Ulf Johansson

Respectable in Scandinavian jazz circles, Ulf Johansson is a swing and bop pianist/trombonist would you some singing occasionally. Johansson was created in Lovanger, Sweden, in 1956, but transferred to Uppsala when he was seven and was raised there. In 1978, Johansson was honored a scholarship to review jazz on the School of Pittsburgh, as well as for a couple of years, he was energetic on the Pittsburgh jazz picture. However in 1980, Johansson came back to Sweden and went to the Royal University of Music in Stockholm. Being a sideman, Johansson used the Gugge Hedrenius Blues Music group from 1980-1985 and with clarinetist/saxophonist Arne Domnerus from 1986-1995. Johansson in addition has used some well-known American jazzmen, including Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Gray, and Joe Newman. One of is own most esteemed gigs emerged in the past due ’80s, when he performed alongside drummer Mel Lewis and Swedish saxman Hacke Bjorksten inside a trio that headlined at New York’s Town Vanguard. In 1993, Johansson joined up with the Swedish Golf swing Society, a little group which includes vibist Lars Erstrand and Finnish clarinetist Antti Sarpila. Johansson’s recordings like a innovator possess included 1993’s Trackin’ the Wulf on Phontastic and 1997’s The Crazy as well as the Mild on Sittel.