Anders Jormin
Unlike Jormin ( born September 7, 1957 in Jönköping ) is a Swedish jazz bassist, bandleader and composer.
Biography
Jormin one of the outstanding bassist and bandleader of the Swedish post-bop scene. After his studies he left the Academy of Music in Göteborg with diplomas in bass and improvisation / music education in 1979. Known he was. Primarily through its membership in the formation Rena Rama Bobo Stenson Palle Danielsson and in the 1970s In addition, he is a much sought-after companion of jazz greats such as Lee Konitz, Joe Henderson, Don Cherry, Mike Mainieri, Kenny Wheeler, Albert Mangelsdorff, Dino Saluzzi, Norma Winstone and Marilyn Crispell. In addition Jormin managed various solo projects, with which it numerous albums, including for the ECM label recorded since the 1980s. The result was the 1999 solo album " Xieyi " on which he was accompanied by a brass ensemble. The bassist has worked since the 1990s regularly with ECM artists; he was involved in recordings of Charles Lloyd (as on the album Canto, 1996), by Tomasz Stanko (on Liosia, 1996) as well as in productions of formation " Magnetic North ". He is also a member of the Bobo Stenson Trio for several years.
Since the 1980s Jormin is also active as a teacher of bass and improvisation at the Gothenburg Academy of Music. In 1995 he was a visiting professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Jormin is also a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music and received 2003, together with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Sokolow an honorary doctorate from the Sibelius Academy.