Lars Sjösten
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Lars Sjösten was a Swedish
jazz
pianist. During the 1960s, Sjösten often worked at the world famous jazz restaurant The Golden Circle in Stockholm. He played with many jazz greats like Ben Webster
, Dexter Gordon
, Art Farmer
and Bernt Rosengren
.
Lars also played in Lars Gullin's
groups - the great Swedish baritone saxophonist and composer. He became a close friend of Gullin's and their cooperation has meant a lot to Sjösten's own music-making. In 1997 he was given the Lars Gullin Prize for the first time, for his of many years deserving way of exercising the musical heritage of Lars Gullin.
Through the years, Sjösten led his own groups and also freelanced. He made many recordings and received public response as well as governmental support. His tours have taken him to metropolises like Paris
, Moscow
, Vittoria da Praia (the Azores) and Emmaboda.
Lars is also an established composer with a flair for strong melodies and beautiful chords.
On record you can hear his flowing lines and rich harmonies in recordings in his own name as well as with Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lars Gullin, Benny Bailey
, Rolf Ericson
, Bjarne Nerem, Bernt Rosengren, Lee Konitz
, Putte Wickman
and many 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. During the 1960s, Sjösten often worked at the world famous jazz restaurant The Golden Circle in Stockholm. He played with many jazz greats like Ben Webster
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster , a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog," was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. Webster, born in Kansas City, Missouri, was considered one of the three most important "swing tenors" along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young...
, Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
, Art Farmer
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
and Bernt Rosengren
Bernt Rosengren
Bernt Rosengren is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. His recordings have earned him five Gyllene Skivan awards in Sweden.-Biography:...
.
Lars also played in Lars Gullin's
Lars Gullin
Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin was a Swedish jazz baritone saxophone player, occasional pianist and composer closest in playing style to United States Cool school players, with a full tone, but also a lightness uncommon with baritone saxophonists and an influence from Swedish folk music, which helps...
groups - the great Swedish baritone saxophonist and composer. He became a close friend of Gullin's and their cooperation has meant a lot to Sjösten's own music-making. In 1997 he was given the Lars Gullin Prize for the first time, for his of many years deserving way of exercising the musical heritage of Lars Gullin.
Through the years, Sjösten led his own groups and also freelanced. He made many recordings and received public response as well as governmental support. His tours have taken him to metropolises like Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Vittoria da Praia (the Azores) and Emmaboda.
Lars is also an established composer with a flair for strong melodies and beautiful chords.
On record you can hear his flowing lines and rich harmonies in recordings in his own name as well as with Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lars Gullin, Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey, born Ernest Harold Bailey , was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpeter.-Biography:...
, Rolf Ericson
Rolf Ericson
Rolf Ericson was a Swedish jazz trumpeter. He also played the flugelhorn.- Early career :He moved to New York City in 1947 and in 1949 joined Charlie Barnet's big band and with Woody Herman in 1950...
, Bjarne Nerem, Bernt Rosengren, Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings...
, Putte Wickman
Putte Wickman
Putte Wickman was one of the world's leading jazz clarinetists.He was born Hans Olof Wickman in Falun, and grew up in Borlänge, Sweden, where his parents hoped he would become a lawyer. He nagged them to allow him to go to high school in Stockholm...
and many others.