Rowland Greenberg

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Rowland Greenberg
Birth nameRowland Charles Wentworth Greenberg
Born(1920-08-28)28 August 1920
Oslo, Norway
OriginNorway
Died2 April 1994(1994-04-02) (aged 73)
Oslo, Norway
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Trumpet

Rowland Charles Wentworth Greenberg (28 August 1920 in Oslo – 2 April 1994) was a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet), seen by many as one of the foremost names in Norwegian jazz[1] in the 1940s and 1950s.[2]

Career

With a style inspired by the Englishman

Hot Dogs and Funny Boys [no].[3] Before his musical career, he was also one of the country's leading cyclists. As a member of SK Rye, he was Oslo champion in 1937 in the 1000 metres track cycling and 20 km road cycling. The following year, he won the team championships at the junior National Championships in 20 km road cycling.[4]

After trips to England (1938–39) with Vic Lewis and George Shearing, he was a central part of

Gordon Franklin on tenor sax, Arvid Gram Paulsen on alto sax, Robert Normann on guitar, Kjell Bjørnstad [d], Frank Hansen, Lyder Vengbo [d] on trombone, and Fred Lange-Nielsen on bass. A record release (1942) was banned by the German regime, and he was jailed for breaching the Rytmeklubbforbundet
by viewing jazz films (1943).

After his release from

Grini, he was also active in Sweden (with Cecil Aagaard, Thore Ehrling, and Malte Johnson [sv]) and England (with Jimmie Woode and Sam Samson [sv]). He also toured Norway with his own band (1948–50), including presenting bebop
to the country. Greenberg took part in the "All-Star Trumpets session" (Paris Jazz Festival, 1949) with
Down Beat
, who gave Greenberg the first chart placing of his career. During the 1950s, he played extensively in the orchestras led by Egil Monn-Iversen, Leiv Flisnes [no] and Terje Kjær. He led his own orchestras including Mikkel Flagstad on piano, Totti Bergh on saxophone, Knut Young on bass, Ivar Wefring [de; no] on piano, Bjørn Krokfoss on drums (until 1981), and played with Ben Webster (Moldejazz, 1969) and Teddy Wilson.

Awards

  • The first Buddyprisen, 1956
  • Gammleng-prisen
    veteran class, 1989

Discography

  • Rowland Greenberg and his Group, Swing is the thing. EMI/Columbia Records. 1970.
  • How about you?. Oslo, Norway: Gemini Records. 1987.
    OCLC 30092116.
    with Kristian Bergheim saxophone, Eivin Sannes [de; no] piano, Sture Janson [no] bass, and Per Nyhaug [de; no
    ] drums.
  • Rowland Greenberg Portrait of a Norwegian jazz artist, Vettre: Gemini Records, 2001,
    OCLC 935380659

References
  1. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget
    . Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Rowland Greenberg Biography" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  3. ^ Kagge, Stein (18 April 1994). "Rowland Greenberg" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.
  4. ^ Rowland Greenberg at Cycling Archives


Awards
Preceded by
First award in 1967
 Recipient of the Buddyprisen
1967 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Veteran class
Gammleng-prisen

1989 		Succeeded by

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