Gustav Ernest Viktor Lundgren (born 18 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz guitarist.
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Biography
editLundgren started playing the guitar at the age of thirteen and went to Södra Latin's music program during high school. He then studied music at Bollnäs folk high school and Fridhems folk high school in Svalöv.[1]
After finishing his studies, he joined the Hot Club de Suede and started a jazz club at Hannas Krog at Södermalm in Stockholm.
He participates in several music projects, including his own Gustav Lundgren Quartet, and plays a particular Spanish-inspired jazz.[2]
He runs his own record company, Lundgren Music.
Honors
edit- 2004: Honored with his own signature guitar model from AJL-Guitars
- 2005: Recipient of the Louis Armstrong Scholarship
- 2009: Honored with a grant from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee[3]
Discography
editSolo albums
edit- 2004: First Impression (Lundgren Music), with Gustav Lundgren Quartet/Quintet
- 2007: Second Opinion (Lundgren Music), with Gustav Lundgren Quartet
- 2010: 8 Venues (Lundgren Music), with Gustav Lundgren Quartet
- 2012: Plays Django Reinhardt (Lundgren Music)
- 2014: French Connection (Lundgren Music)
- 2015: Bertheleville (Lundgren Music), with Gustav Lundgren Trio
- 2017: At The Movies (Lundgren Music), with Gustav Lundgren & Unit
Collaborations
edit- 2002: 29m² (SJR), with Mozaique
- 2003: Avec (SJR), with Hot Club de Suede
- 2005: Django Project vol. 1 (Lundgren Music), with Anders Larsson
- 2008: Django Project vol. 2 (Lundgren Music), with Anders Larsson
- 2011: Take Two (Lundgren Music), with Stockholm Swing All Stars
- 2012: Janeiro (Lundgren Music), with Daniel Santiago
- 2012: Barcelona / Estocolmo (Lundgren Music), with Fredrik Carlquist
- 2013: Plays Richard Rodgers (Lundgren Music), with Trio Legacy
- 2013: Bossa Nova vol. 1 (Lundgren Music), with Fredrik Carlquist
- 2014: Passageiros (Lundgren Music), with Lili Araujo
- 2014: Cruce de Caminos (Lundgren Music), with Celia Mur
- 2015 : Mar (Lundgren Music), with Luiz Murá[4]
- 2017: Jazz Vol. 1 (Lundgren Music), with Jorge Rossy and Doug Weiss[5]
- 2017: Acoustic Connection LIVE (Lundgren Music), with Antoine Boyer[6]
References
edit- ^ Almqvist, Peter (2007). "Gustav Lundgren - Sveriges flitigaste gitarrist" (in Swedish). Fuzz.se. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ Holmberg, Gunnar (2007). "Gustav Lundgrens gitarrhjältar:Jimi, John…och DJANGO!" (in Swedish). DigJazz.se. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Gustav Lundgren". Biography. All About Jazz. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Gustav Lundgren". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Gustav Lundgren". Discography. Deezer.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Lundgren Music CD". LundgrenMusic.shop.textalk.se. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
