Anders Jormin
Sweden's Anders Jormin is a progressive bassist with a bent toward atmospheric classical and folk-influenced jazz. Emerging in the 1970s, Jormin came into his own working alongside such well-regarded luminaries as Bobo Stenson, Don Cherry, Charles Lloyd, and Tomasz Stańko. He is both a highly regarded performer and educator, having taught for over 30 years at Gothenburg's Musikhögskolan.
Born in Jönköping, Sweden in 1957, Jormin was first introduced to music via his jazz musician father, who helped him (and his brother, percussionist Christian Jormin) learn standards at a young age. Later, Jormin studied classical piano and bass at the University of Gothenburg, where he graduated in 1979. Also during the '70s, Jormin found work performing with such established acts as Mwendo Dawa and Rena Rama, the latter of which featured longtime Jormin associate Stenson.
By the early '80s Jormin was an established jazz sideman, appearing on albums by pianist Lars Jansson and singer Claes Janson. In 1984, he made his debut as a leader with Nordic Light on Dragon. He then followed up with several more outings for Dragon, including Eight Pieces (1988), Alone (1991), Jord (1995), and Silvae (1998). During the '90s, Jormin also collaborated on albums by a bevy of highly regarded forward-thinking artists, including pianist Stenson, trumpeter Cherry, saxophonist Lloyd, and trumpeter Stańko.
In 2001, Jormin made his solo ECM debut with Xieyi, an impressionistic, classical-influenced production showcasing his four-piece brass ensemble arrangements. Two years later he delivered his sophomore ECM album, In Winds, in Light, which featured accompaniment from pianist Marilyn Crispell and vocalist/violinist Lena Willemark. The 2000s also found Jormin appearing on works by such similarly minded musicians as guitarist John Abercrombie, bassist Eberhard Weber, drummers Jon Christensen and Paul Motian, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, keyboardist Kristian Blak, and others.
In 2011, he joined percussionist Marilyn Mazur for the ECM date Celestial Circle, followed a year later by his haunting, eclectic effort Ad Lucem, featuring vocalists Mariam Wallentin and Erika Angell along with clarinetist/saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist. In 2013, the bassist was joined again by Wallentin for the chamber choir album Anders Jormin: Between Always and Never. That same year he paired with his brother, percussionist Christian Jormin, for the quiet duo album Provenance. In 2015, Jormin appeared with Willemark and Japanese 25-string koto player Karin Nakagawa on the ECM release Trees of Light. Two years later, he delivered Titok, a trio album with guitarist Ferenc Snétberger and drummer Joey Baron, also on ECM. The classical-leaning Tantum with organist Karin Nelson and flutist Jonas Simonson followed in 2018.
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Cantando
Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Jon Fält
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 29.08.2008
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Titok
Ferenc Snétberger, Anders Jormin, Joey Baron
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 21.04.2017
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Pasado en claro
Anders Jormin, Lena Willemark, Karin Nakagawa, Jon Fält
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 20.01.2023
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Goodbye
Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Paul Motian
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 12.09.2005
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Cantando
Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Jon Fält
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 29.08.2008
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Trees Of Light
Lena Willemark, Karin Nakagawa, Anders Jormin
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 06.03.2015
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Marilyn Mazur - Josefine Cronholm - John Taylor - Anders Jormin
Marilyn Mazur, Josefine Cronholm, John Taylor, Anders Jormin
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 10.06.2011
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Spring Tour
Anders Jormin, Marilyn Crispell, Raymond Strid
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Alice Musik Produktion am 31.03.2003
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Tantum
Jonas Simonson, Anders Jormin, Karin Nelson
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Footprint Records am 20.04.2018
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Poems for Orchestra
Anders Jormin, Lena Willemark, Karin Nakagawa
Jazz - Erschienen bei Losen Records am 26.04.2019
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Between Always and Never
Anders Jormin, Jonkoping Chamber Choir, Lena Willemark, Jonkoping Sinfonietta, Fredrik Burstedt
Klassik - Erschienen bei Swedish Society am 07.05.2013
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Triangoli
Diana Torto, John Taylor, Anders Jormin
Jazz - Erschienen bei Orpheus am 01.01.2009
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Symphony of Birds
Jazz - Erschienen bei Soda Music am 14.10.2016
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Reflections
Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Jon Christensen
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 01.05.1993
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Dona Nostra
Don Cherry, Lennart Aberg, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Anders Kjellberg, Okay Temiz
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 01.03.1993
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Ad Lucem
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 16.03.2012
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Leosia
Tomasz Stańko, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Tony Oxley
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 01.01.1997
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In Winds, In Light
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 01.01.2003
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