Bernt Rosengren [SEP] place of birth
Bernt Rosengren
Bernt Rosengren (born 24 December 1937, in Stockholm) is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. His recordings have earned him five Gyllene Skivan awards in Sweden.
Biography.
Rosengren first played professionally at age 19, as a member of the Jazz Club 57, and two years later in 1959 he played in the Newport Jazz Band. Roman Polanski's collaborator Krzysztof Komeda used Rosengren in the performance of his jazz score for Polanski's film "Knife in the Water" (1962). Rosengren recorded a
1996)
- "Bernt Rosengren Octet Plays Evert Taube" (Arietta, 1999)
- "Bernt Rosengren Tentet Plays Kurt Weill" (Arietta, 2000)
- "Bernt Rosengren Octet Plays Evert Taube Vol. 2" (Arietta, 2002)
- "Inside Pictures: A Tribute to Lars Gullin, Vol. 2" (2002)
- "I'm Flying" (pb7, 2009)
- "Plays Swedish Jazzcompositions" (pb 7, 2012)
- "In Copenhagen"