Charles Redland
Carl Gustaf Mauritz Nilsson, known professionally as Charles Redland (July 7, 1911 – August 18, 1994) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.[1]
Born in Södertälje, the son of a musician, Redland learned several instruments when he was young. In the 1930s he was a member of bands in which he played alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, and trombone. During that decade he also worked as a leader. On clarinet he recorded with Benny Carter in Sweden in 1936.[2] He composed and arranged jazz and popular music.[2] He also composed for more than 80 films, as well as for radio and TV programs.[3] He died in Stockholm.
Filmography
- The Song to Her (1934)
- A Girl for Me (1943)
- Eaglets (1944)
- Stopp! Tänk på något annat (1944) (with others)
- The Wedding on Solö (1946)
- Carnival Evening (1948)
- Robinson in Roslagen (1948)
- The Devil and the Smalander (1949)
- Big Lasse of Delsbo (1949)
- Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo (1952)
- Ursula, the Girl from the Finnish Forests (1953)
- Dance in the Smoke (1954)
- People of the Finnish Forests (1955)
- Stage Entrance (1956)
- Seventeen Years Old (1957)
- Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously (1957)
- Blonde in Bondage (1957)
- The Jazz Boy (1958)
- A Goat in the Garden (1958)
- A Lion in Town (1959)
- Heaven and Pancake (1959)
- The Children of Bullerbyn Village (1960)
- Sten Stensson Returns (1963)
- Andersson's Kalle (1972)
- Andersson's Kalle on Top Form (1973)
References
- ^ "Charles Redland har avlidit". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). August 19, 1994. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Kjellberg, Erik (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2 ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 384. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ^ "Redland, Charles". Orkester Journalen (in Swedish). April 20, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2019.