Bernt Rosengren

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Bernt Rosengren, 2015

Bernt Rosengren (born December 24, 1937 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish musician of modern jazz and world jazz . In addition to the tenor saxophone , he also plays the flute and other woodwind instruments , but also the piano.

Live and act

Rosengren, who devoted himself to the saxophone at the age of fifteen, gained his first experience in Stockholm bands. In 1956 he began to play jazz professionally; In 1958 he was a member of the Newport International Youth Band , which performed at the Newport Jazz Festival . Then he formed the Newport International Septet , which u. a. gave concerts in Germany. In the 1960s he attracted attention with his own style, initially inspired by hardbop and bebop . In 1962 he played in the film music for Roman Polański's Das Messer im Wasser (at the invitation of the film composer Krzysztof Komeda ). In the 1960s he was soon the dominant figure in Swedish modern jazz and mostly led his own groups. In 1966 he gained experience in modal jazz in the George Russell sextet . Under the influence of Don Cherry , who lives in Scandinavia (on whose Eternal Rhythm from 1968 he played), he began to improvise more freely and to open up to world music . In the early 1970s he played with the South African trumpeter Mongezi Feza and in the Sevda group of the Turkish trumpeter Maffy Falay, who lives in Sweden, with strong influences from Turkish music and odd Turkish rhythms. He also played with his own quartet and occasionally with his own big band. In the nineties, Rosengren led his own formations of different dimensions, above all an octet founded in 1995 with which he realized tribute projects for George Gershwin and then for Evert Taube in 1996/97 . He also worked with the mainstream group Summit Meeting ( Bernt's Jump , 1993).

As a sideman he played u. a. with Lars Gullin , Doug Raney (especially Doug Raney Sextet Meeting the Tenors 1983), Rolf Ericson ( I Love You So 1995) and Benny Bailey . Tomasz Stańko brought him in 1997 to record his album Litania - The Music of Krzysztof Komeda

Prizes and awards

Rosengren was awarded the Gyllene Skivan of Orkester Journalen for his album Stockholm Dues in 1965 and for improvisation in 1969 . In 1974 his world jazz album Notes From Underground was named Swedish Jazz Record of the Year in the same magazine. For the album Plays Evert Taube 1999 he received a Swedish Grammy, As best contemporary musician (1999) and as Master of Jazz (2003) he received the Django d'Or (Sweden) . In 2004 he was awarded the Lars Gullin Prize .

Discography (selection)

  • Krzysztof Komeda, Knife in Water , 1962
  • Stockholm Dues , Columbia (received the Gyllene Skivan in 1965)
  • Don Cherry, Eternal Rhythm , 1968 (he plays oboe, clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone)
  • Improvisationer , SJR (received the Gyllene Skivan 1968/9)
  • Notes from Underground , Harvest (received Gyllene Skivan 1974, with Björn Alke , Salih Baysal, Gunnar Bergsten, Maffay Falay, Tommy Koverhult , Bertil Strandberg, Bobo Stenson , Torbjörn Hultcrantz , Bengt Berger , Okay Temiz , Leif Wennerström )
  • Bernt Rosengren Quartet with Bobo Stenson , 1975
  • with quartet: Surprise Party , 1983
  • The Hug , 1992
  • Bernt Rosengren Octet plays Evert Taube , Arietta, 1999
  • Bernt Rosengren Tentet plays Kurt Weill , Arietta, 2000
  • with Arne Domnérus Face to Face , Dragon, 1999 (received the Gyllene Skivan 1999)
  • Ballads , PB7, 2015
  • Songs , PB7, 2017

Lexigraphic entries

Web links

supporting documents

  1. Album profile , AllMusic