Kaj Backlund

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Kaj Backlund

tr, 1945-2013 FI, Helsinki
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz
A.k.a. Harry Kaj Olof Backlund

Harry Kaj Olof Backlund (February 24, 1945 – December 25, 2013) was a Finnish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, theorist and one of the founders of the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and the Jazz Department of Sibelius Academy. He was also one of the founding members of UMO Jazz Orchestra. He was a contemporary music education pioneer in Finland and a long-running senior music theory teacher in Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.Kaj Backlund's sons Jari, Jukka and Tapio are all musicians.

Genres

Jazz
Pop
R&B/Soul
Blues
Children's Music

Plays With

Eero Koivistoinen Music Society

Heikki Sarmanto Big Band

Kaj Backlund Big Band

Kaj Backlundin Orkesteri

Kaj Backlundin Yhtye

Mike Koskinen Orchestra

Nunnu Big Band

Radion Tanssiorkesteri

Umo Jazz Orchestra

Viisi Vierasta Miestä

Eriikka Magnusson

Tampereen Popteatterin Kuoro Ja Orkesteri

Penniteatteri

Tupuna Vaissi

Viihdeorkesteri

Band Members

External Links

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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