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May 07, 1941 Oskarshamn, Kalmar County, Sweden Died on 19 Oct 2011 (aged 70)
Swedish musician
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About Lars Sjösten
- Lars Sjösten (7 May 1941 – October 2011) was a Swedish jazz pianist and composer.Sjösten was born in Oskarshamn.
- During the 1960s, he often worked at the jazz restaurant The Golden Circle in Stockholm.
- He played with many jazz musicians including Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, Wayne Shorter, and Bernt Rosengren.
- He was the first person to receive the Jan Johansson prize in 1969. Sjösten also played in Lars Gullin's groups.
- Sjösten and Gullin became friends and in 1997, Sjösten was given the inaugural Lars Gullin Prize, for his work within the musical heritage of Lars Gullin. Through the years, Sjösten has led his own groups and also worked as a freelancer and a composer.
- He has recorded, and also performed on records with other musicians, such as Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lars Gullin, Benny Bailey, Rolf Ericson, Bjarne Nerem, Bernt Rosengren, Lee Konitz, Putte Wickman.
- He has made tours to Paris, Moscow, and Vittoria da Praia (the Azores), as well as within Sweden.
