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Ole “Fessor” Lindgreen

A fantastic trombonist from Denmark, Ole “Fessor” Lindgreen continues to be a significant bandleader in Scandinavia since 1968. Sick and tired of playing in a lot of very similar and predictable trad jazz ensembles, in 1968 he produced the Big Town Band, an clothing that held New Orleans and 1920’s jazz as its bottom but continues to be open to golf swing, early r&b and also bop influences. Over time the group provides frequently collaborated with going to and touring Us citizens including Alton Purnell, Champ Jack port Dupree, Louis Metcalf, Content Caldwell, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Bud Freeman, Benny Waters, Franz Jackson, Ralph Sutton, Snub Mosley, Sunnyland Slim, Budd Johnson, Carrie Smith, Earl Warren, Dicky Wells, Sammy Cost, Doc Cheatham, Claude Williams, Gene “Mighty Flea” Connors, George Kelly, Al Casey & most notably Crazy Costs Davison. With such great sidemen (in the first times) as trumpeter Finn Otto Hansen and tenor-saxophonist Steen Vig Hansen, Fessor and his Big Town Band have already been jointly for over 30 years, documenting often for Storyville.

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