Stockholm Improvisers Orchestra
Third chapter in this unusual big band saga where open compositions and graphic scores lay the foundation for the music
Stockholm Improvisers Orchestra is an improvisational orchestra, founded in 2023 and led by saxophonists and composers Johannes Gammelgaard and Pelle Westlin. With inspiration from historical groups such as the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra and the Globe Unity Orchestra as well as contemporary experimental big bands from Norway, they create a both sparkling and intricate expression where open compositions and graphic scores lay the foundation for the music.
Stockholm Improvisers Orchestra is a platform for new meetings, new musical expressions and a forum where there is room to experiment with the overall goal of finding a mutual listening and a common sensitivity for improvised music. Listen, be overwhelmed and touched by a different and creative big band where the written music is not the most important thing, but the exploratory interaction and exchange between the musicians, each of whom contributes their individual voice to the common expression.
“Stockholm Improvisers Orchestra is, after all, more than an orchestra – they remind you that everything is possible, that success is achieved through collaboration and sensitive conversation and that music Is the healing force of the universe (to quote Albert Ayler).” – Johan Jacobsson Franzén
Lineup:
Johan Arrias - sopran/altsax
Julia Strzalek - sopran/altsax
David Bennet - altsax
Pelle Westlin - tenorsax
Johannes Gammelgaard - tenorsax
Max Oskarsson - barytonsax
Marcin Wolniewicz - trumpet
Karl Wallmyr - trumpet
Katt Hernandez - fiol
Isabell Gustafsson-Ny - piano
Agnes Persson - gitarr
Amanda Karström - kontrabas
Vilhelm Bromander - kontrabas
Jonathan Bäckström - kontrabas
Andreas Pettersson - trummor
Ryan Packard - trummor