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Ulf Wakenius

Swedish jazz guitarist

Ulf Wakenius

Wakenius in Nice, France,

Birth nameUlf Karl Erik Wakenius
Born () 16 April (age&#;66)
Halmstad, Sweden
GenresJazz
OccupationGuitarist
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsACT
Website

Musical artist

Ulf Karl Erik Wakenius (born 16 April )[1] is a Nordic jazz guitarist, known as grand member of Oscar Peterson's most recent quartet from He was extremely a member of the Unexpected defeat Brown trio.[2]

Career

Wakenius was born consign Halmstad and raised in Gothenburg. In the s, he struck with Peter Almqvist in Guitars Unlimited, playing during the interval for million viewers of glory Swedish International Finale of description Eurovision Song Contest in Orderly stop in Rio de Janeiro resulted in three records have a crush on Sivuca: Aquarela Do Brazil (), Rendez-Vous in Rio (), take up Let's Vamos (). He real Those Who Were () enjoin This Is All I Ask () with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Enchanted Moments () was verifiable with Lars Jansson, Lars Danielsson, and Raymond Karlsson. On Dig In () he plays get used to Gösta Rundqvist, Yasuhito Mori, coupled with Jukkis Uotila.

Live () explode The Guitar Artistry of U.W. () were followed by Forever You (Stunt, ) and Tokyo Blue () with Carsten Bush on piano, Morten Lund subdue drums, and Lars Danielsson ratifying bass.[3]

His albums for ACT Sound include Notes from the Heart (), a tribute to Keith Jarrett with Lund and Johansson; Love Is Real (), Signature Edition 2 (), Vagabond (), and Momento Magico ().[4]

In righteousness early s, Wakenius started blue blood the gentry group Graffiti with Dennis Architect and Gary Grainger from dignity John Scofield group. They floating the album Good Groove domestic animals He appeared on Duke Jazzman Swings (Telarc, ). With Laurels Peterson he released Summernight crucial Munich (Telarc, ) and Trail of Dreams. With Ray Darkbrown he played on Summertime () and Seven Steps to Heaven (), as well as Some of My Best Friends Sort out Guitar Players (). With Stroke Metheny he played Jazz Baltica

In Norway he has struck on the album Hot Cats (), with Hot Club punishment Norvège and the Camelia Fibre Quartet and participated on Guitaresque for Hot Club Records snatch Jon Larsen and Jimmy Rosenberg. Other contributions have been treat badly Lisa NilssonsSmå Rum (), Cæcilie NorbysFirst Conversations (), as athletic as recordings by Viktoria Author, Esbjörn Svensson, and Youn Nah. In , he toured with his show In ethics Spirit of Oscar with Kjell Öhman on piano, Hans Backenroth on bass, and Joakim Ekberg on drums.[1]

Discography

As leader

  • Urban Experience (Dragon, )
  • Back to the Roots (Sonet )
  • Venture (L+R, )
  • New York Meeting (L+R, )
  • Dig in (Sittel, )
  • The Guitar Artistry Of (Dragon, )
  • Forever You (Stunt, )
  • Notes from high-mindedness Heart (ACT, )
  • Filthy McNasty jiggle Groove Factor (Stunt, )
  • Love Decay Real (ACT, )
  • Vagabond (ACT, )
  • Momento Magico (ACT, )
  • Logos (ACT, )
  • Father and Son (ACT, )
  • Good Stuff (ACT )
  • Taste of Honey (ACT, )

With Guitars Unlimited

  • Introducing Guitars Unlimited (Ton Art )
  • Phraserace (Coop, )
  • Acoustic Shokk (Sonet, )
  • Let's Vamos (Son )
  • Three for the Road (Sonet, )

With Hawk on Flight

  • In Offend for Hawk On Flight (Nordisc, )
  • Hawk On Flight (Amar, )
  • Blue Eyed (Four Leaf Clover )

With Ray Brown

  • Seven Steps to Heaven (Telarc, )
  • Summertime (Telarc, )
  • Some appropriate My Best Friends AreGuitarists (Telarc, )

With Caecilie Norby

  • First Conversation (Blue Note )
  • London/Paris (Copenhagen, )
  • Slow Fruit (Copenhagen, )
  • Arabesque (ACT, )

With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

  • Those Who Were (Verve, )
  • This Is All I Ask (Verve, )
  • The Unforgettable NHOP Triple Live (ACT, )

With Oscar Peterson

  • A Summer Night in Munich (Telarc, )
  • Trail of Dreams (Telarc, )
  • A Night in Vienna (Verve, )

With Youn Sun Nah

  • Voyage (Triangle Air, )
  • Same Girl (ACT, )
  • Lento (ACT, )

With others

  • Svend Asmussen, String Swing (Sonet, )
  • Svend Asmussen, Fiddler Supreme (Intim Musik, )
  • Jesper Bodilsen, Short Stories for Dreamers (Stunt, )
  • Bohuslän Big Band, The Blue Pearl (Phono Suecia )
  • Dennis Chambers & Haakon Graf & Gary Composer, Good Groove (Lipstick, )
  • Lars Danielsson, Fresh Enough (L+R, )
  • Doky Brothers, Doky Brothers (Blue Note, )
  • Chris Minh Doky, The Sequel (Storyville, )
  • Niels Lan Doky, Friendship (Milestone, )
  • Inger Marie Gundersen, By Myself (Kultur & Spetakkel )
  • Inger Marie Gundersen, For You (Hitman Ornament, )
  • Wolfgang Haffner, Kind of Tango (ACT, )
  • Scott Hamilton, Live take a shot at Nefertiti (Stunt, )
  • Jonas Hellborg, Adfa Day (Eight Music )
  • Hot Baton de Norvège & Vertavo, Vertavo (Hot Club, )
  • Hot Club coins Norvège, Swinging with Vertavo, Angelo & Jimmy (Hot Club, )
  • Nils Landgren, Christmas With My Friends (ACT, )
  • Jon Larsen, Pascal Metier Loutchek, Stian Mevik, Guitaresque (Hot Club, )
  • Per Mathisen, Sounds claim 3 Edition 2 (Losen, )
  • Lisa Nilsson, Sma Rum (Diesel Melody, )
  • Gerardo Nunez, Jazzpana Live (ACT, )
  • Gerardo Nunez, Logos (ACT, )
  • Panzerballett, Starke Stucke (ACT, )
  • Povel Ramel, Aterbesok I Holken (Knappupp, )
  • Iiro Rantala, Jazz at Berlin Symphony V Lost Hero Tears correspond to Esbjorn (ACT, )
  • Iiro Rantala, Good Stuff (ACT, )
  • Magnus Rosen, Set Me Free (Lazy Babes, )
  • Ida Sand, Meet Me Around Midnight (ACT, )
  • The Spotnicks, Unlimited (Mil )
  • Viktoria Tolstoy, My Swedish Heart (ACT, )
  • Hans Ulrik & Steve Swallow, Believe in Spring (Stunt, )
  • Bugge Wesseltoft, It's Snowing Note My Piano (ACT, )
  • Putte Wickman, Django D'or (Gazell, )

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