Nils Jansen


Nils Jansen is a Norwegian jazz musician, known from several recordings and jazz orchestras.

Career

Jansen attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium, and joined band like Ellipse, Per Husby Quintet, "Trondheim Big Band" and Søyr. After moving to Oslo, he has played within orchestras like "Radiostorbandet", med Espen Rud Sextet, Trygve Seim Ensemble, Magni Wentzel Sextet, "Sharp 9", and musicians like Christina Bjordal, Staffan William-Olsson and Håkon Storm.
Jansen and Espen Rud has had a number of performances with the show Jazzmask for Rikskonsertene.

Discography

Within Søyr
  • 1988: Vectors
With Karsten Brustad
  • 1991: Intarsia
With Trygve Seim
Within Østenfor Sol
  • 2001: Troillspel
Within the Magni Wentzel Sextet
With Helge Sunde & Norske Store Orkester
Within Trondheim Jazz Orchestra