Jazz Articles about Mats Gustafsson

Mats Gustafsson/David Stacken: Mountain Blues From Sweden

by Mark Corroto
November 7, 2005

Remember Eva from Jim Jarmusch's first feature film Stranger Than Paradise? She, a thick-accented Eastern European, was fixated on the American bluesman Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Her out of character declarations to “bug off so she can dig the tune “I Put A Spell On You was so unnatural, you knew this film was never planning to retain any sort of balance.

Same can be said for the Swedish duo of saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and guitarist David Stackenäs. Their ...

Mats Gustafsson/The Thing: She Knows...

by Mark Corroto
February 1, 2002

The adventuresome listener has surely picked up on Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. His work with the band Gush (Sten Sandell and Raymond Strid) is pure collaborative improvisation while his AALY Trio (with frequent contributor Ken Vandermark) is all about pure power jazz. Gustafsson’s total command of the saxophone allows him to stand toe-to-toe with the likes of Peter Brotzmann (check out the Brotzmann Octet/Tentet recordings on Okka Disc) or perform intimate duos with bassist Barry Guy on the 1997 Maya ...

Mats Gustafsson / Paul Lovens Duo & Leroy Jenkins Solo at Diverse Works

by Frank Rubolino
June 23, 2001

Mats Gustafsson / Paul Lovens Duo & Leroy Jenkins Solo Diverse Works Houston, TX June 16-22, 2001 The final two concerts of the Pauline Oliveros Foundation's season featured the duo of Mats Gustafsson and Paul Lovens on their 'Nothing to Read' tour, and Leroy Jenkins in a solo performance. Both concerts were held at the acoustically friendly and comfortable Diverse Works, a theatrical/musical/art space located in the warehouse district of downtown Houston. The Foundation's concerts ...