Krister Andersson

Krister Andersson (born 3 May 1951 in Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a Swedish musician (tenor saxophone, alt saxophone and clarinet) and composer.

Career Anderson started his professional career at the age of 16 as a clarinetist in a military band, and at the same time played saxophone in dance bands. He was originally trained in classical music as a clarinet soloist at Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Royal College of Music) in Stockholm. During the early part of the 1970s, he starred as clarinet soloist in the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, led by the conductor Leonard Bernstein. Later, he was influenced by Bernt Rosengren, John Coltrane and Joe Henderson, and he turned to jazz, and early in his jazz career he participated on two live album releases with the Norwegian guitarist Thorgeir Stubø.

Andersson has twice been awarded the jazz magazine Orkesterjournalens golden disc for best jazz recording. He has also received numerous awards such as Christer Boustedt's and Börje Fredriksson's scholarships, to name a few.

Despite his success as clarinetist, it was as saxophonist that he gained attention in the late 1970s, when he was active in Umeå and played tenor saxophone with the Umeå Big Band. In the Stockholm area, he was later in the Gugge Hedrenius Band, Uppsala Chamber Soloists and Frösunda Wind Quintet in 1979 before he became a member of Egil "Bop" Johansen's Jazz Incorporated.

Andersson is involved in a large number of jazz projects in the Nordic countries and in Tanglewood, Massachusetts. He leads his Krister Andersson Quartet and often collaborates as guest soloist in other constellations. He is regarded as a brilliant improviser and plays with a modern neo-bop style and is still a sought after classic soloist.

Selected discography Solo albums 1986: And Friends (Dragon Records) 1993: About Time (Flash Music) 2002: Catching the Moment (Dragon Records) 2010: Live (Do Music Records)

As sideman With Jazz Incorporated 1979: Cornelis Vreeswijk - Jazz Incorporated (Zarepta Records) 1980: Live At Fasching (Caprice Records) 1982: Walkin' On (Dragon Records), recorded live

With Thorgeir Stubø 1985: Flight (Hot Club Records), live recordings from 1983 1986: Rhythm'a'ning (Cadence Jazz Records), live in Tromsø

With Esko Rosnell Quartet 1988: Malecón (Kompass Records), featuring Krister Andersson

With Bernt Rosengren's Summit Meeting 1993: Bent's Jump (Dragon Records) – live recording at Bent J

With The Ulf Sandberg Quartet 1993: Ulf Sandberg Quartet (Acid Jazz)

With Bosse Broberg 1995: Regni (Phono Suecia) 2002: Conspiracy in Flat Five (Phono Suecia)

With Georg Riedel 2008: Wolfgang on My Mind (Phono Suecia)