a new SITE! ——————————————————————————————>

DISCAHOLIC CORNER!!!!!

http://matsgus.com/discaholic_corner/

IT IS UP AND RUNNING… from today….

-recommendations of vinyls (and related matters)…. special focus on free jazz, jazz and experimental music (and related matters…)
-lists – from fellow discaholics of their fav vinyls… ( and related matters….)
-links to shops… the best ones…
– trades… updated every 2nd month… with many vinyls to TRADE!
– texts – on discaholism ( and related matters…)
-wants and needs — discaholic corner have needs….
-interviews — a serie of discaholic interviews ( and related matters…)

and much much more… and related matters!!!!

and much much more to come… check it out frequently!

Peace  & Fire  / mats gustafsson

mats@matsgus.com

Mats Gustafsson
AUSTRIA
mats@matsgus.com

http://matsgus.com/discaholic_corner/

3 new releases…. all on 7″… limited… all good smelling…

limited 7″  flexi by Swedish azz ! playing “Toots & Quincy” —  only released in this form…

soon to be ordered from Catalytic sound:

http://catalytic-sound.com/home.php

and Not Two:

http://www.nottwo.com/

or at Andra Jazz in Stockholm – 0046 8 310707

limited 7″ vinyl with Fake The Facts and Birgit Uhler

order from:

Sound of music

email to:

red@soundofmusic.nu

limited 7″ vinyl with Mats Gustafsson solo & Vandermark/ Nilssen – Love / Baars Trio live from Ethiopia!

order from Terp Records:

http://www.terprecords.nl/

7″ vinyls…. all you need….all you need….

a recent italian interview… in italian…. april 2012

by Marco Loprete

great webzine!

http://www.labottegadihamlin.it/articoli/678-mats-gustafsson-la-mia-musica-tra-ricerca-e-condivisione.html

NEW 7 ” vinyl on TERP records.

recorded in addis abeba, Ethiopia in feb 2011 during an insane project w The EX and Paal Nilssen- Love, working with local musicians, circus and artists!

one side solo….with Mats Gustafsson

one side a trio….. with Ab Baars and Ken Vandermark on clarinets and Paal Nilssen- Love on drums!

order it NOW from TERP:
http://www.terprecords.nl/

here it is….

NENEH CHERRY & THE THING!!!!

releasing THE CHERRY THING on smalltown supersound , early summer!!!

touring Europa in July!

pitchfork news:

http://pitchfork.com/news/45858-neneh-cherry-teams-with-jazz-group-the-thing/

new project w FEED meeting Norwegian POING ensemble….

playing the music of Erik Peters….

some ROCKIN contemporary music happenin! – together with the MIGHTY Raymond Strid, the NR ONE in contemporary improvised music!!!!

check:

http://doubleprojections.wordpress.com

gigs this weekend:
11 mars FEED & POING

http://www.ljungbergmuseet.se/

12 mars FEED & POING

http://www.palladium.nu/

the swedish azz tour is over for this time.

we had some very very heavy guests with us this time…..

Lars Göran Ulander – alto sax

Lennart Åberg – soprano sax

Georg Riedel – bass

Gunnar Lindgren – tenor sax

&

Gilbert Holmström – tenor sax

ALL SWEDISH LEGENDS!

and with special guest from Chicago: Jason Adasiewiecz!!!!!

we wanna thank them a huge bunch!!!!!!  —-  unbelievable times and AMAZING music!!!!!!!!

great review ( in swedish…) with supergreat footage (by Micke Key) can u find here:

http://www.soundofmusic.nu/konsert/swedish-azz-p%C3%A5-skattjakt

see you next time!!!

the 1 st jazz sax quiz 2012 !!!

only ONE (!) correct published answer this time…. and hundreds of suggestions! hundreds…….

thank you all….. so much,  for contributing with very creative suggestions!

the winner is bass player, producer  and record label owner Johan Berthling, Stockholm.

a very rare vinyl release is on its way to you in the mail…..

next SAXQUIZ coming up in a week….. with some very very  VERY  ……  HEAVY saxophonists….. be aware!!!!!!!!!!

the CORRECT answers are::::::::::

sax player nr 1.

FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST!!!!

sax player nr 2.

KEN VANDERMARK!!!!!

sax player nr 3.

ENAN PARKER!!!!!!!

sax player nr. 4

MAGNUS GRANBERG!!!!!

sax player nr 5.

PETER BRÖTZMANN!!!!

sax player nr 6.

MAT GUSTAFSSON

dont miss these concerts:

only in Scandinavia…. (sorry about that….)  the coming weeks:

SWEDISH AZZ on tour featuring: Jason Adasiewicz (Chicago) on vibraphone !!!!

feb 23  – march 3rd 2012

http://jasonadasiewicz.com/

tour dates:

http://matsgus.com/

AND

we have some special guests!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

feb 29th – Fasching in Stockholm with :

—Georg Riedel – bass

the one and only!!… played w Gullin, Johansson and basically everyone from the 50´s to now… uncomparable and really kickin ass!!!!

http://www.cornelisvsriedel.se/

—Lennart Åberg – saxophones

a legend! from collaborations with Don Cherry, George Russell, Jan Johansson and other jazz icons and his own projects: Rena Rama, Oriental Wind… uncomparable…

http://www.digjazz.se/Artiklar.Lennart%20Aberg.html

—Lars Göran Ulander – saxophones

from the very north – the legend of the legends : hard hitting free jazz warewulf from Saxnäs… from creating amazing jazz w Lars Lystedt and Berndt Egerbladh in the 60´s to collaborations with Phil Minton and other free minds over the years… piercingly beautiful saxpoetry….

http://www.digjazz.se/Artiklar.LarsGoran%20Ulander.html

&

march 2nd at Nefertiti, Gothenburg:

Gilbert Holmström – tenor sax

of Mount Everst and Gilbert Homström Quintet ( and Quartet) – fame…and still one of the most important and personal voices of jazz in Scandinavia and all over… creative and KICKIN continously and forever!!!

http://www.ghq.se/

http://www.touchemusic.se/gilbertholmstrom.html

Gunnar Lindgren – tenor sax

One of the most amazing lyrical and creative jazz players ever in Sweden… of a.o. Opposite Corner fame!

the tone… the tone… the tone… is made of pure poetry…. one of the best hidden secrets of creative jazz in Europa ? also a VERY dedicated environment researcher and voice of debate!!!!

http://www.gunnarlindgren.com/

Swedish azz  will play together with these (our  TOTAL favourite jazz players all time ) icons of Swedish (J)Azz  and performing some various compositions from the past and the future… in a ONE OFF spectacular BLAST!!!!!

DONT MISS!!!!!

more info:

http://swedishazz.klingt.org/

VINYL RECORD SHOPPING????

LAST CHANCE with special deals , special treatment (bad coffee and such….) and NO discounts—- tuesday 28th feb!!! 3 – 6 pm!!

I will work again at the best record shop in the world : ANDRA JAZZ in Stockholm,

ANDRA JAZZ Rödabergsgatan 9, 113 33 Stockholm

I will be running the business temporarily: 20, 21 and 28th february!!!

OPEN: 15 – 18  o ` clock

it is now over 15 years ago I worked at ANDRA JAZZ — but now it is time again!!!

please come over, buy KILLING vinyls, drink coffee and listen to kick ass  be – bop, west coast and free jazz and related matters!

some very new gustafsson records and new releases by Brötzmann will be available among other things…..

see you there!!!! ///  peace  & Fire   /// mats gustafsson