Jan Allan

Jan Allan ( * as Jan Bertil Allan on November 7, 1934 in Falun ) is a Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer, as well as physicists.

January Allan began his career in 1951 as a pianist, moved to Stockholm and then switched to the trumpet as his main instrument. During this time he played in the orchestra of Carl -Henrik Norin; In 1954/55 he worked with Lars Gullin / Rolf Bill Berg, 1955-59 Carl -Henrik Norin. At the same time he earned a doctoral degree in physics. Despite the relatively small number of its own records Allen is one of the important musicians of modern jazz in Sweden. From 1960-63, he led a quintet with Bill Berg; He then worked in the 1960s, inter alia, with Arne Domnérus, Georg Riedel and Bengt Hallberg. From 1968 bid 1975 he was a member of the Swedish Radio Jazz Group. His album Jan Allan -70 received a Grammy in 1970 for Best Jazz production. It involved Rolf Ericson, Nils Lindberg, Bobo Stenson, Jon Christensen and Rune Gustafson. With this and Georg Riedel Allan played in 1992, the trio album Sweet And Loverly one. In strong affinity to the West Coast Jazz by Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz stood his album software of 1998. Allan January also composed the music for the films Picasso äventyr (1978), sopor ( 1981) and Troll Karlen (1999).

Throughout his career, Allan also recorded albums with Bosse Broberg, Benny Carter, Dorothy Donegan, Lars Gullin, Jan Johansson, Thad Jones, Roger Kellaway, Lee Konitz, Nils Lindberg, Georg Riedel, George Russell and Monica Zetterlund. In 2009 he was awarded the Swedish Django d'Or as the master of jazz.