Håkan ''Fredrik'' Ljungkvist (born 29 November 1969 in

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, Sweden), is a Swedish jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the son of saxophonist Håkan Ljungkvist and married to the jazz singer

Lina Nyberg Lina Nyberg (born 27 February 1970) is a Swedish jazz singer and composer. She has composed works for string quartet, big band, and symphony orchestra. She is married to the Swedish jazz clarinettist and saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist. Career ...

Career

Ljungkvist was raised in

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, and studied at the

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in Stockholm (1989–93). As jazz student he played with jazz bands in Stockholm, like Fredrik Noren Band, Lina Nyberg Group and Per "Texas" Johansson band. In 1993 he formed his own Quartet with whom he released two albums. In 2000 he composed a 30 minutes long piece for the Pipeline project, a collaboration between 16 Swedish and American musicians on initiative by the Svenska Rikskonserter. The piece was performed in Chicago and Sweden.

Honors

*2004: "Jazz kannan" as the musician of the year from the Swedish Jazz Society (Jazz i Sverige)

Discography

Solo albums

;Within Fredrik Ljungkvist Quartet *1995: ''Falling Papers'' (Dragon Records) *1997: ''Sonic Space'' (Prophone Records)

Collaborations

;Within the "Swedish Open" hosted by

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*1999: ''Swedish Open'' (DaDa Records) *2002: ''Dirty Dancin'' (Telegram Records Stockholm) ;Within the trio LSB (Ljungkvist, Raymond Strid and Johan Berthling) *2000: ''Walk, Stop, Look And Walk'' (Crazy Wisdom) *2003: ''Fungus'' (Moserobie Music Production) ;Within Atomic *2001: ''Feet Music'' (

Jazzland Recordings Jazzland Recordings is a Norwegian jazz and improvised music label based in Oslo, Norway, often associated with nu jazz. It was founded in 1996 by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft to release his "New Conception of Jazz" and operate as a standalone label. ...

) *2003: ''Boom Boom'' (Jazzland Recordings) *2004: ''Nuclear Assembly Hall'' (Okka Disk), with "School Days" *2005: ''The Bikini Tapes'' (Jazzland Recordings), live recording *2006: ''Happy New Ears'' (Jazzland Recordings) *2008: ''Retrograde'' (Jazzland Recordings) *2008: ''Distil'' (Okka Disk), with "School Days" *2010: ''Theater Tilters'' (Jazzland Recordings) *2011: ''Here Comes Everybody'' (Jazzland Recordings) *2013: ''There's A Hole in the Mountain'' (Jazzland Recordings) ;Within "Territory Band" *2002: ''Atlas'' (Okka Disk) *2004: ''Map Theory'' (Okka Disk) *2005: ''Company Switch'' (Okka Disk) *2006: ''New Horse for the White House'' (Okka Disk) *2007: ''Collide'' (Okka Disk) ;Within the quartet "Parish" (

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Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sv ...

Thomas Strønen Thomas Strønen (born 7 December 1972) is a Norwegian jazz drummer who has recorded more than 70 albums. He has worked with Iain Ballamy, Arve Henriksen, Mats Eilertsen, Ashley Slater, Eivind Aarset, Christian Fennesz, Nils Petter Molvaer, B ...

and Ljungkvist) *2004: ''Rica'' (Challenge Records) ;Within the quintet "Firehouse" *2004: ''Live at Glenn Miller Café'' (Ayler Records) ;Within the quintet "Yun Kan" *2004: ''Yun Kan 12345'' (Caprice Records) *2007: ''Badaling'' (Caprice Records) *2013: ''Ten'' (Hoob Records) ;With

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 ...

*2009: '' Collaborations'' (Leo Records) ;Within "The Deciders" *2013: ''We Travel The Airwaves'' (Jazzland Recordings) ;With

Wadada Leo Smith Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (born December 18, 1941) is an American trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. He was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for ''Ten Free ...

and TUMO *2013: ''And It Happened...'' TUM Records) *2013: ''Occupy The World'' TUM Records) ;Within "Fire! Orchestra" *2013: ''Exit!'' (

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its art ...

) *2014: ''Enter'' (Rune Grammofon) *2014: ''Second Exit'' (Rune Grammofon) ;Within "Pipeline" *2013: ''Pipeline'' (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

References

External links

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