Jacob Karlzon

Jacob Karlzon (* October 19, 1970 in Jönköping ) is a Swedish jazz pianist and composer. He is considered " one of the outstanding pianists in the wake of a Esbjörn Svensson. "

Life and work

Karlzon laid in 1992 his debut album. In Sweden, he won the 1997 attention with the Malmö combo Blue Pages. International since 1999 as the musical director of the band of Viktoria Tolstoy emerged, with whom he was on numerous tours and for which he also composed. He is also a member of the quartet of trumpeter Peter Asplund. He also served for several years as the pianist Tolvan Big Band. In 2008 he released an album as a solo pianist, which is compositionally inspired by Maurice Ravel and met with acclaim by critics. With his quintet he plays more oriented to the hard bop while also metal influences are detectable in his trio with Hans Andersson and Jonas Holgersson. He grew treteten not only in Scandinavia, but also in Great Britain and Germany at numerous festivals.

Karlzon also performed with Billy Cobham, Kenny Wheeler, Bob Berg, Tim Hagans, Jeff Ballard, Norma Winstone, Cæcilie Norby, Nils Landgren, Silje Nergaard, Rigmor Gustafsson, Lina Nyberg, Trine -Lise Väring, Anders and Putte Wickman Bergcrantz. With his band, he also accompanied the Danish singer Hanne Boel.

Prizes and awards

In 1997 he was awarded the band BluePages with the price Jazz i Sverige. In the same year he was elected by the jazz critics in the Swedish Radio P2 Newcomer of the Year. With the quartet of Peter Asplund Quartet he won the 2007 Gyllene Skivan and the manifest gala awards with Lochiel 's Warning. In 2010 he received the Swedish Django d'Or in the category Contemporary Star of Jazz. The Hörerpoll Swedish Radio sets him apart in the same year as a jazz musician of the year.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Take Your Time (Dragon Records, 1996)
  • Going Places ( Prophone, 1998)
  • Big 5 ( Prophone, 2003, Peter Asplund, Karl-Martin Almqvist, Mattias Svensson, Peter Danemo and Victoria Tolstoy )
  • Human Factor (Music Mecca, 2005)
  • Improvisational 3 ( Caprice Records, 2008, solo)
  • Heat ( Caprice Records, 2009 with Karl-Martin Almqvist, Peter Asplund Hans Andersson, Jonas Holgersson )
  • The Big Picture ( Stunt Records, 2011)
  • More ( ACT, 2012, with Hans Andersson, Jonas Holgersson )
  • A Moment of Now (ACT, 2013, with Viktoria Tolstoy )
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