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Harri Sjöström
Harri Sjöström (born February 29, 1952 in Turku, Finland) is a saxophonist who specializes in the soprano saxophone. Life and career Harri studied saxophone with Harry Mann, Leo Wright and Steve Lacy. He also studied photography and film at the Lone Mountain College in San Francisco Art Institute from 1974 - 1978. He attended the special class for improvisation at the L.M.C. led by trombonist Johannes Mager. After leaving the U.S., Harri moved to Vienna, Austria, which became his doorway to the European improvised music scene. Harri formed his first improvising groups and organised numerous projects in Finland and elsewhere. Brought many of the most notable innovators on the international improvisation scene to Finland. One of his early projects included a tour with Derek Bailey's "Company" which was their first in Finland. Harri moved to Berlin in 1985. In 1990, Harri met Cecil Taylor in Berlin and has been involved in a large number of projects with the legendary pianist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Harri is a given name, and may refer to: *Guto Harri (born 1966), Welsh former BBC Chief Political Correspondent *Harri Anne Smith, American Republican member of the Alabama Senate *Harri Eloranta (born 1963), Finnish biathlete *Harri Hänninen (born 1963), Finnish long-distance runner *Harri Haatainen (born 1978), Finnish javelin thrower *Harri Hakkarainen (born 1969), Finnish javelin thrower *Harri Holkeri (born 1937), Prime Minister of Finland from 1987 to 1991 *Harri Huhtala (born 1952), Finnish hammer thrower *Harri Hursti (born 1968), Finnish computer programmer and former chairman of the board and co-founder of ROMmon *Harri Jõgisalu (1922–2014), Estonian writer *T. Harri Jones (1921–1965), Welsh poet and university lecturer *Harri Kampman (born 1954), Finnish football manager and former player *Harri Kirvesniemi (born 1958), Finnish cross country skier *Harri Koskela (born 1965), Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling *Harri Koskinen (born 1970) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
