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About Hakan Brostrom
Instrument: Saxophone, soprano
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by Jack Bowers
The New Places to which Swedish composer/arranger Håkan Broström takes us are sunny and pleasant, teeming with scenic avenues and charming byways. At the center are his charismatic charts and evocative alto (or soprano) saxophone, twin beacons that gladden and safeguard the listener on a consistently agreeable and rewarding journey.
It's an impressive debut for Broström, who has played and recorded with a number of big bands but never led one before. Besides having written and arranged everything, he conducts ...
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