Krister Jonsson
Krister Jonsson, guitar
Born in Sundsvall, Sweden in 1971. Educated at Skurups and Fridhems Folkhögskola and at the New School in New York, US. Resident in Malmö, Sweden
Krister Jonsson has for a long time been one of the most respected and coveted musicians from Malmö and has been highly commended by critics, audience and musicians all over Scandinavia. His variying and expressive guitar playing can been heard in Fredrik Lundin Overdrive, Cennet Jönsson Quartet, Linda Pettersson Bratt/Krister Jonsson Duo and Peter Danemo Kapell etc. He has recorded two albums with his own group Krister Jonsson Trio, featuring cellist Svante Henryson on the most recent one.
Krister has also performed with Miroslav Vitous, Dave Liebman, Marilyn Mazur, Trine-Lise Vaering, Jim Black, Rigmor Gustavsson, Anders Bergcrantz, Audun Kleive etc.
Voices about Krister Jonsson:
"Krister Jonsson's compositions are subtle and open. All complete patterns are thrown in the wastebasket, welcome to the freedom! It¹s difficult to have a personal sound on the guitar... but Krister Jonsson succeeds in being himself. " Sven Gustafsson, Gränslöst
"Particularly cunning and rather original variants where the New York-trained Jonsson appeared as a cousin to Bill Frisell and a distant relative to Marc Ribot: country-touch, volume pedal, blues and rock, fast turns between heaven and hell, a lot of humour and a balanced excitement. But is it really legal to use the slide on a jazz festival?" Alexander Agrell, Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
Selected recordings
| Artist/Group | Title | Year | Label |
| Cennet Jönsson Quartet | Antelope Dance | 2008 | Kopasetic |
| Pettersson Bratt/Jonsson | Some really nice songs... | 2007 | Kopasetic |
| KOPAfestival 2006, vol2 | KOPAlectric | 2007 | Kopasetic |
| KOPAfestival 2006, vol1 | KOPAcoustic | 2007 | Kopasetic |
| Haugaard/Mogensen | Spirits | 2005 | GO |
| KJ Trio + Svante Henryson | Waiting for Atonesjka | 2004 | Kopasetic |
| Mattias Carlson | Presentation | 2003 | Blue Beat |
| Cennet Jönsson Quartet | Jazzman | 2003 | Kopasetic |
| Fredrik Lundin Overdrive | Choose your boots | 2001 | Stunt |
| Fredrik Carlquist | Opposite | 2001 | Dragon |
| Peter Danemo Kapell | Alive | 2000 | Dragon |
| Krister Jonsson Trio | I`ll stay out here and ... | 1999 | LJ |
| Fredrik Carlquist | It`s about time... | 1998 | Dragon |
| Lundin / Danemo Quartet | Music for dancers and ... | 1997 | Stunt |
Please also visit: www.kristerjonsson.net
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