Rune Gustafsson

Rune Urban Gustafsson ( born August 25, 1933, Göteborg, † June 15, 2012 in Stockholm) was a Swedish guitarist of modern jazz and composer of film music.

Rune Gustafsson began his career as a musician in the band of drummer Nils Bertil Dahlander in Gothenburg. In the 1950s he moved to Stockholm, where he worked with Putte Wickman ( Swedisk Jazz Kings, 1957), with Arne Domnérus and the Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra, as well as a busy studio musician. In 1961, his first album under his own name, Young Guitar ( Metronome) with Arne Domnérus, Jan Johansson, Jimmy Woode, Bjarne Nerem, Börje Fredriksson and Jan Allan was born.

The album rune at the top he took in 1969 with the Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen. He also appeared in the 1970s and 1980s on recordings by Arne Domnérus ( dialogue, 1972), with Georg Riedel, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Ulf Johansson. involved. In 1973 his album Rune Gustafsson himself plays Gilbert O'Sullivan; In 1975 he worked with Thad Jones, around 1980, with Benny Carter in its sessions in Sweden together. As a house musician at Sonet Records, he was at sessions with American musicians such as Red Mitchell ( On a Clear Day, 1976) and Zoot Sims ( The Sweetest Sounds, 1978 and In a Sentimental Mood, 1984) involved. In 1994 he collaborated with Kjell Öhman. Furthermore Gustafsson worked as a composer of film scores, and for the Swedish movies Mannen som slutade röka (1972 ), Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! (1975) and Söndagsbarn (1992).

Auswahldiskographie

• January Allan: Jan Allan - 70 ( phono Suicia 1968 /69)
• George Riedel: Kirbitz ( Phontastic, 1980/81 )