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Bohuslän Big Band

Band, *1955 SE, Sweden
Jazz

Fully professional big band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Since 2004, the band's main location is Vara Concert Hall, which is financed by the Västra Götaland region. The band's repertoire consists of music by artists such as: Duke Ellington, Frank Zappa, James Brown, Bob Mintzer, Steely Dan, Lars Jansson, Maria Schneider and George Gershwin. The band was originally a military orchestra that began playing big band jazz in 1956. Although most of the tours take place around Sweden, the band also goes on longer trips. As the first Swedish big band, Bohuslän Big Band released a tour to Japan and China in 2001, the band also returned to Japan in 2003 and 2008. Other tours have gone to England, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Egypt and to Washington DC for gigs at House of Sweden and Kennedy Center.

Members

	Lisbeth Diers perc, dr
	Johan Borgström ts
	Björn Samuelsson tb, voc SE
	Morten Lund dr *1972 DK
	Bengt-Åke Andersson tb *1940 SE
	Yasuhito Mori b, cb *1952 JP
	Göran Kroon dr, perc SE
	Jan Forslund fl, sax *1940 SE
	Ralph Soovik tb
	Christer Olofsson tb
	Niclas Rydh tb, tu SE
	Karin Hammar tb *1974 SE
	Alberto Pinton fl, bs *1962 SE
	Ove Ingemarsson ts SE
	Niklas Robertsson as, bcl SE
	Mikael Karlsson fl, ts, sax
	Morten Lundgren tr, fh
	Samuel Olsson tr, fh SE
	Tommy Kotter p SE
	Daniel Vessby tr, fh
	Markus Ahlberg tb
	Joakim Rolandsson sax