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Janne Schaffer

Jan Erik Tage "Janne" Schaffer (born 24 September 1945) is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams. He also played at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.

Schaffer's 1979 album Earmeal included session work from brothers Jeff, Steve and Mike Porcaro, as well as their father, Joe Porcaro. This is one of the few instances where the entire Porcaro family appears together on one album, the most well-known examples being Toto's Toto IV and The Seventh One.

Schaffer is a member of the Electric Banana Band where he plays guitar as the character 'Zebra'. He also performs with the group The Night Agent. Schaffer received the Albin Hagström Memorial Award in 1999 and in 2005 Illis quorum.

Discography – albums

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  • 1973 – Janne Schaffer
  • 1974 – Janne Schaffer's Andra LP
  • 1974 – The Chinese
  • 1976 – Katharsis
  • 1978 – Earmeal
  • 1980 –
  • 1982 –
  • 1985 – Traffic
  • 1987 –
  • 1988 – Electric Graffiti
  • 1989 – (with Leif Strand, Bo Westman and Nacka SÃ¥ngensemble)
  • 1989 – (compilation)
  • 1990 – (with and Gunnar Idenstam)
  • 1992 –
  • 1993 – (compilation)
  • 1995 –
  • 1996 – (compilation)
  • 1996 – (compilation)
  • 2000 – (music from the movie Hälsoresan with and Electric Banana Band)
  • 2000 –
  • 2002 – (compilation)
  • 2002 – (with , Leif Strand and Nacka SÃ¥ngensemble)
  • 2004 – (compilation)
  • 2005 – (compilation)
  • 2009 – (compilation)
  • 2010 – Music Story (compilation box)
  • 2013 – (with Lasse Åberg)
  • 2023 –

Soundtracks

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Prog, fusion and jazz projects

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  • Svenska Löd AB: Hörselmat (1971)
  • Gabor Szabo: Small World (1972)
  • Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band: Blues of Sweden (1972)
  • Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah: Anthony 'Reebop' Kwaku Bah (1973)
  • Jazz Meeting 1. (1973)
  • Rune Gustafsson: Killing Me Softly (1973)
  • Pop Workshop: Vol. 1. (1973)
  • Pop Workshop: Song of the Pterodactyl (1974)
  • Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band: Blues of Stockholm (1974)
  • Art Farmer: A Sleeping Bee (1974)
  • Ablution: Ablution (1974)
  • Rune Gustafsson: On A Clear Day (1976)
  • Mads Vinding Group Featuring Janne Schaffer: Danish Design (1977)
  • Various: Montreux Summit, Volume 1 (1977)
  • Rune Gustafsson: Move (1977)
  • Gabor Szabo: Belsta River (1979)
  • Allen Vizzutti: Rainbow (1981)
  • Oriental Wind: Bazaar (1981)
  • Hector Bingert – Don Menza: El Encuentro (1983)
  • Putte Wickman: Desire (1984)
  • Urban Agnas: Bilder FrÃ¥n En Ö (1984)
  • Putte Wickman: Mr Clarinet (1985)
  • Lennart Åberg: Green Prints (1986)
  • Leif Strand: 'New Age / De 12 Årstiderna' (1986)
  • Andreas Vollenweider – Dancing with the Lion (1989)
  • String Along With Basie: Rune Gustafsson Featuring Jan Schaffer, Georg Wadenius, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1989)
  • Isildurs Bane – The Voyage (A Trip To Elsewhere) (1992)
  • Thomas Darelid – 10 SÃ¥nger Utan SÃ¥ng (1992)
  • Rune Gustafsson: Rune Gustafsson (1993)
  • Isildurs Bane: Cheval – Volonté De Rocher (2002)
  • Ola Melander Featuring Georg Wadenius, Janne Schaffer, Sofi Hellborg, Blue Marmelade Band: Blue Marmelade (2011)
  • S-O-K, by Stany Van Wymeersch, Featuring Janne Schaffer and Susie Webb: Crazy World (2025)

Awards and honours

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