Sune var en Svensk Ragtime specialist. När han spelade ragtime så brukade han jazza till den lite. Han brukade spela på innestället Nalen i Stockholm. Han skrev musiken till Nancy, Nancy i Melodifestivalen som kom på fjärde plats, Åke Gerhard skrev texten och sjöng gjorde Britt Damberg och Mona Gran
Han levde mellan September 3, 1931 - January 20, 2002
Så man kan säga att han på ett sätt var en kändis i det tysta, men inte i Ragtime eller Jazzvärlden förstås, men för oss övriga vanliga människor om man nu får uttrycka sig så.
Sune Sumpen Borg was born in Stockholm on September 3, 1931. People have always called him by his nickname, Sumpen. At the age of 13 he learned how to play the piano by listening to his 78 rpm records. Sune's first record was King Porter Stomp played by Harry James. After the WWII he purchased the recording of Pinetop Smith's Pinetop's Boogie-Woogie, which he used to play all day long.
Influenced by Sidney Bechet's version of the Maple Leaf Rag he used to play it very fast. After hearing Jelly Roll Morton's recordings he realized that ragtime shouldn't be played *that* fast. In the late 40's Sumpen was known in Stockholm as a very talanted pianist. People called him The Master, The One And Only. He played ragtime and boogie woogie like no one else.
In October 1949 he recorded two piano solos, Original Rags and Maple Leaf Rag for the Gazell recording company (Gazell 3001). He used to play with Olle Sundhs Dixieland Band at the popular dance palace Nalen and at the Gazell Club. In the 50's they toured around the country and played in many people's (amusement) parks. Their music was often played on the radio.
Sumpen never played ragtime straight, he used to swing the tunes in a jazzy manner. In 1966 he composed his only notated rag, Ylva Rag, named after his daughter and dedicated to her.
Between 1968 and 1991 he worked as a director of the National Board of Agriculture, first in Stockholm, and then in Jönköping. He moved back to Stockholm in 1996, and lived there until his death on January 20, 2002. Only 8 days before Sumpen Borg passed away, he attended the annual meeting of The Swedish Bunk Johnson Society in Stockholm, where four of his Swedish ragtime colleagues gave a 90 minutes performance.
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http://www.ragtime.nu/borg.htm http://www.ragtime.nu/sbjs2002/ http://schlagerparty.se/wiki/Sune_Borg Med Varma Hälsningar
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