Results for "Fredrik Ljungkvist"

Fredrik Ljungkvist

Born: November 29, 1969

CV Fredrik Ljungkvist Fredrik Ljungkvist was born in Kristinehamn in Sweden 1969. Brought up in a musical home (his father is a saxophoneplayer as well) he early chosed the path to music. He moved to Stockholm -89 to studie at the Royal Academy of Music and played with some of the leading bands in Stockholm as, Fredrik Norén Band, Lina Nyberg group and Per "Texas" Johansson band. In 1993 he formed his own group (Fredrik Ljungkvist quartet) that also released two CDs (Falling papers 1995 and Sonic space 1997). Fredrik Ljungkvist is considered one of Swedens most talented and interesting saxophoneplayers right now

Three Gems from Guitarist Samo Salamon: Joy and Sorrow, Freed Distance Volume 2/Poems Are Opening, and Pure and Simple

by Hrayr Attarian
August 12, 2022

Innovative guitarist Samo Salamon always thrills with the diversity of his output. Right on the heels of his two-disc solo recording of the entirety of saxophonist Eric Dolphy's compositions,Dolphyology (Samo, 2022), come three very different releases. Samo Salamon Joy and Sorrow Klopotec Records 2022 The first a ...

Zauberberg

By Mattias Risberg

Label: Kullen Reko
Released: 2020
Track listing: Zauberberg, Sweet Science; Shrink; Red Ponds; Rocks 'n Stein; Megaphone; Obstacles.

The Clouds

By Lina Nyberg

Label: Hoob Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Clouds; Introduction: (The Advisor); The Advisor; Std. Stop; Humankind; The Bone Marrow Gardens; Vancouver; The Circle Song; Cloud Gazing.

Inland Empire

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Inland Empire; Truffle Pigs and Katmandu Stray Dogs; Jag Vet Inte; Surf Curl; Hindsight Bias; Fighter.

New Releases from Felice Clemente, Jorma Tapio, Øyvind Skarbø and More!

by Bob Osborne
August 6, 2020

This week I have a selection of new releases from Europe with music from Finland with Jorma Tapio, from Norway with Øyvind Skarbø and friends, and Russian jazzers BROM. I am also focusing on an excellent solo album from Italian saxophonist Felice Clemente. There's some Latin sounds from Bocana and John Finbury and to round things ...

Mattias Risberg's Mining: Zauberberg

by Karl Ackermann
June 23, 2020

The Swedish pianist Mattias Risberg has teamed up with a range of well-known northern European born or based improvisers, including saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist and vocalist Jennie Abrahamson. He remains largely unknown in the U.S. but garnered well-deserved attention for And Now the Queen--A Tribute to Carla Bley (Lilalo records, 2016), a duo recording with Ljungkvist. Risberg ...

Lina Nyberg: The Clouds

by Troy Dostert
June 15, 2020

In a career spanning almost three decades--her first release, Close (Prophone), with Esbjörn Svensson, dates from 1993-- vocalist, composer and arranger Lina Nyberg has worked with many of the finest musicians in the Swedish jazz scene to create a truly formidable body of work. Nineteen albums later, her creativity shows no signs of abating. In fact, ...

Joakim Milder, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Pär-Ola Landin, Christopher Cantillo: Trädet

by Luca Casarotti
April 18, 2019

Chi fosse alla ricerca di un disco che rievoca l'estetica del free jazz degli albori senza suonare inattuale, può ascoltare questo Trädet. Il lavoro, allo stesso tempo di recupero e rinnovamento del linguaggio, è ben svolto da un quartetto collaborativo (cioè senza leader) al suo esordio discografico, ma composto da musicisti già affermati: il sassofonista Joakim ...

Milder - Ljungkvist - Landæus - Augustson - Rundqvist: The Music Of Anders Garstedt

by Angelo Leonardi
April 3, 2019

Non era il debole sole del Nord ad animare la musica di Anders Garstedt ma un coinvolgimento nel modern mainstream anni cinquanta, sia statunitense che europeo. Parliamo al passato perchè il trombettista svedese è scomparso a soli trentun anni nel 2000. Era nato a Karlstad la città prospicente il lago Vänern e dopo aver studiato il ...