Lukas Zabulionis (born 6 March 1992 in

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

) is a Norwegian saxophonist and composer of Lithuanian origin, residing in

Sandefjord, Norway Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

Biography

Zabulionis has lived in Sandefjord since he was 7 years old. After graduation at Sandefjord high school, he attended musical studies at

Toneheim Folk High School Toneheim Folk High School ( no, Toneheim folkehøgskole) is a folk high school located in Hamar, Norway, which focuses on music. During the 1994 Winter Olympics, it was part of the Hamar Olympic Subsite Village. Alumni * 1973-74: Hans Fredrik ...

in 2011. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in jazz performance in 2016 on the Jazzl program, the department of Jazz at

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in Trondheim (NTNU). Zabulionis received attention for his debut album ''Changing Tides'' (2016). Additional musicians are Ivan Blomqvist (piano), Arne Martin Nybo (guitar), Kristian B. Jacobsen (bass), and Per Kamfjord (drums). The music is inspired by ECM's contemporary jazz aesthetics from the 1970s and are linked to the work of

Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...

. The thinking behind the release can also be linked to ideas that originated in the romanticism in the 1800s, where the music is marked by longing, mystery and love with great emphasis on colors and contrasts.

Discography

*2016: ''Changing Tides'' (

Curling Legs __NOTOC__ Curling Legs Productions A/S (established 1992 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian record label with a catalogue encompassing all styles of jazz and improvised music. It was started by Knut Værnes and Morten Halle to release their own mus ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zabulionis, Lukas 21st-century Norwegian saxophonists Norwegian jazz saxophonists Norwegian jazz composers Musicians from Sandefjord Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Curling Legs artists 1992 births Living people