Tobias Sjögren (born 23 October 1970) is a Swedish jazz guitarist and composer, a graduate Master of Arts (1996). He is known for his solo albums, such as ''Hymn'' (1994) and ''Tobias Sjögren'' (2002), and for several collaborations. He has composed music to poems by

Gunnar Ekelöf Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf (15 September 1907 – 16 March 1968) was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958. He won a number of prize ...

released on the album ''Ord På Golvet'' (1995) with Joakim Milder (saxophone) and Johannes Lundberg (bass). He collected grønlandsk musikk (1995) together with saxophonist Christian Vuust. This music can be heard on several of his albums, like ''The

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Spirit'' (

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1997), where the Norwegian trumpeter

Per Jørgensen Per Jørgensen (born 9 September 1952) is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist with trumpet as his main instrument, also known for his vocal contributions, in collaboration with Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Alex Riel, Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, ...

contributes in the trio. He was born in Gothenburg. Since 1993, he has contributed on several albums with

Lars Danielsson Lars Danielsson (born 5 September 1958) is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and record producer. Biography Danielsson was born in Smålandsstenar, and was educated at the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He plays double bass, electric bass ...

's band European Voices, together with

Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær (), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ...

and

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, among others. He has led the trio Northern Voices with Vuust and

Audun Kleive Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.) He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive. Career Kleive began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went ...

(1998–) which has resulted in ''Shaman'' (Q-rious music, 2003). With

, which he has worked with since 1990, he released ''Unspoken songs'' (

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, 2006) with his own compositions in a hushed

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

-style, also performed at the 2006

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in Stavanger, Norway. He composed music to the ballet ''Meget Krafigt Glemt'' (København, 1996) by Thomas Eisenhardt, as well as the installation performance ''Mörker'' (Gothenburg 2000).

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