CANCELED - Mr Blues - Håkan Lewin kvartett & Claes Janson

CANCELED - Mr Blues - Håkan Lewin kvartett & Claes Janson


Mr Blues is a new hard-swinging, blues-saturated quartet, whose members have many years of experience in concert activities both nationally and internationally. 19 October in the foyer of Karlskrona Consert hall, at 19.30.

The repertoire includes music by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Hank Crawford, some of the songs and arrangements of which have come down from the days of the Gugge Hedrénius Big Blues Band. The programme also includes stories and anecdotes from our long and rich musical life.

Claes Janson is considered one of the foremost jazz and blues singers in Sweden today. Over the years he has received most of the honours that an artist in his genre can receive, and has collaborated and performed with all the greats of jazz and blues music in Sweden.

Håkan Lewin - Alto Saxophone
Håkan has toured from California in the west to Siberia in the east for decades. He has played with world-class artists such as Tina Turner, Georgie Fame, Thad Jones and others.

Kettil Medelius - Keyboard
Kettil has been active as a musician for 40 years. He has collaborated with artists such as Ann Kristin Hedmark, Kjell Höglund, Mikael Ramel, Monica Törnell and Jan Tolf. Kettil has also participated in the Swedish Radio Jazz Group. For many years he has been hired as a conductor at theatres around Sweden.

Hasse Larsson - Bass
Hasse's bass playing can be enjoyed in many recordings together with Håkan Lewin during the 90s. He has also participated in groups with artists such as Ronnie Gardiner, Jukka Tolonen, Bill Öhrström, Peps Persson, Ann-Kristin Hedmark and others. He can also be heard on Spotify with his latest solo album Here's To Life.


Jonas ‘Wasa’ Backman - Drums
Jonas is a multi-faceted Finnish-Swedish percussionist living in Stockholm. He has also lived and worked as a musician in England for several years. As a rock musician he has played with Eagles guitarist Don Felder. The singers Maria Nordenback and Ann Kristin Hedmark have used Jonas' steady drumming over the years. He is also a member of Fredrik Karlsson's blues band ‘Fredrik & Puritanerna’. Jonas has released two jazz albums under his own name, Jonas Backman Trio ‘Blånaden’ and ‘Softly as in a morning sunrice’.

Tickets are sold at the box office from half an hour before the concert.
Admission:
Adult - 200 SEK
pensioner - 170 kr
member - 150 kr
student over 20 years - 50 kr
student under 20 years - free

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