Birth name Palle Wagnberg Occupation(s) Musician, composer Name Paul Wagnberg | Origin Sweden Albums Bigbandblast! Music group The Real Thing | |
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Born 25 April 1961 (age 63) Norrkoping, Sweden ( 1961-04-25 ) Role Musician · paulwagnberg.com Similar People Staffan William‑Olsson, Torstein Ellingsen, Sigurd Kohn, Stian Carstensen, Anders Aarum | ||
Also known as Paul 'Groove' Wagnberg | ||
Paul Wagnberg - Hammond B3 medley
Paul (Palle) Wagnberg (born 25 April 1961 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish–Norwegian jazz musician, mostly known for his jazz-organ playing. He also sings and plays the piano in addition to composing.
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- Paul Wagnberg Hammond B3 medley
- The Real Thing Got My Mojo Working
- Career
- Solo albums
- Collaborative works
- References
The Real Thing - Got My Mojo Working
Career
Wagnberg was born in Norrköping, Sweden. Since 1985 he has been playing professionally with his Hammond B3 organ. He is in particular known for his footwork on the bass pedals.
He is known for his collaborations within the Swedish-Norwegian jazz quartet The Real Thing, comprising Wagnberg (Hammond B3 organ), Staffan William-Olsson (guitar), Børre Dalhaug (drums) and the late Sigurd Køhn (saxophone). The Real Thing is currently put on hold after Køhn died in 2004 in Thailand by the tsunami catastrophe.
With his own trio Wagnberg has released three albums, Eat Meat (1999) with Torstein Ellingsen (drums) and Randy Johnston (guitar), Gone Fishing (2001) with Torstein Ellingsen (drums) and Frode Kjekstad (guitar) and Catch 22 (2007) with Erik In 2009 he contributed organ on Stina Stenerud's album Kissing Fools with Hildegunn Øiseth on trumpet. Apart from his own "Organ Unit", Wagnberg is organist in the tribute band "Santana The Experience" from Stockholm.