Fredrik Ljungkvist

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Fredrik Ljungkvist
Fredrik Ljungkvist performing at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Fredrik Ljungkvist performing at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Background information
Born (1969-11-29) 29 November 1969 (age 52)
Kristinehamn, Värmland
OriginSweden
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsSaxophone, clarinet
LabelsNorCD
Ozella Music
Associated actsAtomic
Fredrik Ljungkvist Quartet
Websitewww.allaboutjazz.com/fredrik-ljungkvist-yun-kan-10-ten-by-eyal-hareuveni.php
Fredrik Ljungkvist in Aarhus, Denmark (2011)

Håkan Fredrik Ljungkvist (born 29 November 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden), is a Swedish jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the son of saxophonist and married to the jazz singer Lina Nyberg.[1]

Career[]

Ljungkvist was raised in Lidköping, and studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (1989–93). As jazz student he played with jazz bands in Stockholm, like , Lina Nyberg Group and Per "Texas" Johansson band. In 1993 he formed his own Quartet with whom he released two albums.

In 2000 he composed a 30 minutes long piece for the Pipeline project, a collaboration between 16 Swedish and American musicians on initiative by the Svenska Rikskonserter. The piece was performed in Chicago and Sweden.[1]

Honors[]

  • 2004: "Jazz kannan" as the musician of the year from the Swedish Jazz Society (Jazz i Sverige)

Discography[]

Solo albums[]

Within Fredrik Ljungkvist Quartet
  • 1995: Falling Papers (Dragon Records)
  • 1997: Sonic Space (Prophone Records)

Collaborations[]

Within the "Swedish Open" hosted by Christian Falk
  • 1999: Swedish Open (DaDa Records)
  • 2002: Dirty Dancin (Telegram Records Stockholm)
Within the trio LSB (Ljungkvist, Raymond Strid and Johan Berthling)
  • 2000: Walk, Stop, Look And Walk (Crazy Wisdom)
  • 2003: Fungus (Moserobie Music Production)
Within Atomic
  • 2001: Feet Music (Jazzland Recordings)
  • 2003: Boom Boom (Jazzland Recordings)
  • 2004: Nuclear Assembly Hall (Okka Disk), with "School Days"
  • 2005: The Bikini Tapes (Jazzland Recordings), live recording
  • 2006: Happy New Ears (Jazzland Recordings)
  • 2008: Retrograde (Jazzland Recordings)
  • 2008: Distil (Okka Disk), with "School Days"
  • 2010: Theater Tilters (Jazzland Recordings)
  • 2011: Here Comes Everybody (Jazzland Recordings)
  • 2013: There's A Hole in the Mountain (Jazzland Recordings)
Within "Territory Band"
  • 2002: Atlas (Okka Disk)
  • 2004: Map Theory (Okka Disk)
  • 2005: Company Switch (Okka Disk)
  • 2006: New Horse for the White House (Okka Disk)
  • 2007: Collide (Okka Disk)
Within the quartet "Parish" (Bobo Stenson, Mats Eilertsen, Thomas Strønen and Ljungkvist)
  • 2004: Rica (Challenge Records)
Within the quintet "Firehouse"
  • 2004: Live at Glenn Miller Café (Ayler Records)
Within the quintet "Yun Kan"
  • 2004: Yun Kan 12345 (Caprice Records)
  • 2007: Badaling (Caprice Records)
  • 2013: Ten (Hoob Records)[2]
With Marilyn Crispell
  • 2009: Collaborations (Leo Records)
Within "The Deciders"
  • 2013: We Travel The Airwaves (Jazzland Recordings)
With Wadada Leo Smith and TUMO
  • 2013: And It Happened... TUM Records)
  • 2013: Occupy The World TUM Records)
Within "Fire! Orchestra"
  • 2013: Exit! (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2014: Enter (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2014: Second Exit (Rune Grammofon)
Within "Pipeline"
  • 2013: Pipeline (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Fredrik Ljungkvist". Biography. All About Jazz. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (2 May 2013). "Fredrik Ljungkvist / Yun Kan 10: Ten". Musical reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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