Krister Andersson | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 3 May 1951 Eskilstuna, Sweden |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz, classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, clarinet |
| Labels | Flash Music Dragon Records |
Krister Andersson (born 3 May 1951 in Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a Swedish musician (tenor saxophone, alt saxophone and clarinet) and composer. [1]
Anderson started his professional career at the age of 16 as a clarinetist in a military band, and at the same time played saxophone in dance bands. He was originally trained in classical music as a clarinet soloist at Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Royal College of Music) in Stockholm. During the early part of the 1970s, he starred as clarinet soloist in the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, led by the conductor Leonard Bernstein. Later, he was influenced by Bernt Rosengren, John Coltrane and Joe Henderson, and he turned to jazz, and early in his jazz career he participated on two live album releases with the Norwegian guitarist Thorgeir Stubø. [2]
Andersson has twice been awarded the jazz magazine Orkesterjournalen's golden disc for best jazz recording. [3] He has also received numerous awards such as Christer Boustedt's and Börje Fredriksson's scholarships, to name a few. [4]
Despite his success as clarinetist, it was as saxophonist that he gained attention in the late 1970s, when he was active in Umeå and played tenor saxophone with the Umeå Big Band. In the Stockholm area, he was later in the Gugge Hedrenius Band, Uppsala Chamber Soloists and Frösunda Wind Quintet in 1979 before he became a member of Egil "Bop" Johansen's Jazz Incorporated.
Andersson is involved in a large number of jazz projects in the Nordic countries and in Tanglewood, Massachusetts. He leads his Krister Andersson Quartet and often collaborates as guest soloist in other constellations. He is regarded as a brilliant improviser and plays with a modern neo-bop style and is still a sought after classic soloist. [5] [6]
With Jazz Incorporated
With Thorgeir Stubø
With Esko Rosnell Quartet
With Bernt Rosengren's Summit Meeting
With The Ulf Sandberg Quartet
With Bosse Broberg
With Georg Riedel
With DUOJ (Cecilia Jonshult - vocals and Lars Jonshult - bass)
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