Anders Jormin

Anders Jormin, born 1957 in Jönköping, Sweden, has been hailed by Down Beat as “a treasure – everything a bassist should be”.  The son of a jazz musician, he graduated from  Gothenburg’s Academy of Music and Drama with diplomas in double bass and improvisation/pedagogy in 1979. He was influenced not just by his classical and jazz training, but also Sweden’s folk tradition; he recalled to John Kelman: “I always had those three things going on in my head. I take all my inspirations and influences into some kind of melting pot inside my heart, and what comes out is, I hope, mypersonality.” Albums under Jormin’s own name for the ECM label include Xieyi (meaning “to write”), which juxtaposes pieces for solo bass with compositions for brass ensemble; the song cycle In winds, in light, for a group whose personnel includes US pianist Marilyn Crispell and Swedish folksinger Lena Willemark; Ad Lucem, which includes settings of Latin verse composed by Jormin; and the two albums Trees of Light and Pasado en claro with Willemark and japanese koto player Karin Nakagawa.Among other prize-winning albums is his solobass recording Alone, (Dragon) Anders´ music for big band Poems for Orchestra (Losen), the church organ album Songs in meantone (Footprints), the symphonic music on Between always and never (Swedish Society) and the highly acclaimed choir album Ama (Footprints). For over 30 years Jormin has held a professorship in Double bass and Improvisation at Gothenburg’s Academy of Music and D