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Ballin' the Jack

Hakan Trygger

Born: January 19, 1971

Håkan Trygger is double bass player, arranger, composer and bandleader from Stockholm. Presently he is a member of Coco Chatru Quartet, and he writes for his band Ballin' The Jack Orchestra. Håkan is the founder of the jazz record lable Trygger Music. Håkan plays both traditional jazz and contemporary music styles. He also works with experimental project that combines improvisational music with other art forms, such as dance, film, poetry, drama. Håkan has played in many band, among others Gugge Hedrenius Big Blues Band. Håkan studied at the Royal Collage of Music in Stockholm

Avant-Retro or Retro-Avant? Part II

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 3, 2020

Anthony Braxton playing standards? Don Byron and Phillip Johnston playing the music of Raymond Scott? Nothing to be suprised about... as musicians have a more open mind than critics like to recognize. So here's the second part of this week's show focusing on retro-sounding jazz performed by forward-leaning musicians -a bit like the jazz equivalent of ...

Ballin' The Jack

By Eddie Condon

Label: Repertoire Records
Released: 2001