Lars Sjöstens Orkester

Lars Sjösten , Birth 7 May 1941 Oskarshamn , died October 19, 2011 , was a Swedish jazz musicians. In the 1960s, played Sjösten often at the pub the Golden Circle in Stockholm. He played with international greats as Ben Webster , Dexter Gordon , Art Farmer and Stan Getz , as well as with the Swedish tenor saxophonist Bernt Rosengren . Sjösten was also a pianist in the great Swedish baritone saxophonist and composer Lars Gullin groups. He became good friends with Gullin ; this collaboration came to mean more and more to Sjöstens own music creation . In 1969, Lars Sjösten the first musician who was awarded the Jan Johansson scholarship. In 1997 Sjösten the newly Lars Gullin Prize, and in 2006 he received Christer Boustedt scholarship. Over the years led Lars Sjösten several different groups of their own . He made many recordings and received both public response and state aid. His touring took him to such diverse cities such as Paris, Moscow , Vittoria da Praia (Azores) and Emmaboda . Lars Sjösten was also an established composer with a flair for strong melodies and beautiful chords. On the disc, Lars Sjöstens flowing , melodious game be heard and on recordings under his own name and with the likes of Dexter Gordon , Ben Webster , Lee Konitz , Benny Bailey, Bjarne Nerem , Lars Gullin , Bernt Rosengren and Putte Wickman , as well as with vocal artists Nannie Porres and Gunnar " Siljabloo " Nilson . In 1981 was appointed Sjöstens LP Select the Notes to this year's Golden Record , an award that is awarded by the magazine Orkesterjournalen . On this album you will hear musicians as alto saxophonist Willy Lundin , Lars Olofsson, trombonist , trumpeter Jan Allan , bassist Sture Nordin , drummer Egil Johansen and percussionist Rudi Smith.