Magnus Broo (born 27 June 1965 in Husqvarna,

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, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz musician (trumpet) known from own recordings and collaboration with Norwegian jazz musicians like in the band Atomic.

Career

Broo is the son of trumpeter, raised in

, and participated in

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big band before he attended musical training at

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(1984–1990). Back in Sweden, he was incorporated into Fredrik Norén Band (1991–1999), and also collaborated in the orchestra of

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. Broo's expression is a continuation of

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and

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's style from the 1960'th, and he is central in the Norwegian/Swedish band Atomic (1999–). He also leads his own Magnus Broo Quartet'' with Torbjörn Gulz on piano, Mattias Welin on bass and Jonas Holgersson on drums. They released the albums ''Sudden Joy'' (1999), ''Levitaton'' (2001), ''Sugar Promise''(2003) and ''Pain Body'' (2008). Moreover, he also collaborates in Fredrik Nordström Quintet.

Discography

Solo albums

;The Magnus Broo Quartet *1999: ''Sudden Joy'' (Dragon Records), live recording *2002: ''Levitation'' (Dragon Records) *2003: ''Sugarpromise'' (Moserobie Music) *2008: ''Painbody'' (Moserobie Music) ;Magnus Broo Trio * 2018: ''Rules'' (Moserobie Music) ; ;Other projects *2008: ''Game'' (PNL), with

Paal Nilssen-Love Paal Nilssen-Love (born 24 December 1974) is a Norwegian drummer and composer in the jazz, free jazz and free improvisation genres. (in Norwegian) Early life Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway. His parents ran a jazz club in Stavanger, and ...

*2010: ''Swedish Wood'' (Moserobie) *2013: ''Bubble'' (Moserobie)

Collaborations

;Within Atomic *2001: ''Feet Music'' (

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) *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) *2015: Lucidity (Jazzland Recordings) *2017: Six Easy Pieces (Odin Records) *2018: Pet Variations (Odin Records) ;With Fredrik Nordström Quintet *2004: ''Moment'' (Moserobie Music) *2005: ''No Sooner Said Than Done'' (Moserobie Music) *2008: ''Live in Coimbra'' (Clean Feed) ;With Adam Lane,

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and

*2007: ''4 Corners'' (Clean Feed) ;Within "Boots Brown" *2007: ''Boots Brown'' (Slottet Records) *2014: ''Dashes To Dashes'' (Häpna Records) ;Within "Angles" *2008: ''Every Woman Is A Tree'' (Clean Feed) *2010: ''Epileptical West : Live in Coimbra'' (Clean Feed) ;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 Godforgottens" *2009: ''Never Forgotten, Always Remembered'' (Clean Feed) ;Within "IPA" *2009: ''Lorena'' (Bolage Records) *2011: ''It's A Delicate Thing'' (Bolage Records) ;Within "The Resonance Ensemble" *2011: ''Kafka in Flight'' (Not Two Records) *2012: ''What Country Is This?'' (Not Two Records) *2013: ''Head Above Water, Feet Out of the Fire'' (Not Two Records) ;Within "Platform" *2012: ''Takes Off'' (Clean Feed) ;Within "Angles 9" *2013: ''In Our Midst'' (Clean Feed) *2014: ''Injury'' (Clean Feed)

References

External links

Magnus Broo
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in Orkesterjournalen
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