Raymond Strid
Raymond Strid (* 1956 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish drummer of free jazz and European improvisation music .
Raymond Strid was inspired to play drums by musicians such as Han Bennink , Paul Lytton and Tony Oxley . He started his career relatively late; his first concert took place in September 1977, after which he first played with a variety of local bands in Stockholm. In 1988 he founded the trio GUSH together with the saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and the pianist Sten Sandell . Since then Strid has worked in a number of formations and projects, such as the trio formations Guy / Gustafsson / Strid, Marilyn Crispell / Anders Jormin / Strid and the free jazz trio LSB with Fredrik Ljungkvist and Johan Berthling . In 200 the formation The Electrics was founded with Axel Dörner , Sture Ericson and Ingebrigt Flaten ; in the same year Raymond Strid became a member of the Barry Guys New Orchestra. Strid has played at numerous free improvisation festivals in Europe and North America. He also teaches improvisation.
Discographic notes
- Marilyn Crispell: Spring Tour 1994 (Alice, 1994)
- Gush: From things to sounds ( Dragon , 1990), Gushwachs (Bead, 1994), Live at Fasching (Dragon, 1996)
- Pat Thomas / Raymond Strid / Clayton Thomas : Wazifa (Psi, 2010)
- Kege Snö: Keijsaren Gripen efter Strid på Barnö (Umlaut Records, 2010) with Niklas Barnö, Joel Grip and Roland Keijser
- Trespass Trio & Joe McPhee : Human Encore ( Clean Feed Records , 2013), with Martin Küchen , Per Zanussi
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| SURNAME | Strid, Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |