Artist's albums
Fäbodjazz
1998 · album
Guldkorn
1998 · compilation
1959/60, Vol. 4 - Stockholm Street
1998 · album
1954/55, Vol. 3: Late Summer
1994 · album
1953, Vol. 2 'Modern Sounds'
1993 · album
The House I Live In (Live)
1993 · album
1955/56, Vol. 1: With Chet Baker
1992 · album
A Foggy Day (Remastered)
2022 · EP
Gone with the Wind (Remastered)
2022 · EP
Jeepers Creepers (Remastered)
2022 · EP
Lover Man (Remastered)
2022 · EP
Night In Tunisia (Remastered)
2022 · EP
Silhouette (Remastered)
2022 · EP
The Liquid Moves of Lars Gullin
2016 · album
The Legendary Years Vol. 5
2011 · album
Gunnar Bergsten & Peter Nordahl play Lars Gullin
2011 · album
1954/56 vol 11 - After Eight p.m.
2010 · album
Vintage 50's Swedish Jazz Vol. 5 1952-1954
2008 · compilation
1951-54, Vol. 10: More Sideman
2007 · album
Stockholm 1952
2007 · EP
1954/56, Vol. 9 - Summertime
2006 · album
1951-53, Vol. 7: Silhouette
2005 · album
1953-55, Vol. 8: Danny's Dream
2005 · album
1949-52, Vol. 6 - The Sideman
2004 · album
1951/52, Vol. 5 - First Walk
2002 · album
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Biography
One of the top baritone saxophonists of all time and a giant of European jazz, Lars Gullin would be better known today if he had visited the U.S. often and if excessive drug use had not cut short his career. Early on he learned to play bugle, clarinet, and piano, and was actually a professional altoist until switching to baritone when he was 21. Sounding somewhere between Gerry Mulligan and Serge Chaloff, Gullin played in local big bands in the late '40s and was in Arne Domnerus' sextet (1951-1953), but is best known for his own small-group recordings. He played with such touring Americans as Lee Konitz (a major influence), James Moody, Clifford Brown, Zoot Sims, and Chet Baker, and recorded frequently during 1951-1960, with "Danny's Dream" being his most famous composition. Gullin also recorded a bit during 1964-1965, but made only one later session (1973). Despite a lot of accomplishments in the 1950s, he did not live up to his enormous potential. Gullin can be heard at his best on five Dragon CDs released as The Great Lars Gullin, Vols. 1-5. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi