Anna Högberg
Anna Högberg (* 1985 ) is a Swedish jazz musician ( alto and baritone saxophone , composition).
Live and act
Högberg grew up on Ornö and Härnösand . She was educated at the adult education centers in Birka and Fridhems and played the saxophone with Captain Murphy before studying at the Stockholm University of Music from 2010 to 2012 . She first played in bands like Pombo . Since 2013 it has been part of the Fire! Orchestra around Mats Gustafsson , Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin , with whom she also recorded four albums. In her punk jazz trio Doglife , she "regularly burns down drone fireworks that are characterized by an irrepressible joy of playing and compelling musicality." She also founded the sextet Attack! , with which she presented the album of the same name in Sweden in 2016. She is also a permanent member of the quintet Se och Hör , with whom she recorded two albums until 2018. She can also be heard on the album Shake (2015) by Mats Gustafsson's trio The Thing and on Forevergreens (2016) by Dan Berglund's Tonbruket .
Discographic notes
- Doglife (Omlott 2014, with Finn Loxbo, Mårten Magnefors)
- Attack! (Omlott 2016, with Elin Larsson, Malin Wättring, Lisa Ullén, Elsa Bergman, Anna Lund)
- Doglife Fresh from the Ruins (Omlott 2017, with Mårten Magnefors, Finn Loxbo)
- The Big Yes! (Nakama 2019, with Maria Bertel, Christian Meaas Svendsen , Ole Mofjell)
- Iena (2020)
Web links
- Anna Högberg at Discogs (English)
- Anna Högberg at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anna Högberg: "Jag har spelat extremt mycket"
- ↑ Moers Festival 2016 (night program) ( Memento from May 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Nordic music
- ↑ Meeting (The Quietus)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Högberg, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish jazz musician (saxophone, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |