update 2012-03-15

BENT PERSSON

performances in 1999:
  • Jan 30 - February 9 tour in Sweden with Dan Barrett.


  • The Swedish Jazz Kings (SJK) on tour in January in Holland with pianist Martin Litton also playing with the band Feb 8 at 100 Club in London at the opening of Swedish Jazz Extravaganza, a week of Swedish jazz in London.

  • Late February tour in Norway with Keith Nichols, a May tour in Holland again with Joep Peeters and Roy Williams.

    At the Breacon Jazz Festival in Wales on Aug 14 & 15 with Keith Nichols.

    At Picchus Caf� in Upplands V�sby Nov 12.

    In Germany: -Haan Oct 29, -M�nchen-Gladbach Oct 30, -Recklinghausen Oct 31, -Dortmund Nov 2



  • A concert with Tom Pletcher , Roy Williams, Keith Nichols and Frans Sj�str�m called "The Music Of Louis And Bix" at Konserthuset, Stockholm May 18 backed by Swedish Jazz Kings and the Classic Jazzband .

    I've produced a record with Classic Jazzband and Tom Pletcher for Stomp Off Records in the week before. On these sessions Frans Sj�str�m and Ulf Johansson Werre swedish flagalso participated.

    Ulf also played in a CJB recording session with Tom Baker on June 16.

  • Another recording reviving Louis Armstrong's Hot Five's for Stomp Off Records in Hartford (CT-USA) with Pam Pameijer's Jazz Wizards including Matthias Seuffert took place end of April.

    A tour from Frankfurt via Breda to Hamburg Oct 2-5 with his new band including Frans Sj�str�m bsx, Martin Wheatly bj g and Keith Nichols.

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  • Harlem Jazz Camels played May 17 at Nalen for a Swedish Ellington Society celebration concert. Other performances in Stockholm: Aug 26 - Blid�sund, Sep 8 - Jesse's Jazzclub (Mariahissen), Sep 10 & 11 - Scandic Crown, Sep 16 - Stampen

    Oct 8-9 the band went to Storyville Jazzclub in Helsinki.

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  • Kustbandet was part of an Ellington 100 concert at Konserthuset September 24.

 

  • With Frans Sj�str�m I've been arranging and recording music for a swedish film, Hundhotellet (The Dog Hotel) in Malm� Oct 23-25.

 

  • Jazzin' Topzies played Nov 14 at Stampen, Stockholm, celebrating the closing of Storyville.
    This was also the first performance by the Hot Jazz Trio.

    Hot Jazz Trio

    Frans Sj�str�m (bsx), Jacob Ullberger (bj,g) and me also recieved an Armstrong Prize that day, which gave us the idea of forming a band.

    JT also played Dec 1st at Mariahissen i.e. Jesse's Jazzclub.

 

  • Dec 3 and 4 Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra played in Geneva with Ren� Hagman .