Anders Jormin

Swedish double-bassist

Born: 7 September 1957
Jönköping
Country: Sweden
Record labels: ECM Records
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Anders Jormin is a jazz musician who plays guitar, double bass and bass instrument. Anders Jormin was born on 7 September 1957 in Jönköping. The music is usually filed under jazz and post-bop. Record labels: ECM Records.

Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early 1990s. In the late 1990s he also performed regularly with Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko. Jorman has played and toured internationally with many musicians including Elvin Jones, Don Cherry, Lee Konitz, Joe Henderson, Paul Motian, Rita Marcotulli, Norma Winstone, Mike Mainieri, Mats Gustafsson, Albert Mangelsdorff, Dino Saluzzi, Marilyn Crispell, and Kenny Wheeler. Anders Jormin also teaches double bass and improvisation and holds a Professorial post at the Academy of Music and Drama at University of Gothenburg since 2002. In 1995 he undertook a visiting professorship at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. The same appointed him Doctor honores causa (honorary doctorate) in 2003.

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