Lars Edegran
Lars Edegran in 2012
Lars Ivar Edegran (born 1944) is a Dixieland jazz musician and bandleader. He most often plays piano, guitar, or banjo, but has also played mandolin, clarinet, and saxophone.
Edegran was born in Stockholm, Sweden and played in New Orleans style groups in Sweden before moving full-time to New Orleans in 1966. He played with many of both the older and younger New Orleans musicians.
Edegran founded and is the leader of the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra. He has toured and recorded extensively and performs regularly at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe in the French Quarter. He has also performed in Preservation Hall and in the Norwegian Seamen's Church in New Orleans.
His theatrical arrangements include the music for the show "One Mo' Time".
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References
- New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon
- Internet Broadway Database article
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