Jonas Knutsson
Soprano, alto, baritone, sopranino saxophonist and composer. Jonas was born in Umeå, 1965.
Began in 1980 with the jazz rock group Cabazz and has since worked with a number of different groups, artists and projects within jazz, fusion and folk music.
Some examples are: Mynta, Elise Einarsdotter Ensemble, Encore, Enteli, Nordan, Jonas Knutsson Band, Triptyk, Stockholm Folk Big Band, Världsorkestern, Bertrand Renaudin..s Larbre Voyage (France) and Berger Knutsson Spering.
Jonas is organiser, composer and arranger for the group Horn Please and Jonas Knutsson Quartet. He is also in the project “Annanya” were musicians from Sweden and Bengali meet. His latest CD productions are:
“Horn Please” on Country & Eastern,
“Himlen har inga hål” together with swedish poet Thomas Tidholm on Paraphone,
“Skaren” on ACT together with guitarist Johan Norberg,
“Jonas Knutsson Mats Öberg Live” on Country & Eastern,
“A Remark You Made” Memories of Joe Zawinul with Jonas Knutsson Quartet on Touche Music
“Louana” on IGLOO records
