Results for "Karl-Martin Almqvist"

Karl-Martin Almqvist

Karl-Martin Almqvist, saxophonist and composer, is one of the most uniquely personal voices found on the Swedish jazz scene today. He comes from the town of Karlstad, which he left at the age of 18 to take up his studies in music at Skurups Folkhögskola, continuing at the Conservatory of Music in Malmö, then moving on to the Mannes College of Music in New York City in 1994, where he remained for about two years. There Karl-Martin studied with musicians such as George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Richie Beirach and Reggie Workman. In autumn 1996 he returned to Sweden, and 1998 he made Stockholm his home.

Shapeshifter

By Jon Henriksson

Label: April Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Toninho; Shapeshifter; Grönbete; Saga Nomri Ngen; Monkurt; Olikheter; Chime Blues; Ses vid horisonten

Jon Henriksson: Shapeshifter

by Konstantin N. Rega
May 12, 2026

Without the bassist, who would keep the band together? Well, Stockholm-based bassist Jon Henriksson keeps his group in line while still allowing for a fluid sound on Shapeshifter . Furthering the smooth turns turning up in Scandinavian jazz, the musician is softer in tone but nonetheless exciting. Of course, the album would not be half as good without ...

Helge Albin: Homemade

by Fran Kursztejn
April 8, 2025

If the word “fussy" occasionally rears its head when relating the Helge Albin Quintet's newest release, it is not meant as a slight. Albin--an undeniable staple of the Swedish and wider North European jazz scene--is nothing if not insatiable. Before the quintet's founding, he led the impressive Tolvan Big Band, certainly Sweden's most ambitious musical project ...

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Homemade

By Helge Albin

Label: The End Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Jeriko. Wineglass .Easy Going. Pallet. Looking Inside. Homemade. Bass Figures. Magic Fingers. Bright Colours. Lutoslawski NO3.

Path

By Mathias Landaeus

Label: SFÄR
Released: 2024
Track listing: Body: A Tree Merging with Itself; Reminder; Mind: Saved by Imagination; Free Mess; Spirit: Waving Flags in the Mist; Korall.

Horizon

By Martin Sjöstedt

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Butterfly; Intervals; Donna Lee; Horizon; The Wedding; Mulgrew; 26-2; Tengtones; Equinox.

Sweet Dreams

By Kristin Korb

Label: Giant Sheep Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Sweet Dreams (feat. Karl-Martin Almqvist); There Must Be An Angel (feat. Mathias Heise); Here Comes The Rain Again (feat. Karl-Martin Almqvist); We Two Are One (feat. Steen Nikolaj Hansen); When Tomorrow Comes; Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (feat. Karl-Martin Almqvist); I Saved The World Today (feat. Steen Nikolaj Hansen); I've Got A Life (feat. Mathias Heise); Don't Let It Bring You Down; Would I Lie To You (feat. Mathias Heise); Put A Little Love In Your Heart; Lifted (feat. Mathias Heise, Karl-Martin Almqvist, and Steen Nikolaj Hansen)