Jazz Articles about Jonas Kullhammar

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Kullhammar - Aalberg - Zetterberg: Basement Sessions Vol. 2

by Glenn Astarita
March 25, 2014

This is the second installment of the Swedish trio's manifold and largely, hard-hitting Basement Sessions motif for Clean Feed Records. And while the artists incorporate a high level of experimentation, they intertwine old school jazz values into the big picture via structured compositions and free-flight improvisations amid an aggregation of contrasting hues, capacious soundscapes and more. From a trio standpoint, the musicians bring quite a bit to the forefront. They expand, contract and generate some blazing, red-zone like turbulence with ...

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Jonas Kullhammar Old and New Ways

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 21, 2014

Swedish great saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar always knew to position his musical activities in a rich historical, musical and artistic context, often with a sharp sense of humor. His tenor playing owes much to such great American post-bop sax players as John Coltrane (and his quartet covered recently Coltrane seminal A Love Supreme), but also to iconic Swedish fire-blowers Lars Gullin, Bernt Rosengren, with whom he recorded recently, and Gilbert Holmström. The two albums with Holmström New Quintet and his last ...

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Jonas Kullhammar Quartet: Låt Det Vara

by Mark Corroto
October 26, 2013

If someone told you that jazz wasn't invented in America, you would say they were crazy. Insane. Next thing they might submit is that Christopher Columbus didn't discover the New World. Oops, okay discounting the Native Americans already here, there's that Scandinavian guy Leif Ericson that came through the East Village about 500 years before Chris. That's why you might avoid any musical debate over the finest tenor saxophonists working in jazz today. When fans declare the Swedes, ...

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Jonas Kullhammar: Lat Det Vara

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 18, 2013

Lat Det Vara si può considerare la traduzione svedese del beatlesiano Let It Be. Ma i riferimenti ai baronetti di Liverpool non si fermano qui perché l'immagine di copertina riprende pari pari quella del leggendario album, con i volti dei fab four sostituiti da altrettanti camaleontici ritrattati di Jonas Kullhammar, leader di questo quartetto svedese. E come Let It Be sancì lo scioglimento dei Beatles così Lat Det Vara - insieme a due LP in versione limitata uno dei quali ...

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Jonas Kullhammar - Espen Aalberg - Torbjorn Zetterberg: Basement Sessions - Vol. 1

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 20, 2012

Curiosando tra le pagine del suo sito dalla grafica psichedelica si scopre che il sassofonista svedese Jonas Kullhammar ha partecipato a qualcosa come centoquaranta incisioni ed in patria è un vero e proprio idolo. Dalle nostre parti è pressoché sconosciuto ed è un peccato perché questo Basement Sessions - Vol. 1, registrato negli studi Moserobie di Stoccolma, ne evidenzia il notevole talento. Il disco è una session sax-basso-batteria che si rifà ai classici modelli anni cinquanta (il Rollins di A ...

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The State of Jonas Kullhammar's Moserobie 2010

by Mark Corroto
May 29, 2010

The brainchild of Swedish saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar, Moserobie Music has released nearly one hundred discs to date in May 2010. Kullhammar's vision to “save the world through good music" might be a bit ambitious, but perhaps the venture is more important than the destination. Moserobie has released music by familiar names including saxophonist Hakon Kornstad and pianist Havard Wiik. The label's strength is its adventure-loving character, allowing for experimentation and an unmistakable penchant for making pleasurable music.Jonas Kullhammar ...

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The Half Naked Truth (1998-2008)

by Marc Medwin
June 13, 2009

Jonas Kullhammar The Half Naked Truth (1998-2008) Moserobie 2009

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, Swedish saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar's quartet drops an eight-disc set of live tracks and studio recordings. It traces the group's development as this energetic quartet comes to terms with a formidable musical legacy that includes everything from bebop virtuosity to New Thing exploration. The fact that their music is successful speaks to how well they have assimilated and ...