Gunnel Mauritzson Band

GMB creates a tight and sensitive musical communication. The roots are anchored in Swedish folk tradition, and the listener is taken on a musical journey sometimes influenced by jazz. Traditional melodies are varied with original compositions, newly written lyrics with old folk poetry.
In the band there are some of the country's most respected musicians:
Christian Jormin - drums, percussion and piano
Jonas Knutsson - saxophones
Stefan Wingefors - double bass, piano and accordion
CD:s:
Silhuette (Silhouette) 1996 /SRCD04/
Ã…ter (Again) 2001 /XOUCD131/
Raisu äut (Outward passage) 2003 /XOUCD138/
(All these cd:s are also released on the label Laika Records in Germany)
Musicians at the recordings:
Silhuette/ Ola Bäckström - violin, Backa Hans Eriksson - double bass, Anders Hagberg - saxophones and flutes, Johan Lövcrantz - drums and percussion, Roger Tallroth - guitars and swedish bosoki, Rickard Åström - piano and keyboards
Åter/ Anders Hagberg - saxophones and flutes, Hans Kennemark - violin, Roger Tallroth - guitars and swedish bosoki, Rickard Åström - piano and keyboards
Raisu äut/ Hans Kennemark - violin, Jonas Knutsson - saxophones, Kjell Nordeson - drums and percussion, Roger Tallroth - guitars and swedish bosoki, Rickard Åström - piano and keyboards, Ladi Mbengani, Getty Domein, Marcellin Koua Koua, Luhembwe Muana Vita, Frida Grundel, Torbjörn Lindberg - choir and Veikko Kiiver - gregorian vocals
Svensk version
GMB har gett sitt signum genom blandningen av traditionellt och nyskrivet, folkmusik och jazzton. Musiken beskrivs ofta som känslig och poetisk, men också kraftfull och levande. Gruppen har skiftat i sättning sedan starten 1995 men kärnan i det musikaliska uttrycket består.