Lennart Åberg (26 February 1942 – 30 September 2021) was a Swedish jazz

saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

and composer. In 1972, he founded Rena Rama, a Swedish jazz fusion group. He also taught jazz history at the

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. He was a member of composer George Russell's ensemble in the 1980s along with Jon Christensen,

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, and Jan Garbarek, appearing on '' The Essence of George Russell'' (Soul Note 1983). In 2002, he received the

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in the Contemporary Star of Jazz category. In addition to jazz, Aberg also worked in musical styles from India, Africa, and Eastern Europe, as well as contemporary music.Jazzmusikern Lennart Åberg är död – blev 79 år
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Discography

* ''Partial Solar Eclipse'' (Japo, 1977) * ''Green Prints'' (Caprice, 1988) * ''Seven Pieces'' (Phono Suecia, 2000) * ''Bobo Stenson/Lennart Åberg'' (Amigo, 2003) – with

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* ''Free Spirit'' with

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(Amigo, 2006) * ''Up North'' (Caprice, 2007)

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* * 1942 births 2021 deaths Musicians from Helsingborg Swedish jazz saxophonists Rena Rama members Swedish male saxophonists Swedish male jazz musicians 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish saxophonists 21st-century Swedish male musicians 21st-century Swedish saxophonists {{Sweden-musician-stub