Tore Jensen (born 19 May 1935 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn) and bandleader, known from a series of Dixieland bands and album releases.
Together with Bjørn Stokstad he toured with his own band as in Germany (1961), before the two established the eponymous Stokstad/Jensen Trad.Band (1962–),[3] where all the members was honorary citizen of New Orleans (1984).
They also played a series of gigs at Moldejazz from 1963, and a number of festivals and concerts outside Norway.
[1] He also worked in a swing jazz quintet with Svein Gusrud and Peter Opsvik, and played on releases by bands like «Norske Rytmekonger», «Swingkameratene», «Christiania 12»[4] and «Mississippi Jazzband».
to have cultivated young musicians within bands like Tore Jensens Shangri-La.