Biography
Bengt-Arne Wallin (13 July 1926 in Linköping – 23 November 2015) was a Swedish jazz composer, arranger, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player who played jazz influenced by Swedish traditional folk music. He also wrote film scores. Between 1953 and 1965, he worked in the ensembles of Arne Domnérus and Lars Gullin, as well as the Radiobandet with Harry Arnold. He performed with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson. During this time he also participated in Benny Golson's sessions with Scandinavian musicians.
His arrangements of Swedish folklore, which were initially recorded under the title Old Folklore in Swedish Modern 1962 with a big band, featured soloists such as Domnérus, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab and Georg Riedel and strings. He returned to this musical area in 1997 with the JazzBaltica ensemble (including Tomasz Stańko, Nils Landgren, Bugge Wesseltoft and Wolfgang Schlüter). From 1972 to 1993, he worked as a lecturer at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
Filmography
all 17
Movies 15
TV Shows 2
self 1
Nalen (1998)
Härifrån till Kim (1993)
Råttornas vinter (1988)
Profitörerna (1983)
Nisse och Greta (1975)
The Sound of Näverlur (1971)
Ann and Eve (1970)
Swedish and Underage (1969)
Håll polisen utanför (1969)
One Swedish Summer (1968)
Black Palm Trees (1968)
The Living Forest (1966)
Dear John (1964)
Swedish Portraits (1964)
Lita på mej, älskling! (1961)
Line Six (1958)
Waiting Women (1952)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1926-07-13
Deathday2015-11-23 (89 years old)
Birth NameBengt Arne Wallin
Birth PlaceLinköping Cathedral Congregation, Sweden
RelationshipsAnja Notini (1967-01-01 - 1977-01-01), Jessie Flaws (1962-01-01 - 1966-01-01), Eva Bysing (1986-01-01 - 2015-11-23)
CitizenshipsSweden
AwardsMedal for the advancement of the musical arts, Kurt Atterberg Prize, Gyllene Skivan
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