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Mats Gustafsson
Swedish free jazz saxophonist
Since 1964
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Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player.
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Mats Olof Gustafsson est un saxophoniste de free jazz suédois, né en 1964 à Umeå, Suède. Il joue également de la clarinette et du Fender Rhodes. Son influence musicale principale est celle de Peter Brötzmann.
Mats Gustafsson commence sa carrière en 1986 en duo avec Christian Munthe. Dès 1988, il joue en trio aux côtés de Sten Sandell et Raymond Strid au sein de Gush.
Mats Gustafsson est connu pour sa puissance de jeu. Il a collaboré avec des artistes tels que Gunter Christmann, Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy, Derek Bailey, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, Ken Vandermark, Magnus Broo, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke, Thomas Lehn, Evan Parker, Misha Mengelberg, Zu, The Ex, Sonic Youth ou Merzbow.
Il joue également dans des projets plus rock au sein des groupes Fire! et The Thing.
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Discography
Albums
- 1992 Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins
- 1995 Parrot Fish Eye
- 1996 Gush Wachs
- 1996 Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities
- 1996 Opus Apus
- 1996 Blonk, Gustafsson & Zerang
- 1997 Frogging
- 1997 Impropositions
- 1998 Background Music
- 1998 One to (Two)...
- 1999 The Education of Lars Jerry
- 1999 Apertura
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- 1999 Xylophonen Virtuosen
- 2000 New York – Ystad
- 2000 Port Huron Picnic
- 2000 Windows: The Music of Steve Lacy
- 2001 The Thing
- 2002 I Love It When You Snore
- 2003 Solos for Contrabass Saxophone
- 2003 Off-Road
- 2004 Hidros 3
- 2005 Blues
- 2005 Catapult
- 2005 How to Raise an Ox
- 2005 Critical Mass
- 2007 Beirut – Ystad
- 2007 Splatter
- 2007 Words on the Floor
- 2008 Cosmic Debris, Volume IV
- 2008 The Vilnius Implosion
- 2010 Barrel Fire
- 2010 Mother / Groundhog
- 2010 TR!O
- 2010 Needs!
- 2011 Kopros Lithos
- 2011 One Bird Two Bird
- 2012 Baro 101
- 2012 Bengt
- 2013 Verses
- 2013 Cuts
- 2013 Breakin The Lab!
- 2013 Vi är alla Guds slavar
- 2014 Torturing The Saxophone
- 2014 Hidros6
- 2015 Hit The Wall!
- 2015 Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper
- 2015 Piano Mating
- 2016 Melt
- 2016 MG 50: Peace & Fire
- 2016 This is From the Mouth
- 2017 A Map of Guilt
- 2017 Ljubljana
- 2017 A Quietness of Water
- 2018 Marvel Motor
- 2018 Sustain
- 2019 The Shithole Country & Boogie Band
- 2020 Worn. Kissed.
- 2020 Countdown
- 2020 Cuts Open
- 2021 Shadows of Tomorrow b/w The Brain Produces Electrical Waves
- 2021 Born Without Word / At A Worn
- 2022 Xylophonen Virtuosen
- 2022 Vertical
- 2022 Contra Songs
- 2022 Hidros 8 - Heal
- 2023 Their Power Reached Across Space and Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse
- 2023 EE Opus One
- 2024 Attaining the Supreme
- Battuto
