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Sven-Åke Johansson
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1943
- Active to
- 2025-06
Discography
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- 1,958
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- 9,960
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Sven-Åke Johansson (born in Mariestad in 1943; died June 2025) was a Swedish drummer and composer remembered for his association with free jazz and free improvisation. Living in Berlin from 1968, he was in the Globe Unity Orchestra and played with German reedist Alfred Harth and Belgian pianist Nicole Van den Plas in E.M.T.. In 1972, he recorded and released Schlingerland, one of the first solo free jazz recordings by a drummer. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sven-%C3%85ke+Johansson">Read
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johansson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Mariestad
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- jazz
- Official website
- www.sven-akejohansson.com
- Image
- Sven-Ake-Johansson Mannheim nach-Stadt-der-1000-Feuer LWEOS0309.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1943-01-01
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- Sven-Åke Johansson
- date of death
- 2025-06-00
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Sven-Åke Johansson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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