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Klas Nevrin

Klas Nevrin is a pianist, keyboardist and composer, also an associate professor in improvisation at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Currently he leads a 3-year artistic research project on collective improvisation (www.musicindisorder.se), as well as an international Octet "The Revoid Ensemble" (www.revoidensemble.com).

Klas Nevrin is perhaps best well known for his work with saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist’s free jazz groups Yun Kan 5 and Yun Kan 10 - the latter’s CD being acclaimed one of the best releases of 2013 by Downbeat. It was also called “a masterful achievement′′ by All About Jazz. The quintet YUN KAN 5 has released two albums — Yun Kan 12345 (2004) and Badaling (2007) — and was acclaimed “Jazz Group of the Year” by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in 2004. The groups have toured in Canada, Norway, UK, Slovenia, Denmark, France and China, among other places.

Klas Nevrin also composes for KLAS NEVRIN TRIO, with the drummer Ricard Österstam and bassplayer Vilhelm Bromander. Klas and Ricard used to play together a lot during the 1990′s in different constellations, among other the group FANCY MACHINE. Together with the violinist Katt Hernandez and reed-player Per “Texas” Johansson they also form a quintet version, as KLAS NEVRIN ENSEMBLE. The group released the CD "Live at Lederman" 28th May 2014.

Other projects: HONEYLEAP with Fredrik Ljungkvist and two Norwegian musicians, the drummer Øyvind Skarbø (Trio 1982) and bass-player Per Zanussi (Zanussi 5 & 13, Trespass Trio). They recorded a Live concert at Biermann in Oslo that was released on CD in February 2013. Also, A trio with Joe Williamson on bass, and THIRD STREAM, together with celebrated vocalist Lina Nyberg, reinterpreting old standards from the 1920’s and onwards.

Born in Sweden, Klas has always turned to many of the world's music and improvisational traditions. Many years of research and teaching in improvisation has compelled his music to develop continuously, thereby incorporating a variety of improvisational and compositional traditions from Baroque, Jazz and 20th century Avantgarde to Minimalism and Indian Raga.

Klas has also played with among others Mat Maneri, Susana Santos Silva, Audrey Chen, Raymond Strid, Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Mariam Wallentin, Joe Williamson, Martin Küchen, Richard Ekre-Suzzi, and William Parker.

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Klas Nevrin Ensemble: Live At Lederman

Read "Live At Lederman" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Swedish pianist and composer Klas Nevrin, known for his ongoing collaborations with reed player Fredrik Ljungkvist in Ljungkvist's bands Yun Kan 5 and Yun Kan 10 and in the Norwegian- Swedish quartet Honeyleap, suggests a new arresting sonic aesthetic in his new solo album. His compositions forge a middle path between the rock-inspired lineage of free jazz and the ultra- minimalist school of contemporary improvisation, without settling for any of these contrasting aesthetics. Furthermore, Nevrin applied alternative, non-Western micro-tonal intonation ...

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”What a pianist! Klas Nevrin has really succeeded to assemble the best of influences, from fellow country-men like Bobo Stenson and Sten Sandell, adding Marilyn Crispell and Herbie Hancock as well as European ’contemporary tonal language’. And yet he is also a markedly original musician, with a sharp-witted accompanying style and with distinctly captivating solos. … Nevrin has an unusual improvisatory capacity.” (Bjarne Soltoft, Jazznytt, Norway)

“This is great art flowing from the stage!” (Johan Skoglund, Norrländska Socialdemokraten).

“The group opens new dimensions in these old songs that one never thought were possible to find” (Lars Grip, Orkesterjournalen).

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Primary Instrument

Piano

Willing to teach

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Credentials/Background

Workshops and courses in ensemble improvisation, ear training, piano, philosophy of improvisation, and free jazz theory.

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Live At Lederman

Found You Recordings
2014

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