. In 1960 he became the first non-American musician to take part in the international Jazz at the Philharmonic tour.

Stockholm period and Radiojazzgruppen (1961–1968)

In 1961 Johansson joined the orchestra of Arne Domnérus, beginning a collaboration that lasted until his death. He relocated with his family to Upplands Väsby in 1962. During the same period he became a member of Swedish jazz band Radiojazzgruppen (lit. 'Radio Jazz Group'), for which he composed and arranged a substantial part of the ensemble's repertoire, often in collaboration with Georg Riedel.
During the 1960s Johansson recorded extensively in his own name. His 1964 album Jazz på svenskaJazz på svenska1964 · Studio albumSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Visa från Utanmyra4:272Gånglek från Älvdalen1:573Polska från Medelpad2:294Visa från Rättvik3:195Brudmarsch efter Larshöga Jonke2:006Vallåt från Jämtland1:527Emigrantvisa3:278Berg-Kirstis polska3:309Leksands skänklåt2:5810Gammal bröllopsmarsch3:4211Visa från Järna1:1612Polska efter Höök-Olle2:26, recorded with Georg Riedel, consisted of jazz interpretations of Swedish folk melodies and became the best-selling jazz album in Swedish history. The approach was later continued with Jazz på ryska (1967) and Jazz på ungerska (1968). Other recordings from this period include 8 bitar Johansson, Innertrio, 300 000 and the multi-album project Musik genom fyra seklerMusik genom fyra sekler1988 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 42 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Vem kan segla förutan vind3:202Herr Peder och Malfred2:063Vi skall ställa till med en roliger dans3:134Ack högaste himmel och fallande jord2:085Domaredansen3:276Skänklåt från Floda3:007En gång i min ungdom3:118Herdedans4:019Väva vadmal1:3110Vedergällningen3:0911Alundavisan4:1312Liksom en herdinna2:5513Elvira Madigan2:2414Fröken Agnes uti dystra drömmar går2:1115Dalavisa (om sommaren sköna)3:2116Brännvin är mitt enda gull3:2117Konvaljens avsked2:2618Klockan är tio slagen1:5619Stolta Karin getepiga2:3520Kväsarevalsen3:0521Vi äro musikanter (alltifrån Skåneland)2:51Disc 21Lilla Lasse sitter och gråter3:122Ack Göta konungarike2:583Klara stjärnor3:314Sy ihop dom, sprätt opp dom1:475Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var3:156Gånglåt efter Hammare1:417Gällivarevisan2:538Göta kämpavisa2:469Vallarevisa från Bjuv (sa-la-la) med spiskroksvalsen2:2910Den övergivne4:2411Den motsträvige brudgummen2:4112Ack Värmeland du sköna2:5513Sotartoner ur duetten 'Sotarne'1:3714Hyllning till Sverige2:3815Sinclairsvisan (La Folia)5:2116Tukki Poika (Flottningsgossen)2:1417Polkan går2:3718Konung Gustaf I och dalkarlarna3:1519Daldansmelodi3:0720Polska efter kronolänsman Per Johan Johansson1:1621Herr Peder han gångar2:40.
In addition to his work as a performer and recording artist, Johansson composed and arranged music for radio, television and film. He wrote the theme music for the television series Pippi Långstrump, with lyrics by Astrid Lindgren, and composed music for several Swedish feature films including Barnvagnen and Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane. He also composed for ballet and stage productions in collaboration with choreographer Lia Schubert and author Rune Lindström.

Death

On 9 November 1968 Johansson died in a car accident near Sollentuna, while traveling from his home to Stockholm Central Station to meet colleagues traveling to a concert engagement in Jönköping. He was 37 years old. Johansson was buried on 4 December 1968 at Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm. A memorial concert was held in Stockholm in December 1968, and the proceeds were used to establish a scholarship fund in his name. Several Grammis awards were later awarded posthumously for albums released after his death. His widow, Else, died on 1 August 2022.

Collaborations

With Svend Asmussen
1968: Spelar jazz på ungerska (Megafon Records)
With Radiojazzgruppen
1969: Vårdkasar (Sveriges Radio)
1970: Frostrosor (Sveriges Radio), with Georg Riedel
1991: Den korta fristen (Megafon Records)
With Alice Babs
2007: Illusion (Vax Records ), with Georg Riedels Orkester
With Stan Getz
Imported from Europe (Verve, 1958)
Stan Getz at Large (Verve, 1960)
2011: Stan Getz At Nalen (Live In The Swedish Harlem) (Riverside Records)
With Oscar Pettiford

My Little Cello (Debut, 1960)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	18	78.1th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	29	90.1th
Studio albums	21	96.7th
Awards recorded	1	89th
Timeline events	25	95.6th
Recording span (years)	7	21th
Genres	1	56th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (29 release groups · 21 studio albums)

Albums · 21

8 bitar
1961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:18
A1Prisma3:00
A2She’s Funny That Way4:57
A3Skobonka2:17
A4De sålde sina hemman3:36
A5Rebus3:30
B1Night in Tunisia5:25
B2Willow Weep for Me5:15
B3Blå vit6:18
Innertrio
1962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:37
A13, 2, 1, go!4:09
A2Bolles vaggvisa4:18
A3Svallvågor5:21
A4I Found a New Baby5:40
B1The Chant5:29
B2Snälltåg4:18
B3The Thrill Is Gone2:44
B4Innertrio5:49
B5Premiär4:49
Rörelser
1963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:57
A1Rit8:45
A2Studsa, studsa3:35
A3Steg för två2:19
A4Kullerbyttor3:47
B1Bråttom3:16
B2Vittnesbörd2:16
B3Rotation1:47
B4Dinosauros4:45
B5Tre rörelser5:27
Jazz på svenska
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:23
1Visa från Utanmyra4:27
2Gånglek från Älvdalen1:57
3Polska från Medelpad2:29
4Visa från Rättvik3:19
5Brudmarsch efter Larshöga Jonke2:00
6Vallåt från Jämtland1:52
7Emigrantvisa3:27
8Berg-Kirstis polska3:30
9Leksands skänklåt2:58
10Gammal bröllopsmarsch3:42
11Visa från Järna1:16
12Polska efter Höök-Olle2:26
In Pleno
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:31
A1Plenum6:14
A2Sommar adjö3:02
A3Parang Chant3:56
A4Mitt piano1:53
A5Musik3:16
B1Una muy bonita6:30
B2Fem4:52
B3Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho4:21
B4If My Complaints1:27
Jazz på ryska
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:16
A1Nära hemmet2:22
A2På ängen stod en björk2:51
A3Stepp, min stepp3:46
A4Bandura2:27
A5Längs floden2:06
A6Det går en kosack1:22
B1Mellan branta stränder2:43
B2Pråmdragarnas sång på Volga3:44
B3Jag broderade till gryningen1:54
B4Kvällar i Moskvas förstäder4:19
B5Entonigt klingar den lilla klockan1:56
B6Ströva omkring0:46
300.000
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 54:34
A1Visa från Järna4:21
A2Kiswahili6:22
A3Willow Weep for me6:56
A4Staden mellan broarna11:18
B1St. Louis blues3:39
B2A + B6:24
B3300.000 km/s5:49
B4Fortare men ändå inte fortare9:45
Spelar jazz på ungerska
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
A1Det snöar
A2Liten brunett
A3På Balatons vågor
A4Det vore synd att dö än
B1Bara en flicka
B2Snabbcsárdás i d-moll
B3Den gamla kyrkklockan
B4God afton allesammans
B5Jag har också haft en mor
Vårdkasar
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
A1Fanfar
A2Lover Man
A3Generalen kommer hem
A4Generalens dröm
B1S:t Louis Blues
B2Night in Tunisia
B3Vals från delsbo
B4Het sommar
B5Vedergällningen
Musik genom fyra sekler
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 42 tracks · 1:59:41
Disc 121 tracks · 1:00:24
1Vem kan segla förutan vind3:20
2Herr Peder och Malfred2:06
3Vi skall ställa till med en roliger dans3:13
4Ack högaste himmel och fallande jord2:08
5Domaredansen3:27
6Skänklåt från Floda3:00
7En gång i min ungdom3:11
8Herdedans4:01
9Väva vadmal1:31
10Vedergällningen3:09
11Alundavisan4:13
12Liksom en herdinna2:55
13Elvira Madigan2:24
14Fröken Agnes uti dystra drömmar går2:11
15Dalavisa (om sommaren sköna)3:21
16Brännvin är mitt enda gull3:21
17Konvaljens avsked2:26
18Klockan är tio slagen1:56
19Stolta Karin getepiga2:35
20Kväsarevalsen3:05
21Vi äro musikanter (alltifrån Skåneland)2:51
Disc 221 tracks · 59:17
1Lilla Lasse sitter och gråter3:12
2Ack Göta konungarike2:58
3Klara stjärnor3:31
4Sy ihop dom, sprätt opp dom1:47
5Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var3:15
6Gånglåt efter Hammare1:41
7Gällivarevisan2:53
8Göta kämpavisa2:46
9Vallarevisa från Bjuv (sa-la-la) med spiskroksvalsen2:29
10Den övergivne4:24
11Den motsträvige brudgummen2:41
12Ack Värmeland du sköna2:55
13Sotartoner ur duetten 'Sotarne'1:37
14Hyllning till Sverige2:38
15Sinclairsvisan (La Folia)5:21
16Tukki Poika (Flottningsgossen)2:14
17Polkan går2:37
18Konung Gustaf I och dalkarlarna3:15
19Daldansmelodi3:07
20Polska efter kronolänsman Per Johan Johansson1:16
21Herr Peder han gångar2:40
Den korta fristen
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:09
1Den korta fristen5:09
2Fem spelor4:58
3Hej Blues4:27
4Samba Triste4:51
5Night in Tunisia4:49
6Vals från Delsbo4:01
7Het Sommar4:45
8Vedergällningen4:26
9Fanfar0:19
10Lover Man3:55
11Generalen kommer hem5:02
12Generalens dröm10:51
13Vänliga hälsningar3:36
Longing
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:15
1Fanfar0:22
2Vals från Sverige4:20
3Måndag kväll5:05
4Fem spelor5:17
5A+B9:36
6Q R T1:56
7Generalen kommer hem5:37
8Den korta fristen6:18
9Het sommar3:59
10Hej blues5:46
11Vaggvisa4:33
12Tionde augusti4:05
13Längtan5:21
Ack Värmeland du sköna
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:09:50
1Younger Than Springtime5:52
2Mäster Johanssongatan4:31
3Spridda skurar3:45
4Back in Paradise4:31
5Straight Ahead4:40
6There’s a Small Hotel3:32
7Where or When4:05
8Mack the Knife2:56
9Blues for Lange2:12
10Pia4:22
11On the Alamo6:34
12When Johnny Comes Marching Home2:48
13The Nearness of You4:08
14He’s Funny That Way3:16
15All of Me2:53
16Lover Man3:38
17Ack Värmeland du sköna6:07
Spelar musik på sitt eget vis
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:16:27
1I'm Gonna Go Fishin'2:49
2Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho3:35
3Django4:47
4Arap Kapero och Nanda mundani4:05
5Kung Erik leker på luta2:27
6Domaredansen3:41
7'Round About Midnight3:59
8Cubano Chant2:54
9St Louis Blues3:45
10Two Little Pearls3:08
11Visan om Titanic3:32
12As Time Goes By3:29
13The Drunken Sailor1:17
14Logger's Love3:30
15Lover Man4:39
16Camptown Races4:21
17Humlans flykt0:54
18Säkkijärven polska2:40
19One for My Baby4:16
20Varför skola mänskor strida3:01
21Bohuslänska sjömansvalsen2:32
22Te dans mä' Kalstatösera1:27
23Det sjunger någonting inom mig2:36
24Flickorna i Småland3:03
Intervju med ett piano
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:13:13
1Intervju med ett piano4:11
2Two3:09
3Styv kuling3:01
4Serenade in Blue2:59
5Now See How You Are6:39
6Love for Sale5:42
7Sometimes I'm Happy3:02
8Exactly Like You2:14
9Autumn Leaves3:09
10They Can't Take That Away From Me7:15
11I've Found a New Baby3:00
12There'll Never Be Another You3:20
13Embraceable You3:47
14Perdido2:17
15Pammie's Tune7:06
16I Like to Recognize the Tune6:38
17Ah-more5:44
Barnvisor
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:00:01
1Byssan lull1:26
2Imse vimse spindel0:57
3Poliskonstapeln1:10
4Nej, se det snöar1:00
5Har du sett min lilla katt0:58
6Små grodorna0:57
7Tre små gummor1:09
8Prästens lilla kråka1:22
9Har du sett Herr Kantarell1:48
10Det var så roligt jag måste skratta0:37
11Vresige Lasse0:59
12Tomtegubben som hade snuva0:58
13Långt bort i skogen1:24
14Små små fågelungar sova i sitt bo1:10
15Arbetsbyte1:08
16Kungens lilla piga1:42
17Om ja' fick fem öre0:59
18Nu så glada gå vi alla1:36
19När jag gick ut på vandringsstråt1:17
20Ett gammalt fult och elakt troll1:06
21Nu reser Pelle Sjöskum0:57
22Trollmors vaggsång2:05
23Nu reser Pelle Sjöskum (förlängd jazzversion)5:25
24Tre små gummor (förlängd jazzversion)4:18
25Har du sett Herr Kantarell (förlängd jazzversion)10:24
26Poliskonstapeln (förlängd jazzversion)3:29
27Tomtegubben som hade snuva (förlängd jazzversion)3:22
28Nu så glada gå vi alla (förlängd jazzversion)3:33
29Nej, se det snöar (förlängd jazzversion)2:45
Blues
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:04:56
1Blues in Octaves3:09
2Söderhamn Blues4:19
3Last Minute Blues5:01
4Scattered Showers3:45
5An Interview With a Piano4:13
6Mäster Johansgatan 124:33
7Gale Force Blues3:03
8Lover Man4:11
9Fog Blues3:49
10They Can't Take That Away3:48
11Willow Weep for Me4:05
12Just You, Just Me2:50
13Blowin' in the Wind3:34
14Lonesome Road4:25
15Full Hand Blues3:28
16Honeysuckle Rose2:52
17When the Sun Comes Out3:51
Younger Than Springtime 1959–61
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:05:23
1Exactly Like You2:17
2Where or When4:06
3Sometimes I’m Happy3:07
4There’s a Small Hotel3:17
5Younger Than Springtime5:53
6Love for Sale5:44
7Autumn Leaves3:15
8Now See How You Are6:41
9Mack the Knife2:57
10Serenade in Blue3:02
11Beck’s3:29
12Swingin’ the Blues5:39
13Serenade in Blue2:55
14Beck’s3:32
15Swingin’ the Blues5:44
16Suburban Street3:45
Piano
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:09:53
1Visa från Utanmyra4:34
2Stepp, min stepp3:44
3Visa från Järna1:22
4Bolles vaggvisa4:17
5Klara stjärnor3:32
6Blues i dimma3:49
7Dubbeltwist2:46
8Visa från Rättvik3:21
9Prisma3:05
10One for My Baby4:16
11Willow Weep for Me5:21
12Liksom en herdinna2:55
13Nej, se det snöar1:00
14Har du sett min lilla katt0:59
15Arbetsbyte1:10
16Ack Värmeland du sköna2:54
17Blues i oktaver3:09
18Mellan branta stränder2:39
19På ängen stod en björk2:48
20Polska efter Höök Olle2:27
21Byssan lull1:25
22Svallvågor5:21
23Flickorna i Småland2:59
Jan Johansson in Hamburg With Georg Riedel
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 52:39
1Visa från Utanmyra3:12
2Nature Boy4:44
3Emigrantvisa3:49
4Gånglek från Älvdalen1:56
5Sommar adjö3:53
6Polka från Jämtland2:19
7Visa från Rättvik3:35
8Yesterdays6:59
9Fem3:40
10Dimma i dag4:15
11Vals från Delsbo4:00
123,2,1 - Go!5:47
13Här kommer Pippi Långstrump4:30
Helen Merrill At Nalen With Jan Johansson
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:16
1S´Wonderful4:25
2My Funny Valentine5:05
3What Is This Thing Called Love2:39
4Dream of You3:23
5Lover Come Back To Me2:30
6All of You2:26
7The Thrill Is Gone3:30
8I Remember You2:35
9You´d Be So Nice to Come Here to2:12
10It Never Entered My Mind4:31

Album · 8

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1994	Live in TallinnSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:45 1New Rumba8:12 2Visa från Utanmyra / Gånglek från Älvdalen8:31 3Blues for Lange5:38 4Sommar adjö2:57 5Emigrantvisa2:56 6Laverne Walk5:42 7Svallvågor6:34 8Samba Triste5:15	Live	1994
1994	8 Bitar / InnertrioSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:18:02 1Prisma3:05 2She's Funny That Way5:03 3Skobonka2:22 4De sålde sina hemman3:43 5Rebus3:44 6Night in Tunisia5:30 7Willow Weep for Me5:23 8Blå vit6:28 93, 2, 1. GO!4:09 10Bolles vaggvisa4:18 11Svallvågor5:21 12I Found a New Baby5:40 13The Chant5:29 14Snälltåg4:18 15The Thrill is Gone2:44 16Innertrio5:49 17Premiär4:56	Compilation	1994
1994	FolkvisorSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:04:11 1Visa från Utanmyra4:33 2Gånglek från Älvdalen2:01 3Polska från Medelpad2:31 4Visa från Rättvik3:22 5Brudmarsch efter Larshöga Jonke2:04 6Vallåt från Jämtland1:54 7Emigrantvisa3:28 8Berg‐Kirstis polska3:30 9Leksands skänklåt2:59 10Gammal bröllopsmarsch3:42 11Visa från Järna1:23 12Polska efter Höök Olle2:32 13Nära hemmet2:21 14På ängen stod en björk2:52 15Stepp, min stepp3:45 16Bandura2:25 17Längs floden2:06 18Det går en kosack1:23 19Mellan branta stränder2:42 20Pråmdragarnas sång på Volga3:43 21Jag broderade till gryningen1:53 22Kvällar i Moskvas förstäder4:19 23Entonigt klingar den lilla klockan1:56 24Ströva omkring0:47	Compilation	9 November 1994
1995	En resa i jazz och folktonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 44:21 1Jannes boogie2:26 2Flottarkärlek3:09 3Hålligång the orgel2:47 4Jag har bott vid en landsväg3:03 5Dubbeltvist2:49 6Tea for Two2:33 7Säg det i toner2:09 8September in the Rain2:25 9Tico Tico1:06 10Lapp-Nils polska5:40 11Berg-Kirsts polska2:39 12I fjol så gick jag med herrarna I hagen2:46 13Johan Gustafssons vals2:43 14In the Night3:36 15Two Little Pearls4:30	Compilation	19 September 1995
1996	Jazz på ungerska / In plenoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:13:28 1Det snöar3:33 2Liten brunett6:33 3På Balatons vågor7:45 4Det vore synd att dö än5:13 5Bara en flicka3:11 6Den gamla kyrkklockan3:51 7God afton allesammans4:55 8Jag har också haft en mor2:37 9Plenum6:17 10Sommar adjö3:05 11Parang chant3:59 12Mitt piano1:54 13Musik3:18 14Una muy bonita6:33 15Fem4:52 16Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho4:21 17If My Complaints1:31	Compilation	1996
1998	Han bär en ljusrymd med sig dit han gårSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:13:25 1Minutvalsen1:38 2Grasshopper2:52 33, 2, 1, GO5:41 4Dinah2:41 5Visa från Utanmyra4:22 6Move2:41 7Skänklåt från Floda3:00 8Solistpotpurri13:21 9Visa från Järna4:06 10Visa från Upplands Väsby7:25 11Intervju i Radio Syd17:10 12Round About Midnight3:58 13If My Complaints1:30 14Du gamla du fria3:00	Compilation	1998
2009	Tiden och musikenSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:17:09 1Ack Värmeland du sköna2:57 2Rotation2:29 3Tre rörelser7:24 4Medan kolapapperen prasslar4:24 5Faster Ellas krona3:46 6Starkare på de brutna ställena2:19 7Britts nya biff5:14 8Nam damundani2:51 9Mobil / Sista tåget till Gamla stan: del I3:08 10Mobil / Sista tåget till Gamla stan: del II5:46 11Mobil / Sista tåget till Gamla stan: del III2:52 12Mobil / Sista tåget till Gamla stan: del IV3:50 13Mobil / Sista tåget till Gamla stan: del V5:17 14Samba triste7:42 15Plenum6:38 16Laverne Walk10:32	Compilation	2009
2012	Don Byas at Nalen with Jan Johansson - Live in Swedish HarlemSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 47:11 1There'll Never Be Another You6:08 2I Remember Clifford9:42 3All the Things You Are6:53 4Walkin'6:54 5I'll Remember April7:15 6I Got Rhythm5:05 7Indiana5:14	Live	18 May 2012

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jan Johansson head-to-head →

Jan Johansson metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	18	78.1th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	29	90.1th
Studio albums	21	96.7th
Awards recorded	1	89th
Timeline events	25	95.6th
Recording span (years)	7	21th
Genres	1	56th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Category	Result
1960	Gyllene Skivan		won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Jan Johanssons kvintett(band)	—	present	original
Radiojazzgruppen(band)	—	present
Jan Johanssons Trio(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Johansson_Hawi.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7d623f63-56d0-4c44-915f-7aefc30301f9
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7d623f63-56d0-4c44-915f-7aefc30301f9
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389066
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389066
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Johansson_%28jazz_musician%29
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Johansson_%28jazz_musician%29

Why this artist is in the database

List of Swedish musicians

United States · Person

jazz

1 shared genre tag · debut 1962, 1 year apart

60 wikis

Timeline

1930s

Born 1931-09-16

1960s

Won: Gyllene Skivan

Debut release: 8 bitar

Album: 8 bitar

Album: Innertrio

Album: Rörelser

Album: Jazz på svenska

Album: In Pleno

Album: Jazz på ryska

Album: 300.000

Album: Spelar jazz på ungerska

Died 1968

Album: Vårdkasar

1980s

Album: Musik genom fyra sekler

1990s

Album: Den korta fristen

Album: Longing

Album: Ack Värmeland du sköna

Album: Spelar musik på sitt eget vis

Album: Intervju med ett piano

Album: Barnvisor

Album: Blues

Album: Younger Than Springtime 1959–61

2000s

Album: Piano

2010s

Album: Jan Johansson in Hamburg With Georg Riedel

Album: Helen Merrill At Nalen With Jan Johansson

Biography

Biography

Early life and education

Early professional work (1955–1959)

Collaboration with Stan Getz (1959–1960)

Stockholm period and Radiojazzgruppen (1961–1968)

Death

Collaborations

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (29 release groups · 21 studio albums)

Albums · 21

Album · 8

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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