Birth name Bjarne Arnulf Nerem Labels Gemini Records Origin Oslo, Norway Name Bjarne Nerem | Role Musician Instruments Saxophone & clarinet | |
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Born 31 July 1923
Oslo, Norway ( 1923-07-31 ) Died April 1, 1991, Oslo, Norway Albums Portrait of a Norwegian Jazz Artist Similar People Egil Kapstad, Kenny Davern, Jan Allan, Flip Phillips, Rune Ofwerman | ||
Occupation(s) Saxophonist & composer | ||
Bjarne Nerem live under Spellemannprisen 1976
Bjarne Arnulf Nerem (31 July 1923 in Oslo, Norway – 1 April 1991 in Oslo), was a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone and clarinet), known from several recordings, and was among the absolute foremost soloists in Norwegian jazz. He was a very talented musician in the tradition of Lester Young, Stan Getz and jazz in the 1950s. Nerem achieved international recognition for his performances.
Contents
- Bjarne Nerem live under Spellemannprisen 1976
- Career
- Honors
- Solo albums
- Within his own Quartet
- Portrait albums
- Collaborative works
- As sideman
- References
Career
Nerem started his career playing clarinet during the World War II, and participated on an album with «Syv Muntre» (1943) and participated, among others within Rowland Greenberg's ensembles. He eventually went over to the tenor and alto saxophone, and started in 1947 a more than 20 years career in Stockholm, Sweden, where he became one of the first bebop performers and quickly became one of Sweden's most renowned, first in the orchestras of Thore Jederby and Santa Skoog (1947–49). After three years within Karl Westby's orchestra at Rainbow (Oslo), Nerem went into several Swedish bands including with Simon Brehm (1952 to 1954) and Harry Arnold's radio band (1956). In recent years he has also played within Carl-Henrik Norin's band (1968–71) and on releases by Ove Lind, Siljabloo Nilsson, Lasse Sjösten, Arne Domnérus, Monica Zetterlund, Thore Ehrling and Nils Lindberg. The period culminated with the album How long has this been goin 'on (1971).
Nerem returned to Norway in 1973 and led his own Bjarne Nerem Kvartett releasing the album Everything happens to me (1976), awarded Spellemannprisen 1976. They also released This is always (1984), and contributed in Nerem solo album More than you know (1987). Furthermore, figured Nerem on releases with Karin Krog (1974), «Sandvika Storband» (1980) and Kristian Bergheim (The rainbow sessions, 1990). Internationally, he collaborated with Kenny Davern and Flip Phillips (1987), Al Grey (Al meets Bjarne, 1988).
Honors
Solo albums
Within his own Quartet
Portrait albums
Collaborative works
As sideman
With Benny Bailey and Åke Persson
With Stan Getz
With Roy Haynes
With Quincy Jones