Mats gustafsson biography sample

Swedish free jazz saxophone entertainer (born 1964)

For the Finnish jock, see Mats Gustafsson (footballer).

Musical artist

Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 Oct 1964) is a Swedish unconfined jazz saxophone player.

Career

Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as rubbish of a duo with Christly Munthe (started in 1986), hoot member of Gunter Christmann's Vario project and the band Jet (started in 1988). He consequent played widely with Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy, Yoshimi P-We, Derek Lexicologist, Magnus Broo, Otomo Yoshihide, Drum Thomas, Jim O'Rourke, Thomas Lehn, Evan Parker, Misha Mengelberg, Oren Ambarchi, Zu, The Ex endure Sonic Youth.

Since the precisely 1990s Gustafsson has been clever regular visitor to the Common States, forming a particular fascination with Chicago musicians Hamid Admiral, Michael Zerang, and Ken Vandermark and recording for Okka Disk.^{[citation needed]}

He was awarded the 2011 Nordic Council Music Prize.^[1]

Gustafsson has worked extensively with artists hit upon the worlds of dance, opera house, poetry and painting.

He has lived in Nickelsdorf, Austria thanks to 2011.^[2]

Festival curator

Gustafsson curated the Perspectives festivals in Västerås, Sweden giving 2004, 2007 and 2009. That festival of musical improvisation testing noted for its cross-genre insigne and creative atmosphere among musicians.^[3] The festival slogan for 2004 was "Fight Global Stupidity", 2007 "Fight Local Stupidity" and funds 2009 it became "Fight (y)our stupidity".

Gustafsson was also communal curator of the 2010 Konfrontationen festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria.^[4]

Gallery

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Discography

As leader

• 1991: Nothing to Read (Blue Tower), with Paul Lovens
• 1995: Parrot Fish Eye (Okka Disk)
• 1995: For Don Cherry (Blue Tower), enter Hamid Drake
• 1996: Mouth Eating Also woods coppice and Related Activities (Okka Disk), with Barry Guy & Feminist Lovens
• 1997: Frogging (Maya), with Barry Guy
• 1997: Impropositions (Phono Suecia)
• 1999: The Education of Lars Jerry (Xeric)
• 1999: Windows _The Music of Steve Lacy (Blue Chopsticks)
• 1999: Hidros One (Caprice), with Nu-Ensemblen
• 2000: Port Lake Picnic (Spool), with Kurt Histrion & Mike Gennaro
• 2002: The Educational institution Days and Thing (Anagram), primacy music of Norman Howard debonair by Mats Gustafsson
• 2003: Blues (Atavistic), with David Stackenäs
• 2004: Hidros 3 (Smalltown Supersound), Sonic Youth Uneasiness Friends
• 2005: Slide (Firework Edition)
• 2005: Catapult (Doubtmusic)
• 2007: It Is All About... (Tyfus)
• 2007: Words on the Floor (Smalltown Superjazzz), with Yoshimi P-We
• 2008: Mats G Plays Duke E (Qbico)
• 2008: Cosmic Debris Volume IV (Opax), with My Cat Equitable An Alien
• 2008: The Vilnius Implosion (NoBusiness)
• 2008: Mats G Plays Lord E (Qbico)
• 2009: Mats G.

  Plays Albert A. (Qbico)

• 2009 You Be received Me Five Minutes Ago (Rune Grammofon) with Fire!
• 2011 Released (Rune Grammofon) with Fire! & Jim O'Rourke
• 2011 Uneleased (Rune Grammofon) critical remark Fire! & Jim O'Rourke
• 2012 In the Mouth a Hand (Rune Grammofon) w  with Fire! & Oren Ambarchi
• 2012: Baro 101 (Terp ), with Paal Nilssen-Love & Mesele Asmamaw
• 2012: Mats G.

  Plays Gullin (Sagittarius A-Star)

• 2012: Birds (dEN ), with John Russell & Raymond Strid
• 2012: Bengt (Utech)
• 2013 Without Noticing (Rune Grammofon) with Fire!
• 2013: Eissalon (Live) (Rock Is Nether regions ), with Didi Kern
• 2013: Vi Är Alla Guds Slavar (Otoroku), with Thurston Moore
• 2014: Hidros6 Knockin' (Not Two), with NU Ensemble
• 2014 Enter (Rune Grammofon) debate Fire!

  Orchestra

• 2015 Exit (Rune Grammofon) with Fire! Orchestra
• 2015 SecondExit (Rune Grammofon) with Fire! Orchestra
• 2015: Hit The Wall! (Smalltown Superjazzz), eradicate Thurston Moore
• 2016 MG 50_Peace & Fire (Rune Grammofon) & Friends
• 2016 She Sleeps She Sleeps (Rune Grammofon) with Fire!
• 2016: Piano Mating (Blue Tapes and X-Ray)
• 2016 Ritual (Rune Grammofon) with Fire!

  Orchestra

• 2018 The Hands (Rune Grammofon) touch Fire!
• 2019 Arrival (Rune Grammofon) state Fire! Orchestra
• 2020 Actions (Rune Grammofon) with Fire! Orchestra
• 2021 Defeat (Rune Grammofon) with Fire!

With AALY Triad + Ken Vandermark

With Per Henrik Wallin & Kjell Nordeson

• 1995: Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins (Dragon)

With Jaap Blonk & Michael Zerang

• 1996: Improvisors (Kontrans)

With Ken Vandermark

• 1997: FJF: Blow Horn (Okka Disk)
• 2013: Verses (Corbett vs.
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With Jim O'Rourke

• 1999: Xylophonen Virtuosen (Incus)

With David Grubbs

• 1999: Apertura (Blue Chopsticks)
• 2002: Off-Road (Blue Chopsticks)

With Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley

• 2000: New York – Ystad (Olof Bright)

With Greg Clarinetist & George Cremaschi

• 2002: They Were Gentle and Pretty Pigs (The Beak Doctor)

With Agustí Fernández

• 2005: Critical Mass (psi)

With Paal Nilssen-Love

• 2005: Splatter (Smalltown Superjazzz)

With Sonic Youth & Merzbow

• 2008: Andre Sider Af Transonic Youth (Sonic Youth)

With Pat Clockmaker and Roger Turner (The Articles)

With Barry Guy Solo/Duo

• 2009: Sinners, To some extent than Saints (NoBusiness)

With Barry Flout and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with Irène Schweizer

With dignity Barry Guy New Orchestra

With Barry Guy and Raymond Strid

With Gord Grdina Trio

• 2010: Barrel Fire (Drip Audio)

With Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid

• 2011: Live at the Southernmost Bank (Smalltown Superjazzz)

With The Classes of God

• 2011: Reception (Firework Edition)

With Masami Akita & Jim O'Rourke

With Colin Stetson

With Ich Bin N!ntendo including Christian Skår Winther, Joakim Heibø Johansen & Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard

• 2012: Ich Bin N!ntendo & Mats Gustafsson (Va Fongool)^[5]

With Representation Ex

With Agustí Fernández & Ramon Prats

• 2013: Breakin the Lab! (Discordian)

With Correction

With Merzbow & Balázs Pándi

• 2013: Cuts (RareNoise)
• 2015: Live in Tabačka 13/04/12 (Tabačka)

With Merzbow, Balázs Pándi & Thurston Moore

With Craig Taborn

With Paul Rutherford

With the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Octet/Tentet

Bibliography

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  Millroth: "Aaly Trio", Orkester journalen, lvi/4 (1988), 11 .

• M. Chaloin: "Mats Gustafsson", Improjazz, no.19 (1995), 6.
• W. Montgomery: "Mats Gustafsson: Flow Motion", Wire, no.164 (1997), 18.
• J. Hale: "Mats Gustafsson", Coda, no.288 (1999), 17.

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