Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born October 29, 1964 in Umeå ) is a Swedish saxophonist who plays all kinds of saxophones and is considered the outstanding representative of Swedish free jazz .
Live and act
Gustafsson began playing jazz in 1986 in a duo with Christian Munthe and from 1988 in the Gush Trio with Sten Sandell and Raymond Strid . He is strongly influenced by the style of Peter Brötzmann , with whom he and Ken Vandermark have formed the Trio Sonore since 2002 . Gustafsson has played in groups and projects with Paul Lovens , Paul Lytton , Georg Graewe , Barry Guy , Roger Turner , Pinguin Moschner , Jim O'Rourke , Thurston Moore , Colin Stetson and Derek Bailey . Since the early 1990s he has been in close contact with the Chicago music scene with Hamid Drake , Michael Zerang and Ken Vandermark and releases albums on the local label Okka Disk .
Gustafsson's long-term projects include The Thing , Fire! and Hidros . The trio The Thing, which he has formed with the Norwegians Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love since 2000 , experiments on the border between free jazz and punk music . In 2012, The Thing recorded an album with Neneh Cherry ( The Cherry Thing ). In 2014 a live album with Thurston Moore was released . The Fire! (with Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin ) also has a big band version (Fire! Orchestra); Several albums were created in both formations. As a trio, Fire! with Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi on albums. The series Hidros , launched in 1999, includes albums with changing, mostly larger groups that interpret the music of well-known artists - including Patti Smith , Little Richard and Frank Zappa . As part of Hidros, Gustafsson worked with Sonic Youth , Barry Guy , Joe McPhee , Axel Dörner, among others .
Gustafsson works with artists from the field of theater and dance theater , as well as writers and painters . Since 1988 he has released more than 80 records. In 2011 the saxophonist was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize.
Discographic notes
- 1992 - Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities ( Okka Disk )
- 1994 - Parrot Fish Eye (Okka Disk)
- 1996 - Impropositions (Phono Suecia)
- 1997 - Frogging (Maya)
- 2000 - The Thing (Crazy Wisdom)
- 2007 - The First Original Silence (Smalltown Superjazz)
- 2011 - Fire! with Jim O'Rourke Unreleased? ( Rune gramophone )
- 2012 - The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound)
- 2013 - Fire! Orchestra Exit (Rune Grammofon, awarded the Gyllene Skivan )
- 2013 - Stones with Colin Stetson (Rune Grammofon)
- 2014 - Fake the Facts: Soundtrack ( Trost Records )
- 2014 - Hidros 6 - Knockin´ ( Not Two Records ) (Box-Set with 5 CDs, 2 LPs and 1 DVD)
- 2016 - Fire! Orchestra Ritual (Rune Gramophone)
- 2016 - MG 50 Peace & Fire (consolation) (box set with 4 CDs from a 3-day concert series on the occasion of Gustafsson's 50th birthday)
- 2018 - The End Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen (RareNoiseRecords)
publication
- Mats Gustafsson: Discaholics! Record Collector Confessions, Volume 1 (Marhaug Forlag, 2017)
Web links
- Extensive discography and information on "European Free Improvisation Pages"
- Photos Mats Gustafsson The Thing 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norden: Nordisk Råds Musikpris 2011 går til svenske Mats Gustafsson ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated June 1, 2011, accessed June 8, 2011 (Danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gustafsson, Mats |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gustafsson, Mats Olof (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Umeå |