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Jon Larsen

g, *1959 NO, Oslo
Musician / Composer / Producer of Jazz

Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959 in Bærum, Norway) is an autodidact guitarist, composer, surrealistic painter, and record producer with heavy influence on the revival of Gypsy jazz worldwide. Founder of the Hot Club de Norvège (1979-), the Django Festival (1980-), Hot Club Records (1982-), Symphonic Django (2005-), Zonic Entertainment (2007-), and Den Gyldne Banan ("The Golden Banana", art book publishing company) (2009-), and the Project Stardust (micrometeorites), in 2010. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to jazz.

     
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Folk
  • World
  • Rock
Plays With
Hot Club De Norvege
Jon Larsen Quartet
Jon Larsen Quintet
Bent Erlandsen's Cafeensemble
Biel Ballester
Popular Tracks   
Webster on Django Festival 8 by Various Artists
Bossa Dorado on Dreams, Drugs and Django by Jon Larsen & Jimmy Rosenberg
All of Me on Jimmy The Kid by Jon Larsen, Jimmy Rosenberg & Hot Club De Norvege
Amour, Mon Cher Amour on Swinging with Jimmy Rosenberg by Jon Larsen, Hot Club De Norvege & Jimmy Rosenberg
Blåmann! Blåmann! on Dreams, Drugs and Django by Jon Larsen & Jimmy Rosenberg
Isn't She Lovely on Jimmy The Kid by Jon Larsen, Jimmy Rosenberg & Hot Club De Norvege
Coquette on Caution Hot by Hot Club De Norvege, Jon Larsen & Adrien Moignard
Jimmy the Kid on Portrait of Jon Larsen by Jon Larsen
Nature Boy on Dreams, Drugs and Django by Jon Larsen & Jimmy Rosenberg
Romanò Traïo on Dreams, Drugs and Django by Jon Larsen & Jimmy Rosenberg

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Willie Nickersons EggJon Larsen, Terje Strømdahl2013Album
A Portrait Of Jon LarsenJon Larsen2010Compil.
The Jimmy Carl Black StoryJon Larsen2008Album
Strange News From MarsJon Larsen2007Album
Vertavo Live In ConcertJon Larsen, Hot Club De Norvege, Vertavo Quartet2006Album
The Next StepJon Larsen2003Album
The Swinging Guitar Of Jon LarsenJon Larsen1996Album
The Swinging Guitar Of Jon LarsenJon Larsen1995Album
GuitaresqueJon Larsen1994Album
GuitaresqueJon Larsen, Pascal De Loutchek, Stian Mevik1994Album
SuperstringsJon Larsen1992Album
Guitar Sax Guitar& BassJon Larsen, Peter Opsvik, Per Frydenlund, Svein Gusrud1985Album
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