Jan Lundgren
January Lundgren ( pronunciation: [ ˌ ʝɑ ː n lɵndgre ː n], born March 22, 1966 in Kristianstad ) is a Swedish pianist of modern jazz.
Life and work
January Lundgren grew up in Ronneby, played in the band " St.Thomas ", before studying (1986-1991) Music in Malmö; During this time he worked in a number of Swedish jazz bands, like Arne Domnérus, Putte Wickman, Bernt Rosengren and Georg Riedel, with whom he recorded the album Lockrop 2006. In 1994 he released his first album under his own name, Conclusion, then Bird of Passage (1995 ), followed by the co-operation with St. Peter Asplund Quartet 1997 ( California Collection). In 1995 he formed his own trio with Mattias Svensson and Matthias Hjort on bass and Morten Lund and Rasmus Kihlberg on drums. With his trio he won the 1997 award Gyllene Skivan for the album Swedish standards, on the Lundgren edited old hymns and Swedish folk songs. He played in 2000 in New York's Carnegie Hall.
In addition, Lundgren began in 1996 in California, an album with Chuck Berghofer and Joe LaBarbera on ( Cookin 'at the Jazz Bakery ) and played in the U.S. with musicians such as Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, Herb Geller, Bill Perkins and Conte Candoli. In 2005 he toured with Lee Konitz by Sweden. In 2007, he took with Richard Galliano and Paolo Fresu for the ACT label album Mare Nostrum and played on the Jazz Baltica Festival. In the same year appeared on ACT Lundgren album Magnum Mysterium, on which he interprets Renaissance music with a new chamber choir and Lars Danielsson. In addition, Lundgren worked with Nils Landgren and Magnus Lindgren and the Nordic Vocal Ensemble. He also forms a duo with pianist Carsten Dahl.
January Lundgren sees himself in the tradition of Swedish pianist Jan Johansson on Bobo Stenson to Esbjörn Svensson. Lundgren refers influences of contemporary and classical music as well as the Scandinavian folk tradition in his jazz style with a.
2011, his album Mare Nostrum, which he recorded with Richard Galliano and Paolo Fresu, excellent for 10,000 units sold in Germany with gold. His solo album Man in the Fog ( 2013) has been named "Jazz CD of the week" by the NDR; he played " an inward, but enormously communicative music that draws from the rich resources of the jazz tradition and European art music and folk music and has a very own masterful form found".
Disco Graphical Notes
- Swedish Standards ( Sittel, 1997)
- Swedish Landscapes ( Sittel, 2003)
- Plays the Music of Jule Styne ( Sittel, 2004)
- Magnum Mysterium (Act, 2007)
- European Standards (Act, 2008)
- Thanks for the Memory - Ralph Rainger The Filmworks of (2011) with 2011 Chuck Berghofer and Joe LaBarbera