Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with

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in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early 1990s. In the late 1990s he also performed regularly with Polish trumpeter

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. Jorman has played and toured internationally with many musicians including

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, Albert Mangelsdorff,

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, and

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. Anders Jormin also teaches double bass and improvisation and holds a Professorial post at the Academy of Music and Drama at

Gothenburg University The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...

since 2002. In 1995 he undertook a visiting professorship at the

Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...

in Helsinki. The same appointed him Doctor honores causa (honorary doctorate) in 2003.

Background

Anders Jormin grew up in a musical family with a father who was a professional jazz musician and learned to perform jazz standards at an early age, he studied classical music on piano and bass at the University of Gothenburg and has a long-standing appreciation of folk music and combines classical music with folk and jazz in his compositional approach.Kelman, J
Anders Jormin: Touching the Heart and Spirit
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'', October 4, 2004 Anders Jormin’s brother is the percussionist and pianist Christian Jormin.

Awards and honors

Jormin has received the Jan Johansson Scholarship (1992), Jazz Kannan (1994), and a Swedish Grammy for Best Jazz Album with the Bobo Stenson Trio, '' Reflections'' (1996). In November 2010 he was awarded the Swedish Royal Music Academy Jazz Prize.

Discography

As leader

* ''Nordic Lights'' (Dragon, 1984) * ''Eight Pieces'' (Dragon) * ''Alone'' (Dragon, 1991) * ''Jord'' (Dragon, 1995) * ''Once'' (Dragon) * ''Silvae'' (Dragon, 1998) * '' Xieyi'' (ECM, 2001) * '' In Winds, In Light'' (ECM, 2003) * ''Aviaja'' (Footprint, 2005) * ''Songs in Meantone'' (Footprint, 2011) * '' Ad Lucem'' (ECM, 2012) * ''Provenance'' (Footprint, 2013) * ''Between Always and Never'' (Swedish Society Discofil, 2014) * '' Trees of Light'' with

Lena Willemark Lena Willemark (born 12 May 1960) is a Swedish traditional music fiddler, singer, and composer, who combines elements of folk and jazz. Born in Älvdalen, Dalarna, Willemark grew up with the region's folk music. In Stockholm in the 1970s, she al ...

and Karin Nakagawa (ECM, 2015)

As sideman

With

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Dona Nostra ''Dona Nostra'' is an album by jazz trumpeter Don Cherry with Bobo Stenson and Lennart Åberg recorded in 1993 and released on the ECM label.Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrot ...

*'' Spring Tour'' (Alice Musik Produktion, 1995) With Mark Feldman *''

What Exit ''What Exit'' is an album by violinist Mark Feldman with pianist John Taylor, bassist Anders Jormin, and drummer Tom Rainey recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label

'' (ECM, 2006) With Charles Lloyd *'' Notes from Big Sur'' (ECM, 1992) *'' The Call'' (ECM, 1993) *''

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'' (ECM, 1994) *''

Canto The canto () is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry. Etymology and equivalent terms The word ''canto'' is derived from the Italian word for "song" or "singing", which comes from the Latin ''cantus'', "song", from the ...

'' (ECM, 1996) With

*'' Matka Joanna'' (ECM, 1994) *''

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'' (ECM, 1996) *'' From the Green Hill'' (ECM, 1998) With

*''Very Early'' (Dragon) *'' Reflections'' (ECM, 1993) *''

War Orphans ''War Orphans'' is an album by the Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson, recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.

'' (ECM, 1997) *'' Serenity'' (ECM, 1999) *''

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'' (ECM, 2004) *'' Cantando'' (ECM, 2007) *'' Indicum'' (ECM, 2011) *''

Contra la Indecisión ''Contra la Indecisión'' is a studio album by Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson which was released in January 2018 on the ECM label. Reception Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Thom Jurek stating "''Contra la Indecision'' is the ...

'' (ECM, 2018) With

It Takes Two !
(C.A.M. Jazz – CAMJ 7786-2, 2006)

References

External links

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