Bob Laine

Swedish-American jazz pianist Born: January 2, 1910 in Stockholm, Sweden. Died: December 30, 1997 in Palm Springs, California. Bob was one of the first Swedish musicians to make it on the American jazz scene, after he emigrated to the US in 1928. He worked with the groups of Joe Venuti, Bud Freeman (recording with him in 1935), Wingy Manone, Ben Pollack (performed and recorded with him 1937-1938) and others. In Sweden he recorded with Gösta Törner and Stan Hasselgård in 1947 and with Lars Gullin and Ove Lind 1953.