User:Boningen123/sandbox/Jonas Knutsson (Musician)

Jonas Knutsson, saxophonist in jazz and folk music, composer, arranger, producer and pedagogue, born Umeå Sweden, 1965.

Early life
Jonas grew up with the annual Umeå Jazz Festival and fell in love with the saxophone. He soon began playing alto with the local wind band and became a member of jazz-rock band “Cabazz”. Musical studies brought him in touch with traditional Sami yoik singing, leaving him with a fascination for the luminescent melodies of northern Scandinavia. The deeper layers of this “folk music connection” led him to explore the soprano saxophone, adding extended vocabulary to his playing.

Career
Since his move to Stockholm in 1983 Jonas has continued to translate the language of jazz into the tradition of folk music in numerous collaborations and settings, playing and recording with “Elise Einarsdotter Ensemble”, “Encore”, “Enteli”, “Mynta”. “Nordan”, “Stockholm Folk Big Band” and “Triptyk”. “Betrand Reaudin’s L’Arbre Voyage” and “Jonas Knutsson Band”. Along the way, the deeper voice of the baritone sax has been added, when the music has called for a more steady foundation. In recent years Jonas has been working in educational projects on different levels and writing commissioned works for various ensembles. He continues to elaborate on Scandinavian fiddle music and has taken a special interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribing selected works by Bach for solo saxophone. At any given moment, his focus is always clear – it’s all about melody.

Present
Jonas is presently performing with “Berger-Knutsson-Spering”, with “Beches Brew” and with the duo “Norrland”, formed with guitarist Johan Norberg. With three albums on the German label (ACT) “Norrland” has toured all over Europe. He is also touring and recording with fellow artist Nils Landgren and is the founding leader of the ensembles “Horn Please” and “Jonas Knutsson Quartet”. 2015 “Jonas Knutsson Trio” was invited to play at Paris Jazz Festival, an open-air concert with Johan Norberg, guitar and Khalid Kouhen, percussion in the botanical garden Parc Floral de Paris. 2013 his lyrical anthem “Hymn”, written in 1994, appeared on Avicii’s debut album True, now given the name “Dear Boy”.

Solo albums

 * 2014 Livsmedel - Jonas Knutsson Quartet
 * 2010  Blåslåtar
 * 2008  Memories of Joe Zawinul, Jonas Knutsson Quartet, (Touché Music)
 * 2007  Horn Please (Country and Eastern)
 * 2002  Jonas Knutsson Quartet (Touché Music)
 * 1997  Malgomaj (Warner/Atrium)
 * 1997  Flower in the Sky (compilation ACT)
 * 1995  Lust (Caprice Records)
 * 1992  Vyer (Caprice Records)

Jonas Knutsson/Johan Norberg: “Norrland”

 * 2008  Skaren - Norrland III, Jonas Knutsson / Johan Norberg
 * 2005  	Cow Cow - Norrland II, Jonas Knutsson / Johan Norberg
 * 2004  "Norrland" - Jonas Knutsson / Johan Norberg

Berger Knutsson Spering

 * 2015  “Blue Blue”, Berger Knutsson Spering Schultz, (Country and Eastern)
 * 2005  “See you in a minute”, Memories of Don Cherry, Berger Knutsson Spering & friends, (Country and Eastern)
 * 2004  “Up Close”, Berger Knutsson Spering, (Amigo)

Jonas Knutsson/Mats Öberg

 * 2014   Sånger från Norr - Lisa Lestander
 * 2013  Alla drömmars sång - Lena Willemark
 * 2008 Live

Thomas Tidholm/Jonas Knutsson

 * 2015  “Orsa by Night”, (Country and Eastern)
 * 2006  “Himlen har inga hål”, Paraphon

Nils Landgren “Christmas with My Friends”

 * 2016  “Christmas with My Friends V”, (ACT)
 * 2014  “Christmas with My Friends IV”, (ACT)
 * 2012  “Christmas with My Friends III”, (ACT)

Enteli

 * 1997 Enteli ”Live” (Amigo)
 * 1994 ”Enteli” (Phono Suecia)

Nordan

 * 1996 Lena Willemark/Ale Möller ”Agram” 	(ECM)
 * 1994 Lena Willemark/Ale Möller ”Nordan” (ECM)

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