Mats Gustafsson
Real Name:
Mats Olof Gustafsson
Profile:
Swedish reeds player, improviser and composer, born 29 October 1964 in Umeå.
His extended saxophone techniques draw equally from the fiery free jazz blowing tradition and the European microtonal schools. Born in 1964 in the culturally rich area of Umeå, he was exposed at a young age to various Swedish improvisers such as saxophonist Lars Göran Ulander and pianist Per Henrik Wallin. His first instrument was the flute, but by his early teens, Gustafsson was playing saxophone as well. Around the age of 14, he put a saxophone mouthpiece on his flute to bring an instrument along on a trip, and since then has played this creation, the fluteophone, in addition to other, more standard reed instruments.
His first improvisations were with drummer Kjell Nordeson, who would later form the AALY Trio with Gustafsson. Mats Gustafsson moved to Stockholm in the mid-'80s, and there met musicians such as Sten Sandell and Raymond Strid. The three formed Gush in 1988, two years after Gustafsson's duo with Christian Munthe, Two Slices of Acoustic Car, began. He also worked with Berlin-based Sven-Åke Johansson during this time, thus becoming acquainted with the German scene.
In 1990, Gustafsson performed in Derek Bailey's Company in London. He also began visiting the U.S. regularly, becoming a regular in the Chicago improvising community as the '90s progressed, working extensively with Hamid Drake and Ken Vandermark, among others. Gustafsson has also performed and recorded with Sonic Youth, Barry Guy, Paul Lovens, Georg Gräwe, Jaap Blonk, and as a member of Peter Brötzmann's all-star Chicago Octet/Tentet.
His extended saxophone techniques draw equally from the fiery free jazz blowing tradition and the European microtonal schools. Born in 1964 in the culturally rich area of Umeå, he was exposed at a young age to various Swedish improvisers such as saxophonist Lars Göran Ulander and pianist Per Henrik Wallin. His first instrument was the flute, but by his early teens, Gustafsson was playing saxophone as well. Around the age of 14, he put a saxophone mouthpiece on his flute to bring an instrument along on a trip, and since then has played this creation, the fluteophone, in addition to other, more standard reed instruments.
His first improvisations were with drummer Kjell Nordeson, who would later form the AALY Trio with Gustafsson. Mats Gustafsson moved to Stockholm in the mid-'80s, and there met musicians such as Sten Sandell and Raymond Strid. The three formed Gush in 1988, two years after Gustafsson's duo with Christian Munthe, Two Slices of Acoustic Car, began. He also worked with Berlin-based Sven-Åke Johansson during this time, thus becoming acquainted with the German scene.
In 1990, Gustafsson performed in Derek Bailey's Company in London. He also began visiting the U.S. regularly, becoming a regular in the Chicago improvising community as the '90s progressed, working extensively with Hamid Drake and Ken Vandermark, among others. Gustafsson has also performed and recorded with Sonic Youth, Barry Guy, Paul Lovens, Georg Gräwe, Jaap Blonk, and as a member of Peter Brötzmann's all-star Chicago Octet/Tentet.
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In Groups:
(Fake) The Facts,
AALY Trio,
Agustí Fernández Celebration Ensemble,
Anguish (13),
Barry Guy New Orchestra,
Boots Brown,
Brass Unbound,
Christer Bothén Acoustic Ensemble,
Cuts (6),
Diskaholics Anonymous Trio,
EFG,
Ensemble VÅR,
Fake The Facts + 2,
Fire!,
Fire! Orchestra,
Fire! Plus,
FJF,
Frim Storband,
Georg Graewe Quintet,
Gordon Grdina's Nordic Sextet,
GUSH (3),
Gushwachs,
Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio,
London Jazz Composers Orchestra,
Luft (6),
Mats Gustafsson And Friends,
Nash Kontroll,
Nu-Ensemblen,
Original Silence,
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra,
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet,
Sonore,
Splatter (9),
Strountes,
Summit Quartet,
Swedish Azz,
Swedish Azz Med Vänner,
Tarfala Trio,
The Articles (2),
The Come Sunday Ensemble,
The End (72),
The Joel Futterman - Kidd Jordan Quintet,
The Thing (2),
The Too Much Too Soon Orchestra,
The Underflow,
Torden Kvartetten,
TR!O,
TR!O + 1,
Two Bands And A Legend,
Two Slices Of Acoustic Car,
Two Slices Of Electric Car,
Vario 34,
Vario-50
Variations:
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December 13, 2020