Jonas Kullhammar

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Jonas Kullhammar (2019)
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Jonas Kullhammar (* 2 September 1978 in Nacka ) is a Swedish jazz - saxophonist and composer.

Live and act

Kullhammar is considered to be one of the most promising up-and-coming Swedish jazz musicians. He plays with his own groups, such as the Jonas Kulhammar Quartet (since 1998, with drummer Jonas Holgersson , bassist Torbjörn Zetterberg and pianist Torbjörn Gulz ), Kullrusk (formed in 2004, with saxophonist Per Johansson ), Nacka Forum (with trumpeter Goran Kajfeš ). Since 2000 he has been releasing albums under his own name on his own record label Moserobie. The first album Salut won the Jazz Cat of the Swedish radio as best newcomer of the year. He has also worked with jazz musicians and groups such as The "International" Noise Conspiracy , Carlos Garnett , Fredrik Norén Band , Torbjörn Zetterberg Hot Five , Sonic Mechatronik Arkestra , Peanuts Hucko , The Plan , Nina Ramsby , Marcus Strickland , Eldkvarn and Koma in Petter Eldh's quintet Played saxo (with Otis Sandsjö , Mikko Innanen and Christian Lillinger ). Kullhammar performed John Coltrane's work A Love Supreme under the title “A Love Supreme Reloaded” together with his quartet at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt in 2011 .

Prizes and awards

In 2004 he received the Django d'Or (Sweden) as Contemporary Star of Jazz . In 2006 he was awarded the Guldsaxen donated by Arne Domnérus . Twice he received the Jazz Cat as Sweden's Jazz Musician of the Year. In 2016 he was awarded the Lars Gullin Prize.

Jonas Kullhammar at the Stockholm Jazz Festival 2009

Discography (selection)

  • Salut 2000 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
  • The Soul of Jonas Kullhammar 2001 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
  • Live at Glenn Miller vol. 1 2002 (Jansson, Kullhammar & Nilssen-Love)
  • Nacka Forum 2002 (Nacka Forum)
  • Plays Loud for the People 2003 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet, Swedish Grammy nomination)
  • Kullrusk 2004 (Kullrusk)
  • Snake City North 2005 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet with the Norrbotten Big Band )
  • Leve Nacka Forum 2005 (Nacka Forum)
  • Gyldene Tider Vol. 1-3 , 2005 (Fredriksson, Kullhammar & Zetterberg)
  • Spring spring spring spring spring 2006 (Kullrusk)
  • Son of a Drummer 2006 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
  • Andratx 2007 (Kullhammar-Osgood-Vågan)
  • Låt Det Vara 2013
  • Basement Sessions Vol. 2 , Clean Feed Records , 2013 ( Espen Aalberg , Jonas Kullhammar, Torbjörn Zetterberg)
  • Aalberg, Kullhammar, Zetterberg, Santos Silva: Basement Sessions Vol. 4 (The Bali Tapes) (Clean Feed, 2017)
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet at the Accelerator The Big One in Stockholm 2004

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SURNAME Kullhammar, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Nacka