Bobo Stenson
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Bo Gustav Stenson is a Swedish
jazz
pianist
. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins
, Stan Getz
and Gary Burton
. He also worked closely with Don Cherry
from the beginning of the trumpeter's residency in Scandinavia.
The 70's was an intensive period for Bobo Stenson, playing in many groups, amongst them the long-standing band Rena Rama with Palle Danielsson
, and a very popular trio with Arild Andersen
and Jon Christensen
; later also with Jan Garbarek
. In 1988, he joined the Charles Lloyd quartet and since 1996 has appeared at major jazz festivals with Tomasz Stanko
's septet/sextet.
With Jan Garbarek
With Charles Lloyd
With George Russell
With Terje Rypdal
With Tomasz Stanko
With Others
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianist
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...
, Stan Getz
Stan Getz
Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
and Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
. He also worked closely with Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
from the beginning of the trumpeter's residency in Scandinavia.
The 70's was an intensive period for Bobo Stenson, playing in many groups, amongst them the long-standing band Rena Rama with Palle Danielsson
Palle Danielsson
Palle Danielsson is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his European quartet for that period.-Career:...
, and a very popular trio with Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen is a Norwegian bass player.Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet , with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen...
and Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.In the late 1960s he played alongside Jan Garbarek on several recordings by the composer George Russell....
; later also with Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
. In 1988, he joined the Charles Lloyd quartet and since 1996 has appeared at major jazz festivals with Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
's septet/sextet.
As leader
- UnderwearUnderwear (album)Underwear is the debut album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This LP from ECM's early days finds Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson leading bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon...
(ECM, 1971) - The Sounds Around the House (Caprice, 1983)
- Very Early (Dragon, 1986)
- ReflectionsReflections (Bobo Stenson album)Reflections is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Stenson shows more energy than one might expect to hear on an ECM date, although he also has several introspective...
(ECM, 1993) - War OrphansWar OrphansWar Orphans is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together...
(ECM, 1997) - SerenitySerenity (Bobo Stenson album)Serenity is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection....
(ECM, 1999) - GoodbyeGoodbye (Bobo Stenson album)Goodbye is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 2004 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Goodbye is one of, if not the most expansive and diverse collections pianist Bobo Stenson has ever released.....
(ECM, 2005) - CantandoCantando (Bobo Stenson album)Cantando is an album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson recorded in 2007 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a stellar effort that announces -- hopefully -- an extended run for this trio".-Track listing:# "Olivia" -...
(ECM, 2007)
As Sideman
With Don CherryDon Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
- Dona NostraDona NostraDona Nostra is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry with Bobo Stenson and Lennart Åberg recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label. The album was Cherry's last as a leader prior to his death in 1995.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1993)
With Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- SartSart (album)Sart is the third album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his second released on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek's quintet featuring Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1971) - Witchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-ToWitchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek-Bobo Stenson Quartet released on the ECM label and performed by Garbarek, Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen...
(ECM, 1973) - DansereDansereDansere is an album by Jan Garbarek. The album was recorded in November 1975, and features the Bobo Stenson Quartet.- Personnel :#Jan Garbarek - Saxophones#Bobo Stenson - Piano#Palle Danielsson - Bass#Jon Christensen - Drums...
(ECM, 1975)
With Charles Lloyd
- Fish Out of WaterFish Out of Water (Charles Lloyd album)Fish Out of Water is an album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd recorded by Lloyd with Bobo Stenson, Palle Danielsson, and Jon Christensen.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1989) - Notes from Big SurNotes from Big Sur-Track listing:# "Requiem" - 8:01# "Sister" - 8:51# "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 1: Persevere" - 7:22# "Sam Song" - 7:54# "Takur" - 4:27# "Monk in Paris" - 9:38# "When Miss Jessye Sings" - 9:55# "Pilgrimage to the Mountain Part 2: Surrender" - 4:31...
(ECM, 1991) - The CallThe Call (Charles Lloyd album)-Track listing:# "Nocturne" - 5:14# "Song" - 12:45# "Dwija" - 6:46# "Glimpse" - 8:33# "Imke" - 3:55# "Amarma" - 7:18# "Figure in Blue, Memories of Duke" - 9:25# "The Blessing" - 10:54# "Brother on the Rooftop" - 11:57*Recorded in Oslo, Norway in July 1993...
(ECM, 1993) - All My RelationsAll My Relations (album)-Track listing:# "Piercing the Veil" - 8:27# "Little Peace" - 6:35# "Thelonious Theonlyus" - 7:48# "Cape to Cairo Suite " - 15:26# "Evanstide, Where Lotus Bloom" - 10:56# "All My Relations" - 10:54# "Hymne to the Mother" - 8:38...
(ECM, 1994) - Canto (ECM, 1996)
With George Russell
- Listen to the Silence (Soul Note, 1971)
With Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
- Terje RypdalTerje Rypdal (album)Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Keep It Like That - Tight" - 12:14# "Rainbow" - 7:05...
(ECM, 1971)
With Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stanko
Tomasz Stańko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM, Stańko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde....
- Matka JoannaMatka JoannaMatka Joanna is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label. The music was inspired by Jerzy Kawalerowicz's 1961 movie Matka Joanna od Aniołów.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1994) - LeosiaLeosia (album)Leosia is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "As ECM recordings go, Leosia is one of the label's, and certainly trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's,...
(ECM, 1996) - Litania: Music of Krzysztof KomedaLitania: Music of Krzysztof KomedaLitania: Music of Krzysztof Komeda is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko featuring compositions by Krzysztof Komeda recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1997)
With Others
- Agram (Moller/Willemark)
- Xieyi (Jormin)
- Change of Heart (Speake)
- Parish (Stronen)
- La Nuit de Wounded Knee (Doudou GouirandDoudou GouirandDoudou Gouirand is a French jazz saxophonist and composer.-Early career:Gouirand was living in Sweden when he met the great trumpeter and composer Don Cherry, who gave him the opportunity to study and work with him in Sweden and Scandinavia and eventually throughout Europe...
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