Janne Schaffer Explained

Birth Name:	Jan Erik Tage Schaffer
Alias:	The Zebra
Birth Date:	1945 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Origin:	Blackeberg, Bromma
Occupation:	Songwriter, musician
Instrument:	Guitar
Years Active:	1960s-present
Associated Acts:	ABBA, Electric Banana Band
Website:	http://www.janneschaffer.se/

Jan Erik Tage "Janne" Schaffer (born 24 September 1945) is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams. He also played at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.

Schaffer's 1979 album Earmeal included session work from brothers Jeff, Steve and Mike Porcaro, as well as their father, Joe Porcaro. This is one of the few instances where the entire Porcaro family appears together on one album, the most well-known examples being Toto's Toto IV and The Seventh One.

Schaffer is a member of the Electric Banana Band where he plays guitar as the character 'Zebra'. He also performs with the group The Night Agent.^[1] Schaffer received the Albin Hagström Memorial Award in 1999 and in 2005 Illis quorum.^[2]

Discography – albums

Source:^[3]

• 1973 – Janne Schaffer
• 1974 – Janne Schaffer's Andra LP
• 1974 – The Chinese
• 1976 – Katharsis
• 1978 – Earmeal
• 1980 –
• 1982 –
• 1985 – Traffic
• 1987 –
• 1988 – Electric Graffiti
• 1989 – (with Leif Strand, Bo Westman and Nacka Sångensemble)
• 1989 – (compilation)
• 1990 – (with and Gunnar Idenstam)
• 1992 –
• 1993 – (compilation)
• 1995 –
• 1996 – (compilation)
• 1996 – (compilation)
• 2000 – (music from the movie Hälsoresan with and Electric Banana Band)
• 2000 –
• 2002 – (compilation)
• 2002 – (with, Leif Strand and Nacka Sångensemble)
• 2004 – (compilation)
• 2005 – (compilation)
• 2009 – (compilation)
• 2010 – Music Story (compilation box)
• 2013 – (with Lasse Åberg)
• 2023 –

Soundtracks

Source:^[4]

• 1970 – Förpassad
• 1974 –
• 1979 – Repmånad eller Hur man gör pojkar av män
• 1998 – (with Lasse Åberg)
• 1999 – Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (with)
• 2011 – The Stig-Helmer story (with)

Prog, fusion and jazz projects

Source:^[3]

• Svenska Löd AB: Hörselmat (1971)
• Gabor Szabo: Small World (1972)
• Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band: Blues of Sweden (1972)
• Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah: Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah (1973)
• Jazz Meeting 1. (1973)
• Rune Gustafsson: Killing Me Softly (1973)
• Pop Workshop: Vol. 1. (1973)
• Pop Workshop: Song of the Pterodactyl (1974)
• Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band: Blues of Stockholm (1974)
• Art Farmer: A Sleeping Bee (1974)
• Ablution: Ablution (1974)
• Rune Gustafsson: On A Clear Day (1976)
• Mads Vinding Group Featuring Janne Schaffer: Danish Design (1977)
• Various: Montreux Summit, Volume 1 (1977)
• Rune Gustafsson: Move (1977)
• Gabor Szabo: Belsta River (1979)
• Allen Vizzutti: Rainbow (1981)
• Oriental Wind: Bazaar (1981)
• Hector Bingert – Don Menza: El Encuentro (1983)
• Putte Wickman: Desire (1984)
• Urban Agnas: Bilder Från En Ö (1984)
• Putte Wickman: Mr Clarinet (1985)
• Lennart Åberg: Green Prints (1986)
• Leif Strand: 'New Age / De 12 Årstiderna' (1986)
• Andreas Vollenweider – Dancing with the Lion (1989)
• String Along With Basie: Rune Gustafsson Featuring Jan Schaffer, Georg Wadenius, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1989)
• Isildurs Bane – The Voyage (A Trip To Elsewhere) (1992)
• Thomas Darelid – 10 Sånger Utan Sång (1992)
• Rune Gustafsson: Rune Gustafsson (1993)
• Isildurs Bane: Cheval – Volonté De Rocher (2002)
• Ola Melander Featuring Georg Wadenius, Janne Schaffer, Sofi Hellborg, Blue Marmelade Band: Blue Marmelade (2011)

Awards and honours

• 1989 – Swedish Grammy (Grammis) for "Instrumental production of the year" with the album Electric Graffiti^[5]
• 1999 – Albin Hagström Memorial Award^[6]
• 2005 – Illis Quorum
• 2010 – S:t Eriksmedaljen^[7]
• 2023 – Litteris et Artibus^[8]

External links

• Janne Schaffer – Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Night Agent – Stars Above Us (Album Review). No Transmission. Jay. Honeycomb. 6 December 2022.
2. Web site: January 2006 . Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152834/https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn . 2021-11-02 . 2022-05-18 . Regeringskansliet . sv.
3. Web site: Janne Schaffer. Discogs.
4. Web site: Janne Schaffer – SFdb. 24 September 1945 .
5. Web site: GRAMMISVINNARNA GENOM ÅREN. Grammisgalan.
6. Web site: Guran från Älvdalen. Ny Teknik.
7. Web site: Förtjänta stockholmare – stockholm.se . stockholm.se . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112130554/http://www.stockholm.se/OmStockholm/Fakta-och-kartor/Stadens-historia/St-Erik/St-Eriksmedaljen/Fortjanta-stockholmare/ . 2014-01-12.
8. https://www.kungahuset.se/arkiv/nyheter/2023-06-13-kungen-delade-ut-medaljer Kungen delade ut medaljer