Arne Domnerus

Arne Domnerus: Memories of You

by Chris Mosey
January 4, 2009

With the death of Arne Domnerus, at the age of 83, on September 2, 2008, a great and all-pervading light went out on the Swedish jazz scene. “Dompan," as he was universally known in his homeland, started out playing Benny Goodman-influenced clarinet in a Stockholm college band in his teens, graduated to alto saxophone in diverse, long forgotten Swedish dance orchestras, then played in the Swedish jazz band that took the 1949 Paris jazz festival by storm. Later that year ...

Arne Domnerus/Lars Erstrand: Live is Life

by Chris Mosey
December 9, 2007

This is billed as being as close as you can get to a follow-up to the classic 1976 Swedish session, Jazz at the Pawnshop (Proprius). It was recorded in 1995 by the same sound engineer, Gert Palmcrantz, and with two of the original participants, Arne Domnerus and Lars Erstrand. Sadly, times have changed. The cheerful mayhem of the pawnshop, Stampen, in Stockholm's old town is no more, replaced here by the antiseptic atmosphere of Club Doppingen in the university city ...

Arne Domnerus: Jazz at the Pawnshop - 30th Anniversary Edition

by Chris Mosey
October 30, 2007

On December 6 and 7, 1976, in a small jazz club called Stampen (The Pawn Shop) in Stockholm's Old Town, Swedish sound engineer Gert Palmcrantz recorded a group of leading Scandinavian jazzmen live, trying to get “the tight, harmonious sound of the records of my childhood." Conditions were less than ideal. A full house, a great deal of background noise. No rehearsals. No sound checks. The musicians just started playing with no one knowing what would be next on the ...

Arne Domnérus: Swede and Cool

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 30, 2013

Back in late 1950 and '51, the cool jazz of the Mile Davis Nonet deeply influenced not only Americans but also Swedes. There are two likely reasons for this: The high skill level of Swedish musicians at the time and American jazz musicians who toured there. Arguably Sweden's greatest saxophonist at the time was Arne Domnérus, who played alto and clarinet and was the go-to session musician in Stockholm when American jazz artists arrived in town to play and record. ...
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Charlie Parker/Arne Domnerus:11.22.50 - Sweden

Source: JamBase
October 31, 2008

By: Nathan Rodriguez

Charlie Parker is in that elite club of individuals who forever changed music. His unique sense of phrasing on the sax influenced jazz for generations to come.

Naturally, news of a Parker release from the vaults brought a smile to the face of music lovers but, if you're looking for a balls-to-the-wall Parkerfest here, you may come away just a touch disappointed. For first impressions, the disc is pretty short. Parker plays on the first four tracks ...
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Arne Domnerus

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 5, 2008

The list of veterans of the glory days of modern jazz in Sweden grew significantly shorter on Tuesday with the death of Arne Domnerus at the age of eighty-three. The alto saxophonist and clarinetist came to popular attention in the late 1940s and early 1950s as one of the most adroit disciples of Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz. Within a few years, his own personality emerged and he distinguished himself as a soloist immediately recognizable for the individuality and warmth of ...
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Swedish Jazz Musician Arne Domnerus Dies at 83

Source: All About Jazz
September 3, 2008

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Arne Domnerus, one of Sweden's most influential jazz musicians, has died. He was 83. The alto saxophonist and orchestra leader died Tuesday morning after a long period of illness, his son, Leif Domnerus, told The Associated Press. He said Domnerus had heart surgery last year, after which he suffered pneumonia and a brain hemorrhage. Born outside Stockholm in 1924, Domnerus started his first professional orchestra in the 1940's. He played with jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Clark ...
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