Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a studio and session guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing 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 and Solar Plexus, he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the 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 Faithfull, 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.In 1970, he received a Swedish Grammis for Made in Sweden and another for his work on children's songs.

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  • Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a studio and session guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing 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 and Solar Plexus, he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the 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 Faithfull, 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.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. (en)
  • Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, född 4 maj 1945 i Stockholm, är en svensk gitarrist, basist, kompositör, arrangör, producent och sångare. Han är känd bland annat för att ha spelat i den amerikanska gruppen Blood, Sweat & Tears. Bland många och mest i Sverige är han ändå mest känd för att ha sjungit barnvisor under 1970-talet. 1969 kom Goda' goda', hans första barnskiva med Barbro Lindgrens texter. Uppföljaren kom sju år senare, 1978, Puss, puss, sant, sant också med Barbro Lindgrens texter. 1999 återkom Wadenius till barnvisorna och gav ut skivan Zzoppa då med texter av Kenneth Gärdestad. Under 2000-talets första hälft har Wadenius bott i USA men kommit till Sverige och Norge flera gånger om året, där han arbetat som solist med olika storband, och undervisat. Numera bor han mestadels i Oslo där han äger sin inspelningsstudio, Stable Studio, tillsammans med Leif Johansen. Han har också en kvartett tillsammans med Magnus Lindgren, Fredrik Jonsson och Jonas Holgersson, under namnet Jojje Wadenius Band, som spelar jazz och funk. 2004 gav de ut skivan Interloop tillsammans. Han turnerar med olika artister såsom Helen Sjöholm och Martin Östergren, Per Myrberg, Kirsten Bråten Berg, Arild Andersen och Paolo Vinaccia. Han framträder också ofta gärna som trubadur med sina barnvisor. Som studiomusiker har han gjort några uppmärksammade inhopp med Backstreet Boys ("Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely") och Kent . Wadenius har mottagit fyra stycken Grammisar för barnvisorna och sitt arbete i gruppen Made in Sweden. Han har även fått Albin Hagströms Minnespris, Guitar People Prize samt Olle Widestrand priset för sina insatser som musiker och kompositör. (sv)
  • Georg «Jojje» Wadenius (født 4. mai 1945 i Stockholm) er en svensk gitarist, kjent fra flere internasjonale samarbeid og utgivelser. I hjemlandet spilte han fra 1963, og ble kjent med sitt eget jazzrock-band Made in Sweden, og samarbeid med Pugh Rogefeldt, Cornelis Vreeswijk og Solar Plexus. Han utviklet en stil inspirert av Paul Desmond, Jim Hall og John McLaughlin. Han spilte i Blood, Sweat & Tears, spilte i Saturday Night Live-bandet og spilte med en rekke kjente musikere som Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Marianne Faithful, Donald Fagen, Michael Franks, New York Voices, Joe Thomas, Backstreet Boys, Simon and Garfunkel og Steely Dan. Videre komponerte han flere hundre vignetter for selskaper som Burger King og McDonalds . I Oslo har han på 90-tallet blitt plateprodusent og medmusiker på utgivelser for Silje Nergaard, Sigvart Dagsland, Lisa Ekdahl, Helen Sjöholm, Anne Grete Preuss, Jan Eggum, Anne-Sofie von Otter og Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen. Han har den senere tid turnert med Kirsten Bråten Berg kvartett (no)
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  • Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, born May 4, 1945, in Stockholm, Sweden, is a guitarist, bassist, singer and composer who made a name for himself during the 1970s and 80s as a studio and session guitarist/bassist, as well as releasing 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 and Solar Plexus, he relocated to the United States to become lead guitarist of the 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 Faithfull, 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.In 1970, he received a Swedish Grammis for Made in Sweden and another for his work on children's songs. (en)
  • Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, född 4 maj 1945 i Stockholm, är en svensk gitarrist, basist, kompositör, arrangör, producent och sångare. (sv)
  • Georg «Jojje» Wadenius (født 4. (no)
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