Christer Boustedt

The Christer Boustedt Quintet with Bosse Broberg: Blues, Ballads and Bebop

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2001

These straight–ahead sessions led by alto saxophonist Christer Boustedt date from 1982 and ’85; six of the first seven tracks (excluding an alternate take of pianist Åke Johansson’s “One for Billy”) were released on vinyl as Dragon LP 99. Apparently, those from ’85 (a quartet date recorded in concert without trumpeter Bosse Broberg) are only now being released. Boustedt, a dynamic note–spinner whose aggressive but always melodious approach was a synthesis of such acclaimed bopmeisters as Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods, ...