Bruno Romanoff Alexander Henriksen (January 6, 1910 in Copenhagen - February 27, 1984 at Frederiksberg) was a Danish pianist, organizer and orchestra leader.
Henriksen, son of actress Gerda Tarnow, is remembered as
one of many prominent performers in the Danish Jazz Golden Age. He graduated in
the trade industry, but his main passion was music. When he was 16 he had
composed a melody and dedicated it to the conductor Dajos Bella as a tribute.
He
played professionally from June 9, 1935. The following years he had various
jobs in Valencia, Adlon, Olympia and Munich, where he played with Konstantin
Hansen in 1935, Tage Hem Petersen 1935-36, Robert Radford 1936-37, Konstantin
Hansen 1938-39 and with Richard Stangerup 's orchestra 1939-40.
Bruno Henriksen was married on 5 September 1936 in
Holmen's Church in Copenhagen to Margrethe Rosenfeldt. In 1939 he came to Arena
where in 1940 he played with Carlo Thomsen's quintet. He became best known when
he joined the swing group Harlem Kiddies in 1940 with Kai Timmermann and the
brothers Jimmy and Johnny Campbell. Then from 1941-53 he had his own
orchestras, which mainly played in the Arena (until the attack in 1944),
Ambassadeur, Valencia and in the Danset in Tivoli after its opening in 1948. A
big favourite at this venue was The Tivoli Boogie-Woogie.
Bruno Henriksen's orchestra always had good song soloists
such as. Ingelise Rune , Raquel Rastenni and Birthe Wilke . From 1952 his main occupation was in the gramophone industry as a producer and recording
manager at the record company Philips. Bruno Henriksen composed the English
waltz "I Love You" and Knud Pheiffer wrote the text.
Ingelise Rune with Bruno Henriksen's Arena Orkester 1942
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(Very scarce information regarding Bruno, but what I found was mainly edited from Det Kongelige Bibliotek)
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Couldn’t find any compilations on the web but managed to find a few mp3’s to highlight Henriksens’ various band leading attributes.
https://www.upload.ee/files/9392715/Bruno_Henriksen.rar.html
1. Boogie Woogie Blues
2. In The Mood
3. Marken Er Mejet
4. Danske Boogie Woogie
5. Pennsyvania 6-5000
6. Fraulein Madeleine
7. Since I Kissed My baby Goodbye
8. St. Louis Blues
9. Du Tragst Ein Entzuckendes Kleidchen
10. Trivoli Boogie Woogie
11. Alligator Swing (as the Harlem Kids)
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