Jonas Knutsson
Fusing together be-bop, big band, folk and world influences, Swedish saxophone player Jonas Knutsson's smooth, free-flowing, improvised style has made him a well-respected fixture on Europe's jazz scene since he first emerged in the early 1980s.
Born in the northern city of Umea, he grew up playing in school bands and the annual music festival hosted by his parents. He studied under the guidance of American saxophonist Sahid Shihab, before starting out his career with experimental rock band Cabazz. He also played with pianist Elise Einardotter's Ensemble, the avant-garde group Ennteli and the Stockholm Folk Big Band, and explored ideas from both jazz and traditional Nordic music on his debut solo album 'Vyer' in 1992.
Though often melodic and expressive, his sound flickered with a sparse, melancholy feel on follow-up albums 'View' and 'Lust', and his baritone saxophone playing drew comparisons with Ornette Coleman and Pharoah Sanders. His work in the 2000s as part of the trio Berger Knutsson Spering was equally experimental and obtuse, but his 2010 album 'Blaslatar' was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award and he went on to form a quartet for 2014 album 'Foods'. In between teaching and conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, he has also found time to collaborate with trombonist Nils Landren, poet Thomas Tidholm and singer/composer Lena Willemark.
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18アルバム • ベストセラーで並び替え
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Cow Cow : Norrland II
Jonas Knutsson & Johan Norberg
Jazz - ACT Music 発売日 2005/08/29
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The First Wave of Silence
Jeanette Kohn, Lennart Simonsson, Jonas Knutsson
Classical - Ladybird Production 発売日 2023/11/10
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Orsa by Night
Thomas Tidholm, Jonas Knutsson
Pop - Naxos Sweden - C&E 発売日 2015/09/11
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vaggvisor i oredans tid
Jeanette Kohn, Mats Bergstrom, Jonas Knutsson
Children - Naxos Sweden - LB 発売日 2021/11/12
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Alla drömmars sång
Lena Willemark, Jonas Knutsson, Mats Oberg
Contemporary Jazz - Country and Eastern 発売日 2013/04/30
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Blue Blue
Bengt Berger, Jonas Knutsson, Christian Spering, Max Schultz
Jazz - Country and Eastern 発売日 2015/09/11
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Äventyret
Thomas Tidholm, Jonas Knutsson
Pop - Jonas Knutsson Musikproduktion AB 発売日 2023/11/10
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Saxofonboken
Educational - Jonas Knutsson Musikproduktion AB 発売日 2023/08/25
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Så skimrande var aldrig havet
Jeanette Kohn, Mats Bergstrom, Jonas Knutsson
Classical - Naxos Sweden - LB 発売日 2021/06/25
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kersti Lilla
Bengt Jonasson, Mårten Hillbom, Jonas Knutsson
Jazz - O Records 発売日 2021/09/17
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Så skimrande var aldrig havet
Jeanette Kohn, Mats Bergstrom, Jonas Knutsson, Evert Taube
Classical - Ladybird Production 発売日 2021/06/25
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vaggvisor i oredans tid
Jeanette Kohn, Mats Bergstrom, Jonas Knutsson
Humour/Spoken Word - Ladybird Production 発売日 2021/11/12
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orsa by Night
Thomas Tidholm, Jonas Knutsson
Folk - Country and Eastern 発売日 2015/09/11
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Will of One
Ecovillage, Jonas Knutsson, Laraaji, Oceananda
Ambient - 発売日 2024/05/03 レーベル Lo Recordings
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo