Lars Gulliksson

Lars Gulliksson (* 1967 in Övertorneå ) is a Swedish Jazz - Tenor saxophonist , flutist , clarinetist , arranger and composer . Gullikson leads the Swedish Mingus Band ( Sigmund Freud's Mothers ).

Live and act

Lars Gulliksson started playing the saxophone at the age of 15 and, after attending music schools and the music college in Sweden, moved to New York City , where he studied with George Coleman , Ellery Eskelin , Richie Beirach , George Garzone and his studies at Manne's College of Music . After his return to Sweden he studied music academy in Malmö , initially worked as a freelance musician and recorded his first albums under his own name. The project with which he also achieved international attention was the Swedish Mingus Band or Sigmund Freud's Mothers , led by Gulliksson . The title of the band refers less to Sigmund Freud than to the Charles Mingus composition "All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother". The band interprets - similar to projects like the Mingus Dynasty and the Mingus Big Band - the classic compositions of the bassist and band leader such as Orange Was the Color of Her Dress Then Blue Silk .

Since 1998 Gulliksson has lived and worked as a musician, arranger and composer in Stockholm; In addition to his work as a musician, he works for various film and television projects. He also worked with Moroccan musicians in Marrakech . With the saxophonist Roland Keijser he formed the formation Kalousch . Lars Gulliksson founded his own record label BReathING maCHIne .

Discographic notes

• Bumps Ahead ( Dragon Records , 1996)
• Sigmund Freud's Mothers: All the Things You Could Be By Now ... (BReathING maCHIne, 2007)

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• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002.
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

Web links

• Lars Gulliksson's homepage
• Page from BReathING maCHIne
• Review of the album All the Things You Could Be Now ... at Jazzdimensions (German)
• Lars Gulliksson at Allmusic (English)
• Lars Gulliksson at Discogs (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ Mingus recorded the composition on October 20, 1960; she appeared on the Candid album Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus . It is based on the structure of the All the Things You Are standard without actually playing it. See Weber / Filtgen: Charles Mingus (Oreos).