Title: Swedish Portrait Artist: Fredrik Lindborg Sjostedt Fredriksson Migdal Meyers Zilliacus Stalheim Label: Prophone Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 822359002029 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2020-05-08 Number of Discs: 1
Swedish jazz has since the 50's had a unique sound. The fire of American, mixed with the melancholy of Swedish folk music, evolved into a genre of it's own. The great baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin composed music in this way with ingredients from jazz, Swedish folk music and the classical repertoire. This record emphasizes these elements and gives new life, not only to his music, but also to Swedish jazz. A child prodigy on the accordion Lars Gullin became a professional musician first as a pianist in 1947. He planned on a classical career until in 1949 he filled the baritone chair in Seymour Osterwall's ban. In 1954 he won the best newcomer award in DownBeat magazine. Over the next two decades, he would go on to work with some of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, including Archie Shepp, and Chet Baker. He died in 1976.
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