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Georg Riedel was born January 8, 1934 in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, and in 1938, when he was four years old, the family fled to Sweden following the German annexation of the Sudetenland. He attended school in Stockholm, Sweden and at the Adolf Fredrik’s Music School.

The best known recording featuring Riedel is probably Jan Johansson’s Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish), a minimalist-jazz compilation of folk songs recorded between 1962–1963. He recorded with other leading Swedish musicians including trumpeter Jan Allan and Arne Domnérus.

As a composer, George worked almost exclusively writing music for Astrid Lindgren movies, including the main theme from the Emil i Lönneberga (Emil of Maple Hills) movies. He also composed the music for several films by Arne Mattsson in the 1960s as well as for film adaptations of novels by Stig Dagerman.

Double bassist and composer George Riedel, played on Jazz at the Pawnshop in 1977, at 87 continues his involvement with jazz.

Bestow upon an inquiring mind a dose of a Karlovy Vary double bassist to motivate the perusal of the genius of jazz musicians worldwide whose gifts contribute to the canon…

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