Mats Gustafsson
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 Mats Gustafsson during a concert in Kongsberg, Norway, September 2005.
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| Born | 29 October 1964 |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Saxophonist |
| Instruments | Saxophone, Fluteophone |
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born on 29 October 1964 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising.
He first came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986) and the band Gush (started in 1988). He has later played widely with musicians such as Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy, Yoshimi P-We, Derek Bailey, Magnus Broo, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke, Thomas Lehn, Evan Parker, Misha Mengelberg, Zu, The Ex, Sonic Youth and many others.
Since the early 1990s, Mats Gustafsson has been a regular visitor to the U.S., forming a particular affinity with Chicago musicians such as Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang and Ken Vandermark and recording for the city's OkkaDisk label.
In addition to projects with musicians, Mats Gustafsson has worked extensively with artists from the worlds of dance, theatre, poetry and painting.
Mats Gustafsson presently lives in Gärsnäs, Skåne, Sweden.
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[edit] Selected Projects
[edit] Major Collaborators
- Paal Nilssen-Love
- Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
- Joe McPhee
- Ken Vandermark
- Sonic Youth on Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) and SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
- Zu on How To Raise an Ox
[edit] Curator
Mats has also been curating the Perspectives festivals since 2004 in Västerås, Sweden. An improvisation festival that has accumulated lots of positive notice for its cross-genre character and creative atmosphere among musicians. Perspectives has been held 2004 and 2007. A new festival 2009 is going to be launched in March 2009[1]. The festival slogan for 2004 was "Fight Global Stupidity", 2007 "Fight Local Stupidity" and for 2009 it became "Fight (y)our stupidity".
[edit] Bibliography
- T. 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.
[edit] External links
- http://www.mic.stim.se/engelsk/11/facts/gustafssonm.html (1999) (unavailable?)
- http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mgustafs.html (1999) [incl. discography].
- J. Guthartz: discography and index of compositions (2000).
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