Mats Gustafsson
Mats Gustafsson ( born October 29, 1964 in Umeå ) is a Swedish saxophonist who plays all kinds of saxophones and is considered the most outstanding representatives of the Swedish free jazz.
Life and work
Gustafsson began in 1986 in a duo with Christian Munthe and in 1988 to play in a trio Gush Sten Sandell and Raymond Strid with jazz. He is heavily influenced by the style of Peter Brötzmann with which it forms together with Ken Vandermark since 2002, the trio Sonore. Gustafsson has played for example in groups and projects with Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, George Gräwe, Barry Guy, Roger Turner, Penguin Moschner and Derek Bailey. Since the early 90s, he maintains close ties to the music scene in Chicago with Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang and Ken Vandermark and released albums at the local label Okka Disk Since 2000 he is with Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Paal Nilssen -Love, the trio The Thing, the grossed several albums and gave 2012 concerts with Neneh Cherry.
Gustafsson collaborates with artists from the field of theater and dance theater, as well as writers and painters. Since 1988, he has released more than 80 recordings. 2011, the saxophonist was awarded the Music Prize of the Nordic Council.