Jan Lundgren

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Jan Lundgren (born 22nd March 1966 in Kristianstad), raised in Ronneby, is a Swedish jazz musician (piano), known for his solo work, and his own jazz trio.

Lundgren was formerly in the group "St. Thomas" before studying music in Malmø (1986-1991), at the same time as he played in an established jazz orchestra with Arne Domnérus, Putte Wickman (En sommarkonsert, 2004) and Bernt Rosengren and most recently with Georg Riedel (Lockrop, Gemini, 2006). His first releases were Conclusion (FLC, 1994) and Bird of Passage (FLC, 1995), following up with a collaboration with the Peter Asplund quartet (California Collection, 1997).

In 1995 he set up his own trio with Mattias Svensson/Matthias Hjort on bass and Morten Lund/Rasmus Kihlberg on drums, which has released records on Sittel (Swedish standards 1997; Something to live for 1999; For Listeners only 2001; Swedish landscapes 2003; Plays the music of Jules Styne 2004). Lundgren and his trio won the Gyllene Skivan for Swedish Standards 1997.

The trio took part in an international expo of Swedish Jazz at the Carnegie Hall in 2000.

He released a record with Chuck Berghoefer and Joe LaBarbera (Cookin' at the Jazz Bakery, 1996), and toured with Lee Konitz on his Swedish tour of 2005.

He was awarded Swedish jazz musician of the year in (Sveriges Radio's awards).