Georg Wadenius

Georg Wadenius (also known as Jojje Wadenius), born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a big name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as one of the most in demand session guitarist/bassists in the world, as well as a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden.

After appearing on a number of Swedish hit records and being founder-member of two Swedish supergroups of the early 70s, Made in Sweden (1966-1972) and Solar Plexus (1968-1972), he relocated to the United States, to become a member of then US supergroup Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1972 to 1978. In 1979 he quit the band and joined The Saturday Night Live Band on television. He stayed on until 1985 and has since worked for many important artists as a session player and/or touring musician, among them Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Dr. John, David Sanborn, James Brown, Marianne Faithful, Kent, Paul Simon, Joe Thomas, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Donald Fagen, Doug Katsaros, Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, John McLaughlin, Michael Franks, and Luther Vandross, as well as many important artists in Sweden.

Discography

with Blood, Sweat & Tears

• New Blood (1972)
• No Sweat (1973)
• Mirror Image (1974)
• New City (1975)

as a session musician

• Live & More (1980) - Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson
• Never Too Much - Luther Vandross (1981)
• Forever, For Always, For Love (1982) - Luther Vandross
• Busy Body (1983) - Luther Vandross
• Jump to It - Aretha Franklin
• How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) - Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross
• Swept Away - Diana Ross
• Alive in America - Steely Dan
• Kamakiriad - Donald Fagen
• Television - (1994) - Dr. John

External links

Georg Wadenius official web site