Georg Wadenius

Georg Wadenius
Wadenius in 2014
Background information
Born	(1945-05-04) May 4, 1945 Sweden
Genres	Jazz, pop, rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Website	wadenius.com

Georg "Jojje" Wadenius (born 4 May 1945) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 1980s as a studio and session guitarist and bassist, as well as releasing a popular series of albums of children's songs in Sweden.

Biography

Wadenius was born in Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School. After appearing on a number of Swedish hit records and being founder-member of two Swedish supergroups of the early 1970s, Made in Sweden (1966–1972 and 1976) and Solar Plexus (1971–1972), he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the US group Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he 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 Faithfull, Kent, Paul Simon, Joe Thomas, Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack, Donald Fagen, Doug Katsaros, Michael Franks, and Luther Vandross, as well as many important artists in Sweden.

In 1970, he received a Swedish Grammis for Made in Sweden and another for his work on children's songs.

In recent years he has spent more time producing other Scandinavian performers, including Anne Sofie von Otter, and in 2001 he set up a recording studio in Oslo, Norway.

Discography

As leader

• 1969 - Goda, Goda
• 1978 - Puss,Puss,Sant,Sant
• 1978 - Georg Wadenius
• 1987 - Cleo
• 1997 - Till alla barn
• 1997 - Left turn from the right lane
• 1999 - Zzoppa
• 2005 - Interloop
• 2009 - Jul på Svenska
• 2010 - Reconnection
• 2011 - Saleya
• 2012 - Teddy og Marian
• 2013 - Jul på Norska
• 2014 - Psalmer
• 2014 - Cleo, Vol. 2
• 2016 - Cleo with friends
• 2016 - Farvel
• 2016 - Livet är nu
• 2016 - Jojjes klassiska barnvisor
• 2018 - Jojjes Wadenius bästa barnvisor, Vol. 1

With Made in Sweden

• 1968 - Made in Sweden (with Love)
• 1969 - Snakes in a Hole
• 1970 - Live! At the Golden Circle
• 1970 - Made in England
• 1970 - Regnbågslandet
• 1971 - Best of
• 1976 - Where Do We Begin

With Blood, Sweat & Tears

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

As guest

• Ja, dä ä dä (1969) - Pugh Rogefeldt
• Ramadan (1969) - Björn J:son Lindh
• Rune at the top (1969) - Rune Gustafsson
• Taube (1969) - Cornelis Vreewijk
• Poem, blues och ballader (1969) - Cornelis Vreeswijk
• The Mathematician's Air Display (1977) - Pekka Pohjola
• Live & More (1980) - Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson
• Never Too Much (1981) - Luther Vandross
• 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 (1984) - Diana Ross
• Passion Fruit (1985) - Ronnie Cuber
• Camera Never Lies (1987) - Michael Franks
• Kamakiriad (1993) - Donald Fagen
• Scene Is Clean (1993) Ronnie Cuber
• Television (1994) - Dr. John
• Alive in America (1995) - Steely Dan
• Vapen & ammunition (2002) - Kent
• Irreplaceable (2003) - George Benson
• Hjerteknuser (2007) - Jan Eggum

External links

• Official site