Bernt Rosengren

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Bernt Rosengren (b. Dec. 24, 1937, Stockholm) is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist.

Rosengren first played professionally at age 19, as a member of the Jazz Club 57, and two years later in 1959 he played in the Newport Jazz Band. Roman Polanski used Rosengren's music in his film Knife in the Water. He recorded a string of critically acclaimed albums in the 1960s and 1970s, including Stockholm Dues (1965), Improvisations (1969), and Notes from Underground (1974). He played in a sextet led by George Russell in the 1960s in Europe. Later in the 1960s he moved from hard bop into post-bop experimentation, playing with Don Cherry; in the 1970s, as a member of Sevda, he began working with elements of Turkish and Middle Eastern music. He also formed his own big band in the 1970s.

In the 1980s Rosengren worked frequently with Americans, including Doug Raney and Horace Parland. Among his activities in the 1990s include an album of songs from Porgy & Bess.

[edit] Discography

Note:This list is incomplete.

Don Cherry, Eternal Rhythm, 1968 (plays oboe, flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Krzysztof Komeda, Knife in Water, 1962
Stockholm Dues, Columbia (1965)
Improvisations, SJR (1968/9)
Notes from Underground, Harvest (1974)
Bernt Rosengren Quartet with Bobo Stenson, 1975
with quartet: Surprise Party, 1983
Live!, 1983
Summit Meeting, 1984
The Hug, 1992
Porgy & Bess, 1996
Bernt Rosengren Octet plays Evert Taube, Arietta, 1999
Bernt Rosengren Tentet plays Kurt Weill, Arietta, 2000
with Arne Domnérus Face to face, Dragon, 1999
Inside Pictures - A Tribute to Lars Gullin, Vol. 2 (2002)