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Hakan Brostrom
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Born in Motala, Sweden, in 1955, Håkan is an alto, soprano, and tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer.
Already at the age of 8, Håkan started playing the piano, and when he was 15, he began playing the tenor saxophone and flute. One year later, he played the alto saxophone in various blues bands in Motala and the baritone saxophone with the Motala Big Band.
1972-1978
In 1972, he moved to Malmö to study at the music high school there, where his teacher was Helge Albin, a saxophonist and arranger with the Tolvan Big Band. He also started playing the soprano saxophone and collaborated with the Raj Montana Band and Dan Hylander. In 1977, he started studying at the Malmö College of Music and began composing regularly. He became a member of the Gothenburg group "Waves," led by the legendary drummer Conny Sjöqvist.
Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band
Label: Moserobie
Released: 2023
Track listing: Parade; Interlude; Blues for Somliga; End of the Dark Hours; Ostanvik; Ritmo Bolsillo; Pasacaglia; Arctic Mambo; Nobi.
Tenacity
By Django Bates
Label: Lost Marble
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cordial; Ah Leu Cha; Donna Lee; Laura; Confirmation; We Are Not Lost, We Are
Simply Finding Out Way; The Study of Touch; My Little Suede Shoes; Star Eyes;
Tenacity.
Django Bates: Tenacity
by John Kelman
It's been a long time since that late May, 2013 week in Luleå, Sweden, where pianist Django Bates and his Belovèd Trio first collaborated with the renowned Norrbotten Big Band. Fully documented in the All About Jazz article Django Bates: From Zero to Sixty in Five Days, Bates, bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Peter Bruun, along ...
Stockholm Jazz Orchestra: Today
by Jack Bowers
Before proceeding, three cheers and a hearty round of applause are in order, as Today, the fifteenth album recorded by the impressive Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, helps mark the thirtieth anniversary of one of Scandinavia's most celebrated big bands. This truly is an ensemble with no discernible weaknesses: sharp soloists in almost every chair, a remarkable adeptness ...
Byssan Lull
Album: Episodes from the Future and the Past
By Hakan Brostrom
Label: Art of Life Records
Released: 2014
Duration: 05:42
Hakan Brostrom With The Norrbotten Big Band Featuring Marilyn Mazur-"Episodes From The Future And The Past"
Art Of Life CD & Digital Download Release Following up on his 2010 quartet release Refraction, featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, Art of Life Records is pleased to present, Episodes from the Future and the Past, a new live recording by saxophonist, composer and arranger Håkan Broström. The 72-minute album was recorded live by Swedish Radio on ...
Håkan Broström: Refraction
by AAJ Italy Staff
Refraction è un lavoro nel quale il saxofonista e compositore svedese Håkan Broström si avvale della fondamentale partecipazione del pianista Joey Calderazzo e dei preziosi Daniel Fredriksson alla batteria e Martin Sjostedt al contrabbasso. La musica contenuta nell'album - registrata nel febbraio 2008 - percorre un sentiero caratterizzato da un mainstream elegante, rotondo nelle melodie e ...
As We Are
Label: Prophone Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Remember; B.B. Blues; As You Are; Springtime; I Remember Karelia; Santa Barbara; Skylark; Tingsmarschen; Tomorrow; Dry Martini; Blues for Bill; Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?; Epilogue.
