From Album: "Arnstein Johansen ~ Don't Blame Me [1979]"

Arnstein Johansen (born June 19, 1925 in Fredrikstad) is a Norwegian musician (accordion), jazz and gammeldans, known from a number of recordings and international cooperation.

Johansen studied under Ottar E. Akre, Thorleif Ekren and Gunnar Sønstevold, as well as by the Academy of Music. After the war he became famous in duet with Rolf Andersen, before he lived in the United States and played with Pietro Frosini, Guido Deiro and Anthony Galla-Rini. He has published a number of discs themselves, with "Arnstein Johansen Quartet" and the quintet (Gammeldans, heel of the roof, AJ's finest fresco, I ring and sweeping curve, Evergreens, Tea for two, Crazy Rhythm, "Out of nowhere, and Too late now ). He has also played with Sverre Cornelius Lund, and appeared in publications with Alf Prøysen and others.   ~ From Wiki

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