Ulf Andersson - tenor sax, Mårten Lundgren - tpt & flh. Ewan Svensson - guitar. Hans Backenroth - bass Rune Carlsson - drums The band plays original tunes by Ulf Andersson with influences from the Fifties and forward. As a guest soloist, the group sometimes has one of the foremost worldwide artists on his instrument: Kjell Öhman - Hammond organ Ulf Andersson´s long career as a jazzmusician leads all the way back to the Sixties, when he became a member of Eje Thelin´s legendary quintet . In the Seventies he was a co-leader in the fusion-group EGBA and later he formed his own group CRYSTAL EAGLE, with a.o. Ewan Svensson on guitar.He also works with organ-player Kjell Öhman in Organ Grinders, he has been musical director for singer Monica Zetterlund etc.etc... U.A. Band on CD: Flying Carpet (FLCL) released in December -98. "Brilliant Tenor sax....here he has put together a hand-picked band and everyone plays extremely skilfully on their instruments"...Leif Wigh, OJ " Now Ulf has released a CD under his own name and it turns out to be one of the best Swedish jazz-records this year"...Åke Eriksson "..the new CD, Flying Carpet, gets better and better every time you play it. Ulf´s excellent taste and burning enthusiasm make you discover new interesting aspects all the time.." Jan Olsson, Arbetet "Sax-veteran Ulf Andersson leads this well meritorious quintet. The music, all originals, is mature, modern mainstream-hardbop jazz. Ulf Andersson plays wonderfully on his tenor-sax and that goes also for well-known guitarplayer Ewan Svensson.The trumpetplayer Mårten Lundgren is the surprise on this CD, a new exciting soloist...."Christer Borg, Kvällsposten

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