Saturday, February 25, 2012

Robert Nordmark - Standard Connection - Northland (Imogena 2011)

Peter Asplund - trumpet & flugelhorn
Robert Nordmark - tenor saxophone
Daniel Karlsson - piano
Martin Sjöstedt - double bass
Johan Löfcrantz Ramsey - drums
Karl-Martin Almqvist - straight alto saxophone


ROBERT NORDMARK, swedish jazz saxophone player, has worked as side man in many famous groups. As a saxophonist from Sweden he was a member of Fredrik Norén Band in the early nineties and he is now a member of Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Klas Lindquist Nonett, Peter Johannesson Sixtus, Ali Djeridi Quintet, Håkan Broström New Places Orchestra, Mats Holmqvist Stora Stygga, the new exciting group called "The Bjærv Encounters" and from time to time Blue House Jazz Orchestra and Lennart Åberg. He has more and more wanted to play his own music and started recently his group Robert Nordmark Quartet which he hopes to work with in the future. He has composed most of the music. Before he had a group called Robert Nordmark Sextet. With Blue House Jazz Orchestra he lately toured in Thailand. Robert has also toured with various bands in USA, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, England, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway och Estonia. Beside of course his home country Sweden.