HANS OLDING QUARTET – CONTEMPORARY SWEDISH ! HANS OLDING QUARTET has toured and released his debut CD as a leader on indie label played Northern Europe since the start in 2001. HOOB JAZZ that has received well-deserved The group consists of four of its generation’s good reviews. Linus plays in several groups in most hard working musicians in Sweden. During the Stockholm area and has toured in several the years together they’ve developed a modern, countries. acoustic sound with strong original compositions as a springboard to further improvisations. The Pär-Ola Landin, bass, can be heard on several Quartet received very good press for their debut recordings and on scenes around Sweden in album ”NO SPACE” (El Dingo/Plugged MD) different well-established bands. He’s one of the where new music is mixed with the repertoire most ‘in demand’ bass players of his generation that the group has gathered throughout the years. in Sweden and has a long list of merits. He’s a They will record the follow up in November thoroughly musical bass player with a rare drive 2010 as well as touring in Spain in October. and lots of experience from touring all over the Melodic, hard swinging, contemporary jazz with world. one foot in the tradition, the other in our time and with the aim steadily fixed into the future! Chris Montgomery, drums, is probably the strongest and most exciting drum voice emerging from the Swedish west coast. He is one of his generation’s biggest talents playing regularly with top creative Swedish jazz groups all over Europe. Singers; Rigmor Gustafsson and Jeanette Lindström as well as Bohuslän and quintet Corpo are some of his employers.

Hans Olding, guitar, has been heard on stages around Europe during the last couple of years. With the group THE OLDING/KANNASTE FOUR he made his debut as a co-leader on the label EL DINGO RECORDS. The CD has received very good reviews in the international press and the group regularly tours in the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe. In HANS OLDING QUARTET, Hans writes all the music. He has also played concerts with well-known Visit our myspace page for more info./reviews, European musicians like Daniel Humair (FRA), music etc. Francesco Bearzatti (ITA), Mikko Innanen (FIN) www.myspace.com/hansolding Karl-Martin Almqvist (SWE), Mats Gustafsson

(SWE) etc. and received several grants for Feel free to contact me with further questions. performance and composition.

Linus Lindblom, saxophone, is one of the Contact: clearest sounding voices on the Swedish jazz Hans Olding scene today and was recently awarded the email: [email protected] Swedish Radio’s jazz price as ”Newcomer of the phone: +46 8 528 00 223 year”. He’s a highly personal musician with a cell: +46 73 77 22 132 lyrical and energetic sound. In 2007, he web: www.myspace.com/hansolding

Selected reviews of our latest album ”No The beautiful guitar really stands on its own. Space” (El Dingo Records/Plugged MD): Olding moves around lyrically with a strong feeling for melody. [...] “Olding's playing and writing is solid on every A curious listener shouldn't walk by Olding's tune, which were all composed and arranged by gang which really is one of the most interesting the versatile guitarist. While he is firmly rooted new additions to the scene from the last couple in the modern sound, especially with of years.” his voicings, tone, and harmonic choices, there (7/10) is also a strong bop sensibility during his solos. Göran Olson – DIG jazz (Sweden’s leading web Whether or not this comes out through a study based jazz magazine) of the tradition, or in the second-hand absorption of modern players like Scofield and ”Especially Olding's feeling for creating moods Rosenwinkel, it adds a second layer of diversity by means of subtle chords in combination, with to every solo and melody line he plays. Aside or in contrast to, pulsative melodies - violent at from contributing as a highly creative soloist, moments, is impressive. [...] Olding also possesses a chord vocabulary and This balanced, swinging album illustrates thus sense of harmony that would leave many that contemporary quality jazz does not have to seasoned players in his wake. His use of non- be, by definition, difficult or grandiloquent." traditional fingerings and arpeggiation, where (7/10) others would strum or pluck, brings a personal Filip Martens, Kwadratuur, Belgium touch to every chord and progression he plays, which only adds to the intensity of the soloist “The best photographies are not those who tell playing with him.[…] us about the object, but those who tell us The ensemble that Olding has assembled for this something about the photographer. That's an art recording does a superb job of interpreting the that not everyone is blessed with. Swedish guitarist's compositions while interjecting their guitarist Hans Olding is a relatively young man own voices into the mix. The rhythm section of and the sound of No Space honors that with its Landin and Voegler play together as if they were spring like, vital sound. Full of energy and hope.” one instrument. Their ability to lay down tight puls.no grooves while interacting with the melody and (Norway’s leading music webzine) comping instruments keeps the energy flowing

[…] No Space is a strong outing for the Olding. “It can hardly be better than this -- nice guitar It is a showcase for his strong compositional and based jazz with plenty of room for a sweet arranging techniques, as well as his ability to sounding saxophone.” lead an ensemble by example in every note he plays.” (5/5) Matthew Warnock – All About Jazz, US Lennart Götesson – Dala-demokraten (local Swedish Daily) “Guitar player Hans Olding has a continental energy combined with a cool, a bit severe "Guitar player Hans Olding has a cocky quartet. attitude. The address has simplicity with clear When other jazz constellations, a bit safe, let the arrangements and a main thread, which makes it standard repertoire provide the material for easy to follow the music and stay focused. improvisations Olding and his men - Linus Olding's guitar and Linus Lindblom's saxophone Lindblom, tenor sax, Pär-Ola Landin, bass, carries the melody in a rhythmically clean-cut Sebastian Voegler, drums - stretch their backs and varied interplay together with bass player and uses the leader's original compositions, well Pär-Ola Landin and drummer Sebastian Voegler.” aware of their strength. The final result is more

than likable with an acoustic, a bit dry sound that (5/6) never scratches the eardrum, but nevertheless Ingrid Strömdahl, Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden’s never allows the listener to lose focus. Also, 2nd biggest Daily) everything is swinging with finesse and intensity, free from irritating frippery. Very good!" “The group is an excellent example of where the (4/5) young modern jazz is at right now. They have Björn Stefansson - Värmlands Folkblad (local accomplished their own sound where the guitar Swedish Daily) and the saxophone lay out a soft web of sound on top of the walking bass line and the reflective drumming.