Results for "Stefan Karlsson"

Stefan Karlsson

Ian Charleton Big Band: A Fresh Perspective

by Jack Bowers
March 15, 2021

After earning a master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, saxophonist Ian Charleton thought it might be a good idea to join a service band for a short time. He wound up in the Navy and, as of 2020, had spent two decades leading, playing in, touring the world and writing for ...

Jim Riggs & Stefan Karlsson: Texas Times

by Jack Bowers
April 14, 2016

Recording a duo album is something that old friends Jim Riggs and Stefan Karlsson have wanted to do for some time, and they make the most of the long-delayed opportunity on Texas Times, an eloquent and engaging recital that never wears thin in spite of its more or less familiar playlist and the fact that Riggs ...

Steve Lindeman with BYU Synthesis: The Day After Yesterday

by Jack Bowers
August 12, 2013

There are times when making music requires sacrifice. Few people should be more aware of this than composer / arranger Steve Lindeman who studied from 2008-11 at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop in New York City--while he was living in Utah! The Workshop held meetings one to three times a month, and Lindeman simply commuted to ...

Casa Karen Hosts Gato 6 on Nov. 17th!

November 8, 2012

Jazz Vocalist Suzi Stern and her partner pianist George Oldziey have been producing amazing jazz concerts for the past two years in central Austin at Casa Karen. Eddie Gomez, Ed Soph, Stefan Karlsson, Alex Sipiagin, Donald Edwards, Rich Harney, Elias Hasslanger, Peter Stoltzman, David Amram, Peggy Stern the list goes on and on. This month Oldziey ...

Smilin' Eyes

By Stefan Karlsson

Label: Creative Sources
Released: 2011

Will Campbell: Think Tank

by Raul d'Gama Rose
February 7, 2010

Every once in awhile there emerges a record that is brimful with sinewy, simply honest music that reverberates from one song to another and leaves echoes of melodies or twists and turns in the musicians' solos long after the last notes of the record have died down. This is how alto saxophonist Will Campbell's debut as ...

Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2009

Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...

Jazz Eyes: Eyes and Ears Wide Open

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 13, 2009

In jazz, spontaneity is essential. It can also be useful when setting up a label. So it's no great coincidence that, once the Italian jazz enthusiasts Paolo Siculiana and Toti Cannistraro realized they both loved the production and distribution of records, their Jazz Eyes label rapidly became a reality. “The story starts on a dark night," ...

Palermo

By Stefan Karlsson

Label:
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Palermo (Gomez/Karlsson/Waits); 02. Illusion (S. Karlsson); 03. Missing You (E. Gomez); 04. On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper/Washington); 05. Smilin’ Eyes (S. Karlsson); 06. We Will Meet Again (B. Evans); 08. My Foolish Heart (Young/Washington).