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Björn Dahlberg
Swedish born jazz musician living in Brighton, UK
About Me
Björn Dahlberg is a Swedish musician, best known for his saxophone & clarinet work. Born
outside of Stockholm Björn started playing piano at the age of 5 and clarinet at the age of
11. While studying classical clarinet he fell in love with the music of Paul Desmond, Wayne
Shorter, Chick Corea & Miles Davies and picked up the saxophon. Focusing at first on the
Baritone and Soprano sax (studying soprano with master musician Cenneth Jönsson) he
added tenor to his collection and found his voice and began his studies at the Royal College
of Music in Stockholm.
Björn is a founding member of world jazz groups Nybakat and Lele Lele. He has played with
the elite musicians of Sweden such as Jan Schaffer, Mats Ronander, Ulf Andersson and more.
Liane Carroll called his clarinet playing “The sexiest clarinet I’ve ever heard!”. Nigel Kennedy
called him a “Killer player!” He has toured all over the world and played on the biggest
stages, from Fashing, Glenn Miller Café, The Royal Albert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and to a
crowd of 85000 in São Paolo. A player with one foot deeply set in folk music and another in
groovy danceable hard-bop, bringing his entire arsenal of wind instruments this is one not
to miss!