Lars Gulliksson
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Lars Gulliksson is a saxophonist, composer
and arranger
, now living in Stockholm, Sweden.
He has performed with many of the most prominent Swedish Jazz
musicians as well as many international artists, in the radio, TV and on records. The tenor saxophone is his main instrument, but he is also known as a multi-instrumentalist, playing various woodwinds, in Folk- and World music etc.
Studies at Mannes College of Music in New York (with George Coleman
, Ellery Eskelin, Richie Beirach m fl), The Malmö Academy of Music etc.
He has received scholarships from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The Norrbotten "Rubus Arcticus" Scholarship, among others.
Bandleader for his own groups Lars Gulliksson Quartet & Quintet and Siegmund Freud's Mothers (a k a Swedish Mingus Band).
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and arranger
Arranger
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, now living in Stockholm, Sweden.
He has performed with many of the most prominent Swedish 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...
musicians as well as many international artists, in the radio, TV and on records. The tenor saxophone is his main instrument, but he is also known as a multi-instrumentalist, playing various woodwinds, in Folk- and World music etc.
Studies at Mannes College of Music in New York (with George Coleman
George Coleman
George Edward Coleman is an American hard bop saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, known chiefly for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s.-Biography:...
, Ellery Eskelin, Richie Beirach m fl), The Malmö Academy of Music etc.
He has received scholarships from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, The Norrbotten "Rubus Arcticus" Scholarship, among others.
Bandleader for his own groups Lars Gulliksson Quartet & Quintet and Siegmund Freud's Mothers (a k a Swedish Mingus Band).