Jon Fält (born 28 August 1979 in

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

, Sweden) is a

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drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...

in modern jazz.

Biography

Fält was raised in

Sandviken Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 39,234 inhabitants in 2019. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey t ...

and had first music lessons with Stefan Bergkvist at the Kulturskolan. From 1990 he played in the ''Sandvik Small Band'' at the school with which he first recorded in 1994. He attended the Jazzgymnasium in Gävle and the

Kungliga Musikhögskolan The Royal College of Music, Stockholm ( sv, Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm) is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The institution was mad ...

in Stockholm. In the following years he worked with Alberto Pinton,

Bobo Stenson Bobo Stenson (born Bo Gustav Stenson; 4 August 1944) is a Swedish jazz pianist. The Bobo Stenson Trio, formed in collaboration with Anders Jormin (bass) and Jon Fält (drums), has been in existence for four decades. Career Stenson studied with We ...

(to be heard on his ECM albums ''Cantando'', 2007 and ''Indicum'', 2011), with

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 ...

(''Tellus'', 2006) and Jon Vanderlander, in the ensemble ''The Stoner'' led by the saxophonist Nils Berg, further in the bands ''The Deciders, Splint!, Yun Kan 5'' (with

Fredrik Ljungkvist Håkan ''Fredrik'' Ljungkvist (born 29 November 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden), is a Swedish jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the son of saxophonist Håkan Ljungkvist and married to the jazz singer Lina Nyberg. Career Ljungkvist was ...

) and in

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) (established 1999 in Trondheim, Norway) is an orchestral project based in Trondheim, and closely related to both the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter (MNJ - Mid Norwegian Jazz Center) and Jazz Line at the Trøndelag Conservator ...

. In 2007, Fält received the ''Alice Babs Jazzstipend''. He was involved in 20 jazz recording sessions between 1994 and 2012, including with

Palle Danielsson Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson (born 15 October 1946) is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He is the brother of pianist Monica Dominique. Career Danielsson's ...

, Fredrick Nordstrom and

Anders Jormin Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early ...

.Tom Lord ''The Jazz Discography'' (online, accessed 1 May 2015) In a review on ''Nordic Music'' on the Jormin album ''Ad Lucem'' states: "Jon Fält is not a drummer in the traditional sense, he creates sounds and fills, creates space by not playing, grooving but still - factually cool, of course.“

Discography

* Nils Olmedal/Jon Falt/Mats Äleklint/Joakim Milder: ''Silent Room'' (2002) * Dog Out: ''Dog Out'' (Moserobie 2003), with Fredrik Nordstrom, Alberto Pinton, Mattias Welin * Fredrik Ljungkvist: ''Yun Kan 12345'' (Caprice, 2003), with Fredrik Ljungkvist, Klas Nevrin, Mattias Welin, Per Åke Holmlander * Alberto Pinton: ''The Visible'' (Moserobie, 2004), with Mats Äleklint, Alberto Pinton, Mattias Ståhl, Torbjörn Zetterberg * Fredrik Ljungkvist & Yun Kan 5: ''Badaling'' (Moserobie, 2005), with Klas Nevrin, Per Åke Holmlander, Mattias Welin * Fredrik Nordstrom: ''Blue'' (Moserobie, 2007), with Bobo Stenson, Mattias Welin * Palle Danielsson/Jon Fält/Mathias Landæus: ''Opening'' (2009) * Anders Jormin: ''Ad Lucem'' ( ECM, 2011), with Fredrik Ljungkvist, Mariam Wallentin, Erika Angell * Fredrik Ljungkvist Yun Kan 10: ''Ten'' (Hoop, 2012), with Mats Aleklint, Per-Ake Holmlander, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Klas Nevrin, Mattias Risberg, Katt Hernandez, Mattias Welin,

Raymond Strid Raymond Strid (born 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish drummer in the genre of free jazz and the new European improvised music. Biography When Strid picked up drumming, he was inspired by musicians like Han Bennink, Paul Lytton, and Ton ...

, Sofia Jernberg * Susana Santos Silva,

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker studied music at the Copenhagen University f ...

, Sten Sandell, Torbjörn Zetterberg and Jon Fält: ''Life and Other Transient Storms'' (

Clean Feed Records Clean Feed Records is a jazz record label founded in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2001. The label's roster includes Ray Anderson, Tim Berne, Carlos Bica, Anthony Braxton, Mark Dresser, Ellery Eskelin, Peter Evans, Scott Fields, Fight the Big Bull, ...

, 2016) *

Trio: '' 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)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falt, Jon 1979 births Swedish jazz drummers Living people 21st-century drummers