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Håkan Andersson Rydin, born January 4, 1951 in Gislaved, Sweden, is a jazz pianist living in Malmö, Sweden.

With saxophone player Jörgen Nilsson he formed the jazz group (Swedish) Nexus. The other members were bass player Ulf Rådelius and drummer Anders Lagerlöf. Nexus performed over 1000 concerts between 1972 and 1992. They made three highly accomplished records and performed on international jazz festivals, in radio and TV in several counties.

Mellan 1988 och 2003 spelade Håkan med amerikanska sångerskan Kim Parker (jazzlegenden Charlie ”Bird” Parkers styvdotter) och de turnerade i många länder.

The piano style of Håkan Rydin has been described as ”lyrical and cooking” and he has performed with Thad Jones, Pepper Adams, Red Mitchell, Etta Cameron, Enrico Rava, Tim Hagans, Georgie Fame, David Liebman and Swedish Jazz stars like Jan Allan, Arne Domnérus, Helge Albin, Anders Bergcrantz, Christer Boustedt, Bernt Rosengren and Svante Thuresson.

In recent years Rydin has mostly performed in the classical piano trio format (piano, bass and drums). 2010 he was the first jazz musician to perform in the Great Theatre (NCPA) in Beijing.

Håkan Rydin is Associate Professor at the Malmö Academy of Music and has published two books (in Swedish) on playing piano by ear, with colleague Dage Jonsson.

As a leader and co-leader
2007 – A Splendored Thing (Sittel)

2005 – Tender Silhouette with Elisabeth Melander (Marshmallow Records)

1997 – A Beautiful Friendship with Kim Parker (FLC)

1987 – Nexus in Canada (FLC)

1984 – Nexus meets Enrico Rava (FLC)

1978 – Nexus (FLC)

1978 – Nexus First (SweDisc Jazz)

Other recordings
2003 – Lasse O: ”A Tribute to Red” with Red Mitchell (hi-hat records)

2002 – Gitte Pålsson & Håkan Rydin: "Novemberljus” (GPCD)

1999 – Ulf Rådelius: ”Connection” (URCD)

1979 – Lasse O: ”Speglingar” (GoodWill)