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New CD out in end of April -Love Is Real -(ACT) |
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| Country: |  Sweden |
| Last Login: | Apr 23, 2008 (583 days back) |
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Ulf Wakenius Biography 2007 At Present Ulf Wakenius has since 1997 held what may be the most prestigious spot in jazz for a guitarist-membership in the legendary Oscar Peterson Quartet. His predecessors have been such greats as Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Joe Pass. He has performed at such classic jazz venues as Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Blue Notes, and recently played sold out shows with Oscar Peterson at the Royal Albert Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, Palais Des Congres, Wiener Konzerthaus, Massey Hall, Teatro Colon-Buenos Aires, Stravinski Hall-Montreaux and Tokyo International Forum Hall. His latest concert with Oscar Peterson at Monterey International Jazzfestival was filmed by Clint Eastwood. At 2003 he performed in a highly successful duo concert with Pat Metheny at Jazz Baltica in Germany. The concert was also televised on German TV. His latest release was “Notes From The Heart” on the great German label ACT.Playing the music of Keith Jarrett on guitar. The CD received raving reviews all over the world. He has played and recorded with the who´s who of the jazz world a.o. Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Ray Brown, Michael Brecker, Joe Henderson, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Toots Thielemans, Jack DeJohnette, Max Roach, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, James Moody, Hank Jones, Roy Hargrove and Michel Legrand. He has recorded two CDs, also for Telarc with the great Ray Brown: "Seven Steps To Heaven" which became number one in the U.S. jazz charts, and "Summertime" which was voted as one of the top ten albums of `98 in America. He has also toured with his own groups featuring: Mike Brecker, Ray Brown and Joey Calderazzo a.o. Lately he has also been touring Europe with upcoming vocal star Viktoria Tolstoy. The beginning Ulf Wakenius was born in Halmstad, Sweden on April 16, 1958. He began playing the guitar at the age of 11, inspired by other guitarists in the neighbourhood of his new hometown, Gothenburg. After picking up the guitar Ulf never looked back. In the beginning he was inspired by virtuoso electric blues guitar players but soon moved to more jazz-orientated music. John McLaughlin became Ulf's new guitar hero. (John later wrote liner notes for one of Ulf's solo-albums). At the age of 17 Ulf was already established as a jazz musician playing with different Swedish groups. During the following years he toured all over Europe. In the beginning of the '80s Ulf founded the duo "Guitars Unlimited" together with Peter Almqvist. They toured in many parts of the world and appeared frequently on Swedish Television. The highlight in their career was a performance in the 1985 Melody Grand Prix, a historic event which was seen by 600 million viewers, (probably the the largest audience a jazz-guitar duo has ever had). In the mid-'80s Ulf also received the opportunity to record a solo album in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He was fortunate to be able to gather together such fantastic musicians as Sivuca, Luizao, Paolo Braga (Elis Regina), Nico Assumpcao (Milton Nascimento) among others. The record became a hit in Sweden with considerable airplay. The "Brazil venture" was the beginning of a life-long love of the Brazilian culture. Later Ulf returned with Oscar Peterson and performed for 35, 000 people in Sao Paolo. In the late '80s Ulf began playing with the late great Danish bass giant Niels-Henning ..rstedt-Pedersen. Their collaboration was very fruitful, resulting in concerts all over the globe, several recordings, playing for the then-President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and numerous international TV-shows. In the beginning of the '90s Ulf started to work in different projects together with American and European top musicians. The group Grafitti was formed with the rhythm section from the John Scofield group, the members being the phantom drummer Dennis Chambers (now with Santana), bassist Gary Grainger, H..kon Graf on keyboards and Ulf on guitar. They toured in the United States and Europe and recorded a CD which was very well received. He also started a collaboration with the bass icon Ray Brown. Ulf has 10 solo albums to his name and has recorded several albums as a sideman together with many jazz legends. make your own map at: www.modmyprofile.com |
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Music:Member Since: 1/30/2007Band Website: ulf.guitarist@swipnet.se Band Members: Management www.hopper-management.com Influences: Oscar Peterson,Keith Jarrett,John Coltrane,Miles Davis,Wes Montgomery Pat Metheny,Herbie Hancock,George Benson,Egberto Gismonti,Joe Pass, Jim Hall,Pat Martino. Sounds Like: Ulf Wakenius Pat Metheny-Ulf Wakenius Duo at Jazz Baltica 2003 Pat Metheny & Ulf Wakenius Duo - Angel Eyes Oscar Peterson at Wiener Konzerthaus At Montreal International Jazz Fest Ulf Wakenius Trio-Celebrating NHOP. Featuring, Chris Minh Doky and Jonas Johansen Ulf Wakenius Quartet at Salzau. Featuring, Mike Brecker, Ray Brown, Niels Lan Doky and Terri Lyne Carrington. Mike Brecker, Ulf Wakenius, Benny Green, Christian McBride and Alvin Queen Record Label: ACT Type of Label: Major |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Acoustic / Other) |
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New CD release in April with music of E.S.T.-Love Is Real(ACT) |
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| New CD release in April. "Love Is Real" Music of E.S.T. on ACT.
This is my best recording to date.Fantastic sound, fantastic players and fantastic tunes!
Nils Landgren,Till Brnner,Paolo Fresu,Radio S... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:02:00 PST |
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Stevie Wonder-"Oscar Peterson was the best piano player in the world" |
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Oscar Peterson was 'best piano player in the world:' Stevie Wonder ..>..>... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:14:00 PST |
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A Magic Night-The Tribute to Oscar Peterson |
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| It was a magic night.The tribute to Oscar Peterson was somthing
very special.Quincy Jones-Herbie Hancock-Celine and Kelly Peterson-
Nancy Wilson,Monty Alexander a.o.were there to pay respect to Oscar.... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:35:00 PST |
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Oscar Peterson Tribute Gala with Quincy Jones a.o. |
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| There will be an Oscar Peterson Tribute Gala in Toronto
on the Jan 12th with Quincy Jones
Herbie Hancock a.o. I will be playing the guitar. Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:43:00 PST |
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Quincy Jones hounor Oscar Peterson |
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| Jazz impresario Quincy Jones said it was a blessing to have worked with Peterson.
"He was one of the last of the giants, but his music an... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:28:00 PST |
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CNN hounors Oscar Peterson |
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| http://edition.cnn.com/video//video/showbiz/2007/12/24/lurie
.on.oscar.peterson.obit.ctv?iref=videosearch... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:28:00 PST |
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ABC remembers Oscar Peterson |
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| http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4048712 Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:45:00 PST |
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Oscar Peterson honoured by BBC World |
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7150000/newsid_71596
00/7159685.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcw
s=1... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:22:00 PST |
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New York Times remembers the legend Oscar Peterson |
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| New York Times remembers the legend Oscar Peterson
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/arts/25peterson.html Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:20:00 PST |
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Los Angeles Times about Oscar Peterson |
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| Los Angeles Times hounor Oscar Peterson
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-peterson25de
c25,0,7024176.story?coll=la-home-center... Posted by Ulf Wakenius on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:36:00 PST |
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