Sven Arne Domnérus (20 December 1924 – 2 September 2008) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Career
He began to play the clarinet at the age of 11 but had taken up the saxophone by the time he left school and then turned professional. In 1949 he performed at the Paris Jazz Festival[1] and with
Charlie Parker when Parker was on tour in Sweden in 1950. A few years later he recorded with
Clifford Brown,
Art Farmer, and
James Moody. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1960s he was a featured soloist in the Swedish Radio Big Band.[1] He wrote for film and television and recorded with
Lars Gullin and
Bengt Hallberg.[2]
With
Bengt-Arne Wallin,
Rolf Ericson, and
Åke Persson (the latter two were former members of
Duke Ellington's Orchestra), he participated in the Jazz Workshops organised for the
Ruhrfest in Recklinghausen by Hans Gertberg from the Hamburg radio station. He recorded several times with
Quincy Jones in Sweden and is featured throughout, "The Midnight Sun Never Sets", composed and arranged by Jones and recorded under Jones' direction by
Harry Arnold's orchestra in 1958. Domnérus' playing in his early career was typical of the cool, sophisticated, technically accomplished and lyrical style of Swedish modern jazz during the 1950s. Domnérus' health declined in his last years, and he retired from playing.[1]
Sven Arne Domnérus (20 December 1924 – 2 September 2008) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Career
He began to play the clarinet at the age of 11 but had taken up the saxophone by the time he left school and then turned professional. In 1949 he performed at the Paris Jazz Festival[1] and with
Charlie Parker when Parker was on tour in Sweden in 1950. A few years later he recorded with
Clifford Brown,
Art Farmer, and
James Moody. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1960s he was a featured soloist in the Swedish Radio Big Band.[1] He wrote for film and television and recorded with
Lars Gullin and
Bengt Hallberg.[2]
With
Bengt-Arne Wallin,
Rolf Ericson, and
Åke Persson (the latter two were former members of
Duke Ellington's Orchestra), he participated in the Jazz Workshops organised for the
Ruhrfest in Recklinghausen by Hans Gertberg from the Hamburg radio station. He recorded several times with
Quincy Jones in Sweden and is featured throughout, "The Midnight Sun Never Sets", composed and arranged by Jones and recorded under Jones' direction by
Harry Arnold's orchestra in 1958. Domnérus' playing in his early career was typical of the cool, sophisticated, technically accomplished and lyrical style of Swedish modern jazz during the 1950s. Domnérus' health declined in his last years, and he retired from playing.[1]