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Fredrik Nordstr?m: Big Band Stories
by Mark Corroto
To describe this record as an intimate big band recording is not to state an oxymoron. Saxophonist, composer and arranger Fredrik Nordstr?m has taken this large-scale format (17 musicians) and made a very personal statement. Big Band Stories is a bit of a departure for the Swedish saxophonist best known for his work in quintet, octet and his Dolores Quartet which released Dolores: One (2021) and Dolores: Two (2021) on his own Bluenord Record label. Nordstr?m did produce ...
Continue ReadingFilip Augustson: Viva Black
by Eyal Hareuveni
Swedish double bassist Filip Augustson leads a reasonable personal life and career. He recorded his debut album as a leader about ten years ago, Ich Bin Filip Augustson (Moserobie, 2004) and has collaborated with vibes player Mattias Ståhl's St?hls Bl?, sax players Fredrik Ljungkvist and Fredrik Nordström and keyboard player Mats ?berg. Augustson is a happily married father of two small children, and lives in a nice middle-class neighborhood in the suburbs of Stockholm. Viva Black ...
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