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About Sven-Åke Johansson

Instrument: Drums

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Musician

Sven-Åke Johansson, born in 1943 in Mariestad (Sweden), is one of the style-defining drummers of the German free jazz era of the 60s and 70s. From the 80s onwards, he pursued an artistic path largely independent of institutions and groups as a music performer in the circles of fine arts and new music. Among other things, more than fifty record releases, a number of music theater pieces, radio plays, pictorial works and a lively touring life are among his oeuvre.

Album

Trio 77

By Sven-Åke Johansson

Label: Dragon Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Taxi 424, Tjejen I Aspen, A Tribute to Bud, Besvikelse, Lotus Blossom, Every Time We Say Goodbye, Solar, Just Friends

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Article: Album Review

Ake Johansson: Trio 77

Read "Trio 77" reviewed by Craig W. Hurst

by Craig W. Hurst
March 23, 2004

Trio 77 is a CD release of a 1977 recording made for Swedish Radio by pianist Ake Johansson. Johansson, who emerged on the Swedish jazz scene while barely out of his teens in the late 1950's, has performed and recorded with many great jazz artists, having held the distinction of being the accompanist for many American ...