Bjarne Liller

Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen, known as Bjarne Liller (25 September 1935 – 6 September 1993), was a Danish jazz musician and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Liller was born on Vesterbro, Copenhagen.<ref name="gravsted"/> He got his breakthrough as a banjo player and singer in Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band.<ref name="politiken">"DØDSFALD: Bjarne Liller Pedersen, musiker", Politiken, 8 September 1993.</ref>

He played with the Viking Jazz Band from 1956–70, and again from 1976-79, and made around 30 records with the band. He was also a successful solo artist, mainly in the pop music genre.<ref name="weekendavisen"/> He worked with John Mogensen,<ref name="weekendavisen">"NEKROLOGER: Sangeren og jazz-musikeren Bjarne »Liller « Pedersen, 57", Weekendavisen, 10 September 1993.</ref> and got a gold record for selling 100,000 copies of his solo pop hit "Billet mrk./Ensom dame 40 år".<ref name="gravsted">Bjarne Liller profile, gravsted.dk; accessed 19 November 2017.</ref>

He finished second at the 1979 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, singing the duet "Alt er skønt" with Grethe Ingmann. Liller received a silver record for 25,000 copies sold of each of his two albums "Man kan ikke gøre for, at man har charme" (1975) and "Livet er skønt" (1976).<ref name="politiken"/>

He appeared in three Danish films; as a singer in "Thorvald og Linda" (1982), and in minor roles in Erik Clausen's films "Den store badedag" (1991) and "De frigjorte" (1993).<ref>BJARNE LILLER profile Template:Webarchive, Danish Film Institute website; accessed 19 November 2017.</ref>

Liller credited Kim Larsen and Erik Clausen for re-igniting his passion for music during the last years of his life.<ref name="politiken"/> He was active until his death in September 1993.<ref>Marie Louise Schrøder, "Liller død af lunge-kræft", Ekstra Bladet, 8 September 1993.</ref><ref>"Nekrolog: En tone af livet på godt og ondt", Berlingske Tidende, 8 September 1993.</ref>

A sold-out benefit concert was held by his former jazz colleagues at the Tivoli Gardens later that month.<ref>Anders-Bo Larsen, "FULDT HUS TIL LILLERS MINDEKONCERT", B.T., 17 September 1993.</ref>

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