Welcome to Stampen, Stockholm, for a live performance and recording session!
Sunday 24 April 2005. Free entrance. Doors open at 18.30.
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We celebrated the 100th anniversary of Coleman Hawkins 21 November 2004.
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A short presentation to
BasKlas and his Ten Doctors of Syncopation (BKAHTDOS)
Background
In 1986, thirteen tightly-knit jazz musicians trained on the big band music from the late 1920’s and
the early 1930’s emerged from the famous swedish university student orchestras. A foundation was
created for an old style big band, and the band, BasKlas And His Ten Doctors of Syncopation was
formed. The music style of the early big bands, together with the ”happy touch” from the university
orchestras, merged into a unique music mix. Since then, the band has performed successfully time
after time, leaving neither the hands nor the feet of the audience still or silent.
Ideology
The highest priority for the band is to convey the happiness of the their music style to the audience,
creating a party atmosphere wherever they perform. The main source of arrangements for the band
comes from the famous Fletcher Henderson, the creator of the big band sound. Other well-known
sources are Duke Ellington, Don Redman and Fats Waller. The band performs both dance nights
and concerts in jazz-friendly environments.
History
The band was formed in 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden. Among continuous jobs, the band has gone
on different tours in Europe. The tours are the highlights of the band’s history. The band’s first tour
took them to Holland in 1989, with a one-week job at the well-known Nijmegen marches. The
band went on to Scotland in 1991, leaving the pubs in havoc and the audiences in obsession. In
1992, the tour went to St Petersburg, Russia, where the band attracted the Russian television and
was recorded and transmitted throughout Russia. In 1993, the band performed at the Lysekil Jazz
Festival, which is one of Sweden’s main Jazz events on the Swedish west coast. In 1994, Hungary
became the target for the annual tour playing at the Miskolc Jazz Festival. In 1995, the band went
on to play at the Dillenburg Jazz Festival in Germany, and it is no exaggeration to say that they won the hearts
of the jazz connaisseurs. In 1998 the band headed for France to play at the "Oeuf de Jazz" festival in
Le Mans, and in 1999 the band appeared in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. There the band
performed for astonished and enthusiastic audiences in places like, for example, the well-known music
pub "Baracnicka Rychta" and the classic old jazz club "Malostranska Beseda".
In the summer of 2000 the band for the first time appeared outside Europe. The scene for this year's traditional
tour abroad was quite spectacular: Greenland, the world's largest island and a part of the American
continent. On this huge and cold northern island, where most of the land is covered by an eternal ice cap, the
band was warmly received by the listeners and found great joy in delivering some really hot jazz. This was
done in varying environments. The band performed both in the elegant restaurant of the leading hotel in
Nuuk, Greenland's capital, in Nuuk pubs and in the little Inuit village of Kapisillit with only around 120
inhabitants. Ice, fjords, whales, mountains and hot nights - a trip to remember with pleasure!
The next international appearance took place in September 2001, when the BKAHTDOS band made a short but
intense trip to Italy. The programme included outdoor performances in Rome, the eternal city, and
in Genzano di Roma, a most picturesque little old town in the Roman countryside. However, the highlights of this
trip were undoubtly the two nights when the band played for happy guests at a crowded
"Il posto delle fragole". This centre for culture, with a bar
and a restaurant, is run by the Scandinavian cultural association in Rome, and here the public
and the staff received the band with a warmth and a hospitality that was extraordinary. Thank you!
It is also worth mentioning that guest of honour during one of the nights at "Il posto delle fragole" was Anita
Ekberg, prominent Swedish former international moviestar living in Italy since many years, who was about to
celebrate her 70th birthday. The band is happy to have been able to take part in the recognition of her jubilee.
Score
The band consists of 13 pieces, namely:
· Three trumpets
· One trombone
· One alto saxophone/clarinet alternating
· One tenor saxophone/baryton saxophone/clarinet alternating
· One bass saxophone/soprano saxophone/clarinet alternating
· One clarinet
· Banjo/ guitar alternating
· Piano
· Sousaphone
· String bass
· Drums
Some of the musicians also perform as singers, both coarse and fine.
Public relations
The band is booked through:
BasKlas Eriksson
Österängsgatan 1A
S-753 26 Uppsala, SWEDEN
Telephone: +46 18 693161
E-mail:
klas.eriksson@mobilassistenten.com,
basklas@basklas.org
Coleman Hawkins 100
A memorable moment:
On Sunday 21 November 2004 the BKAHTDOS band celebrated the 100th Anniversary of
Coleman Hawkins,
the "reed genius and father of the jazz saxophone".
We were pleased to be able to feature guests like Frans Sjöström (Sweden, bass saxophone and presentations) and Robert Veen (Holland, saxophones).
The event took place at Kägelbanan, Södra Teatern, situated at Mosebacke Torg in Stockholm. The
audience was evidently very pleased, and we ourselves regard it as our best performance so far.
Click here to see a poster for
this event. (.PDF file 175 kB)
Click here for a highly compressed video
from this event. (.WMV file 7139 kB)
Notice that Frans Sjöström is not only a well-known musician, but also a producer and program leader in Swedish public service radio. His one-hour program
Stardust, focussed on classic jazz, is broadcast
every Sunday at 21.00.
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Forthcoming public events
The following public performances are forthcoming: (Only in Swedish this time)
BKAHTDOS live at Stampen!
BasKlas And His Ten Doctors of
Syncopation, "machine gun jazz", ska förevigas.
Kom till Stampen Stora Nygatan 6, söndag 24 april från kl
18.30.
Vi gör en inspelning som ska resultera i någon form av skiva.
Du har chansen att göra din röst hörd (Äntligen!).
Ta en pilsner, vråla, jubla, bua och lev ut dina
vårkänslor med oss
denna söndagskväll.
Fri entré. Väl mött!
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Last updated: 2005-04-14
