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R.I.P. Robert Normann
Dagny Anna Måløy Johnsen wrote:
24. February
The sad message from Østfold in Norway is that Robert Normann the jazz guitarist is dead at the age of 81. The Norwegian poet Olaf Bull wrote "This madness, that when a single person dies; time, streets, whole worlds sink into the sea". Normann has passed away, and an entire musical universe has disappeared. Normann was a legend far beyond the borders of Norway. One person that recognised the genius in Normann's playing was Django Reinhardt, who is reported to have said: "Why do you want me to come to Norway? You've got Robert Normann!" Normann's career from the 1930's onward involved moving from a succession of bands, and from dance hall to dance hall. But not even the most rigorous demands for "dance music" could prevent Normann from developing into a world class jazz musician, immortalized on five fabulous CD's with practically everything he has played in, Robert Normann's collective works. They should be bound in leather.
24. February
The sad message from Østfold in Norway is that Robert Normann the jazz guitarist is dead at the age of 81. The Norwegian poet Olaf Bull wrote "This madness, that when a single person dies; time, streets, whole worlds sink into the sea". Normann has passed away, and an entire musical universe has disappeared. Normann was a legend far beyond the borders of Norway. One person that recognised the genius in Normann's playing was Django Reinhardt, who is reported to have said: "Why do you want me to come to Norway? You've got Robert Normann!" Normann's career from the 1930's onward involved moving from a succession of bands, and from dance hall to dance hall. But not even the most rigorous demands for "dance music" could prevent Normann from developing into a world class jazz musician, immortalized on five fabulous CD's with practically everything he has played in, Robert Normann's collective works. They should be bound in leather.
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And he's still dead. RIP
Not likely gigging at such a young age.