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Nils Landgren is a Swedish jazz musician, trombonist, and composer. He is best known for his work with the Nils Landgren Funk Unit, a funk and soul band he formed in the late 1990s. He has also collaborated with many other jazz musicians, including Jan Garbarek, Esbjörn Svensson, and Bobo Stenson. Landgren was born in Degerfors, Sweden, and began playing the trombone at the age of nine. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and later at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Landgren has released several solo albums, including his debut album, Nils Landgren (1978), and his most recent album, Sentimental Journey (2015). He has also released several albums with the Nils Landgren Funk Unit, including their debut album, Funk Unit (1999), and their most recent album, Teamwork (2015). Landgren is also a member of the Swedish Radio Big Band, and has performed with them on several occasions. He has also performed with the WDR Big Band, the UMO Jazz Orchestra, and the Vienna Art Orchestra. As of 2021, Nils Landgren's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

Popular As Nils Lennart Landgren
Occupation Musician
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 15 February, 1956
Birthday 15 February
Birthplace Degerfors, Sweden
Nationality Sweden

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1992

In 1992, the first performances and recording of the Nils Landgren Unit took place. His breakthrough beyond Scandinavia occurred in 1994 at the Jazz Baltica Festival at Salzau, Germany. The "Unit" became the Nils Landgren Funk Unit. The album Live in Stockholm (ACT) was released that year and was the foundation for the collaboration with Siegfried Loch and his then nascent ACT label.

1983

In 1983, he recorded and released his debut album as a solo artist. Planet Rock was followed by Streetfighter (1984), You Are My Number One (1985), Miles from Duke (1987) with Bengt-Arne Wallin, Chapter Two 1 (1987), Chapter Two 2 and Follow Your Heart (1989). Between 1985 and 1987, he performed as an actor, singer, trombonist, and dancer in over 360 performances of the Swedish "play of the year", SKÅL, and apperead in several TV-films as an actor.

1981

After his graduation, Landgren moved to Stockholm to work as a professional trombone player. He was soon touring with the successful Swedish pop star, Björn Skifs. Skifs's band, Blue Swede, recorded a number one hit song in the U.S. pop charts with "Hooked on a Feeling". In 1981, Thad Jones invited Landgren to join his big band, called Ball of Fire, as the lead trombonist. Landgren has worked in many genres: jazz, rock, soul, hip hop, and big band. By his own reckoning, he has contributed to at least 500 albums by such international stars as ABBA, The Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Wyclef Jean, and Herbie Hancock.

1972

Between 1972 and 1978 he studied classical trombone at the music college in Karlstad, Sweden and continued his education in the university in Arvika. After meeting the Swedish folk-jazz pioneer Bengt-Arne Wallin and trombonist Eje Thelin, Landgren was persuaded to move from his strict classical studies to improvisation and to begin the development of his own sound and approach to music.

1956

Nils Landgren (born 15 February 1956 in Degerfors, Sweden) is a Swedish R&B, funk, and jazz trombone player.

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