Amanda Sedgwick

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Amanda Sedgwick (* 1970 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish jazz musician ( alto saxophone , occasionally flute and clarinet , composition ).

Live and act

Sedgwick learned the piano from an aunt when he was eight. Later she also sang in the choir and first learned the violin before switching to the saxophone. She played in the school big band under the direction of Nils Lindberg . After attending an adult education center in southern Sweden, she completed her studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1991 to 1995 . During this time she formed her own band with Magnus Broo , Filip Augustsson and Jesper Kviberg, but also played in Bernt Rosengren's big band and with Rolf Ericson and Nils Sandström .

She released four albums under her own name. The first album, Volt , won the 1996 Jazz in Sweden award for best newcomer CD. From 1999 she worked in The Hague for three years ; Jarmo Hoogendijk was part of her quintet, with whom she appeared at numerous festivals . Back in Sweden she formed a band with Martin Sjöstedt, Gilbert Matthews and Daniel Tilling, which was occasionally reinforced by the trumpeter Philip Harper ( Reunion 2004) and also toured in South Africa. Between 2004 and 2006 she was in Atlanta . From 2007 to 2010 she taught at the Royal Music School before going to New York for a year. She is also involved in the recordings of Lina Nyberg , Magi Olin, Cecelia Wennerström and Kathryn Farmer. With Lis Wessberg and other Scandinavian musicians she is a member of the Sisters of Jazz. In 2019 Sedgwick led a quintet that includes Dwayne Clemons (trumpet), JinJoo Yoo (piano), Paul Sikivie (bass) and Mark Taylor (drums).

Discographic notes

  • Delightness (with Karin Hammar , Anders Bergcrantz , Martin Sjöstedt, René Martinez, Daniel Tilling, Moussa Fadera)
  • Shadow and Act (with Dwayne Clemons, Leo Lindberg, Kenji Rabson, Moussa Fadera)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online November 11, 2013)
  2. ↑ Event information
  3. ↑ Amanda Sedgwick Quintet. Smalls, July 1, 2019, accessed July 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sedgwick, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm