Also known as «Pal» Labels Gemini Music Name Arvid Paulsen | Occupation(s) Musician Origin Norway | |
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Born 4 January 1922
Oslo ( 1922-01-04 ) Instruments Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, trumpet Died April 11, 1963, Oslo, Norway Similar People Rowland Greenberg, Bjarne Nerem, Einar Iversen | ||
Associated acts Rowland Greenberg | ||
Rowland Greenberg, Big Apple. Oslo 1942
Arvid Gram Paulsen (born 4 January 1922 in Kristiania – 11 April 1963) was a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone and trumpet) and composer.
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Biography
Gram Paulsen joined the orchestra at Oslo Swingklubb, and a new quartet with Lulle Kristoffersen and Pete Brown, under the leadership of Rowland Greenberg (1940). Beyond the 1940s, he joined the studio band of Syv Muntre, and various ensembles led by Svein Øvergaard, Rowland Greenberg, Willie Vieth, Jens Book-Jensen, Alf Søgaard, Pete Iwers and Finn Westbye. By Kurios record contributions may be mentioned that during World War II in conjunction with Alf Søgaard, contributed to Kari Diesen's album Problemet/Minorka (1942). In the 1950s he played within Pete Brown's Orchestra and led his own bands. Before he died he performed at the Moldejazz in 1962.