Jonas Kullhammar is an Swedish

Sweden

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 jazz

Jazz

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 composer, saxophonist and is one of Sweden's most promising jazz musicians. Since 1998 his main group has been Jonas Kullhammar Quartet, and he has participated on over 100 records as a sideman.
In year 2000 he released his debut recording, the self-produced "Salut". It won him Sweden Radio's Jazz Cat award as the newcomer of the year. He also received the Django D'or award and received the price Sweden Radio's Jazz Cat as Jazz Musician of The Year in Sweden two years in a row. The group also received the award for jazz group of the year. Since then the band has toured around the world and released more cd's.
Jonas is also a founding member of the groups Kullrusk and Nacka Forum.
Since 2000 he runs the record label Moserobie, that releases mainly Swedish and Norwegian jazz groups.

Quotation

• "Kullhammar skitters around the changes like a crazed waterbug, pausing on occasion to screech, squeal, honk, growl and make other unpleasant sounds that remind one of such other modernists as Archie Shepp, David Ware, Albert Ayler, Roscoe Mitchell or . . .well, you get the idea."//Jack Bowers, All about Jazz

• "Kullhammar, who is not known in the U.S., is an outstanding player with very impressive technique, a lively and extroverted style and the ability to range from bop to free. His playing on this set is mostly boppish but always forward-looking, and he is not shy to display emotional intensity"//Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

• "For those who haven't heard this remarkable player, Kullhammar is one of those saxophonists whose excursions convey an exuberant joy in improvising and playing jazz."//Robert Iannapollo, All About Jazz

Awards

• Django d'Or award 2004 (Contemporary star of jazz)
• Stallbröderna award
• Arne Domnérus Guldsaxen Award 2006
• Alice Babs Award 2008
• Svenska Jazzriksförbundets "Kjell-Ake Svensson" Award
• Sigma award, co:Ellington society
• Sandrew "Tore Browaldh" award
• Aftonbladets "Jazz musician of the year" 2001

Swedish jazz critics "Jazzkatten" awards

• Newcomer of the year 2000
• Jazz Artist of The Year 2002
• Jazz Artist of The Year 2003
• Jazz Group Of The Year 2002 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)

Nominations for the Swedish grammy

• 2002 with Nacka Forum
• 2003 with JKQ for Plays Loud for The People
• 2004 with Kullrusk
• 2005 with JKQ & NBB - Snake City North
• 2006 with JKQ - Son of a Drummer
• 2009 with JKQ - The Half Naked Truth

Nominations for the manifest award

• 2006 with JKQ - Son of a Drummer
• 2009 with JKQ - The Half Naked Truth

Selected discography

• Salut
  Salut
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   2000 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
• The Soul Of Jonas Kullhammar 2001 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
• Live At Glenn Miller vol.1 2002 (Jansson, Kullhammar & Nilssen-Love)
• Nacka Forum 2002 (Nacka Forum)
• Plays Loud For The People 2003 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
• Kullrusk 2004 (Kullrusk)
• Snake City North 2005 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet with Norrbotten Big Band)
• Leve Nacka Forum 2005 (Nacka Forum)
• Gyldene Tider Vol.1 2005 (Fredriksson, Kullhammar & Zetterberg)
• Gyldene Tider Vol.2 2005 (Fredriksson, Kullhammar & Zetterberg)
• Gyldene Tider Vol.3 2005 (Fredriksson, Kullhammar & Zetterberg)
• Spring spring spring spring spring 2006 (Kullrusk)
• Son of a drummer 2006 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
• Andratx
  Andratx
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   2007 (Kullhammar-Osgood-Vågan)
• Live at Glenn Miller 2008 (Gyldene Trion)
• Digital
  Digital
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   2008 (Kullrusk) (LP
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• The Half Naked Truth 2009 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet) (limited edition 8 cd box)
• Chant
  Chant
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   2009 (Pinton/Kullhammar/Zetterberg/Nordeson])
• Från och med herr Jonas Kullhammar 2010 (Jonas Kullhammar Quartet)
• Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:Vallmo 2010 (Nicolai Dunger
  Nicolai Dunger
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   & Jonas Kullhammar)(LP
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External links

• Official Homepage
• My Space Homepage
• Moserobie Record label