Biography Björn J:son Lindh

Björn J:son Lindh was born in Arvika, Värmland, Sweden in October 25 1944. He majored in piano and flute at the Ingesund University College of Music, in Arvika, Sweden. He pursued his musical training at Musikhögskolan, The Royal School of Music, in Stockholm in the mid - late 60's. After his years there he started playing free-form jazz with Nils Sandström, and later also Arabic flute music with Abd El Rahman El Khatib (cf CousCous).

As was written in the mid 70's (Sohlman): "Björn represents the integrating tendencies within swedish music that start to grow in the early 70's, and consequently in his musical pursuit has been affected by the so called serious musical avant-garde, Indian music, Arabic music, jazz and pop" (rather freeish translation)

One important step was in the collaboration with the swedish guitar hero Janne Schaffer, when they formed the group "Hörselmat" (Earmeal). This construct brought modern Swedish jazz not only to the Swedes, but also to the US. Almost 30 years later, this collaboration still results in wonderful concerts and recordings. Although the pace of their present work moves more into the realms of smooth harmonies and less into technical excellence one rarely makes a mistake in recognising a new tune by either musician.

A vast number of other artists have reached success through the collaboration with Björn. Apart from his participation as a terrific flautist and keyboardist, he has arranged and produced tracks and records for many performers in the past and present musical elite, including : Hawkey Franzén, Lill Lindfors, Lee Ritenour, Ted Gärdestad, ABBA, Ulvaeus & Andersson, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Monica Törnell, Mike Oldfield.

The discography of Björn J:son Lindh

Name of album Year Label Producer

Ramadan 1971 Metronome A Burman

CousCous 1972 Metronome A Burman

Sissel 1973 Metronome A Burman

Boogie Woogie 1974 Metronome A Burman

Raggie 1976 Metronome BJ Lindh & A Burman

Bike Voyage II 1978 Sonet BJ Lindh & R Öfwerman

Wet wings 1980 Sonet BJ Lindh & R Öfwerman

Musik 1981 Sonet L Carlquist

Atlantis 1983 Sonet BJ Lindh

Europa 1984 Virgin L Carlquist

Världen vänder 1985 Sonet M Lundström

Europa 2 1985 Virgin L Carlquist

Feather nights 1987 LCM Records L Carlquist

Europa III, Bridges 1989 LCM Records L Carlquist

Svensk Rapsodi 1989 Sonet L Carlquist & BJ Lindh

The Prophet 1993 LCM L Carlquist

Sing louder little river 1994 Sonet M Lundström

Opus europa 1998 Sonet L Carlquist

In the air 1999 LCM L Carlquist

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