The Absalon Orchestra

Cd “Remembering” review in French jazz journal Jazz Dixie Swing (…) view articleCd “Remembering” review in French jazz journal Jazz Dixie Swing

The Absalon Orchestra, Florence Italy 1989.
Left to Right: Paul Bocciolone Strandberg, Sven Bjerstedt, Björn Ekman, Benny Trapp, Jonas Eilert, Lars-Erik Ström and Claes Nilsson (…) view pictureThe Absalon Orchestra in Italy 1989

The Absalon Orchestra c:a 1985. Jan Nilsson, Stefan Kärfve, Paul Bocciolone Strandberg and Björn Ekman (…) view pictureThe Absalon Orchestra 1985-2

The Absalon Orchestra 1985. Left to Right: Benny Trapp, Jan Nilsson, Sven Bjerstedt, Björn Ekman, Jonas Eilert, Michael Cinthio and Paul Bocciolone Strandberg (…) view pictureThe Absalon Orchestra 1985

The Absalon Orchestra at the table in 1987. Left to Right: Benny Trapp, Nora Strandberg, Paul Bocciolone Strandberg, Jonas Eilert, Lars-Erik Ström, Sven Bjerstedt, Tore Eriksson, Anders Holmberg and Björn Ekman (…) view pictureThe Absalon Orchestra at the table 1987

The Absalon Orchestra 1984. For variation and to make a small band sound bigger we used plenty of reeds and I carried a whole batch of mutes (…) view pictureThe Absalon Orchestra 1984

AN AMAZING THING – THIS ABSALON ORCHESTRA! A bunch of young Swedes defying the trends of the present day: “pop”, “punk’, “crap” or whatever they call it at the moment, enthusiastically sticking to the music they believe in (…) continue reading “Stardust” LP”

Om man frågar Paul Strandberg som är The Absalon Orchestra’s kapellmästare (eller vi kanske istället borde säga bandleader) om en kort redogörelse för orkesterns policy, så svarar han med ett elegant fempunkts-program (…) continue readingThe Absalon Orchestra MC

I’m proud to present a new double-CD in co-operation with jazzarkivet. The production is a retrospective collection of recordings and presents two of my most successful bands, Scaniazz (CD 1) and The Absalon Orchestra (CD 2), covering the period from 1975 until 1988 (…) continue readingRemembering CD