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Pierre Swärd

About Me

Hi and welcome!I´m Pierre Swärd, Hammondorganplayer from Sweden, and I love music!
In 1954 I opened the door to this world, and my life became music, music, music!
My life is still full of lovely music, music, music! From the very first start, 4 years old, I started to play drums. My grandfather Sten built me a small drumset. 2 years later I had my first guitar. I listened to the rock´n roll of the 50´s and the popmusic of the 60´s. In 1963, 9 years old, I started to play in a popgroup led by my good friend and guitarplayer Clas Yngström.
Soon I heard the swing, the groove, the dynamics of blues, soul, jazz and gospel. In that time I also found out that the piano felt better than the guitar. BUT,…1967..wow,..I heard on the radio the most beautiful sound ever, The Hammondorgan! It was the master Jimmy Smith playing “Organ grinder swing”! From that moment, a beautiful day in 1967, Hammondorgan is my instrument!I started to buy and listen to organjazz records. Besides listening, sometimes the organjazz records and musicmagazines had nice pictures, especially if they were taken from above a Hammondorgan. In that way I could see the drawbarsettings and learn how to make the great sounds.
My musical life is a mix of livegigs, records, tv- and radioshows.
Here are some of my musical meetings in my life: Ulf Wakenius, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Pee Wee Ellis, Nils Landgren, Jojje Wadenius, Brenda Russell, Michael Ruff, Wilbert Longmire, Art Gore, Blacknuss, Sanne Salomonsen, Viktoria Tolstoy, Lisa Nilsson, Louise Hoffsten, Marie Fredriksson, La Gaylia, Sharon Dyall, Peps Persson, Björn Skifs, Titiyo, Robyn, Neneh Cherry, Rigmor Gustafsson, Svante Thuresson, Povel Ramel, Mikael Ramel, Dilba, Stephen Simmons, ADL, Swing, Eric Bibb, Sven Zetterberg, Roger Pontare, Earl Thomas, Pugh Rogefeldt, Jennifer Brown, Meta Roos, André De Lange, Anne-Lie Rydé, Tim Hagans, Norrbotten Big Band, Gunnar “Siljabloo” Nilsson, Sabu Martinez, Real Group, Just D, Sara Isaksson, Jukka Tolonen, Dan Hylander, Soffgruppen and many more………….
If you want to know a little bit more about me, please be welcome to visit my homepage www.pierresward.com

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Member Since: 8/24/2007
Band Website: www.pierresward.com
Influences: Jimmy Smith, Billy Preston, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Richard ”Groove” Holmes, Wild Bill Davis, Sonny Burke, Larry Young, Chester Thompson(the organplayer), Shirley Scott, Lonnie Smith, Kjell Öhman, Knud Jörgensen, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Ramsey Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Les McCann, Cannonball Adderley, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Tower of Power, James Brown, Sly Stone, Clark Terry, Wes Montgomery, Horace Silver,Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Joe Zawinul, Weather Report,Roland Kirk, Larry Coryell, Al Jarreau, Jaco Pastorius, Prince, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Graham Central Station, Earth,Wind and Fire, John Mayall, The Lollipops, Steve Winwood, The Beatles, Memphis Slim, Take 6, Quincy Jones, André Crouch, David Foster, Dave Grusin, Gino Vannelli, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Donny Hathaway, drummers, big bands and…
Record Label: Unsigned

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NEW CD WITH "GROOVE FACTOR", OUT NOW!!

Hi everybody!There is a new cd out with Groove Factor( me on the Hammondorgan,vocals, Ulf Wakenius; guitar, Håkan Broström;saxophone and Jonas Johansen; drums)It is called Filthy McNasty and is releas...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:07:00 GMT