Georg Riedel (Swedish Jazz Musician)

Georg Riedel (Swedish Jazz Musician)

Georg Riedel (born on 8 January 1934 Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia), is a Swedish double bass player and composer. Riedel migrated to Sweden at the age of four and went to school in Stockholm.

The most famous recording featuring Riedel is probably Jan Johansson's Jazz på svenska ("Jazz in Swedish"), a minimalist-jazz compilation of folk songs recorded in 1962-1963, though Riedel has recorded with other leading Swedish musicians including trumpeter Jan Allan.

Riedel's fame as a composer derives almost exclusively from writing music for Astrid Lindgren movies, including the main theme from the Emil i Lönneberga ("Emil of Maple Hills") movies. He is also notable for having composed the music for several films by Arne Mattsson in the 1960s as well as for film adaptions of novels by Stig Dagerman.