Klas Lindquist

Klas Lindquist is a Swedish alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer who plays in the swing and bebop lineage and leads the Klas Lindquist Nonet, the main outlet for his own writing. Born in 1975 in Göteborg, he trained at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at Mannes College of Music in New York. He has made five albums as a leader and appeared as a featured soloist on more than forty others, working with Clark Terry, Alice Babs and Jan Lundgren, and he is a longstanding partner of pianist Champian Fulton in the Champian Fulton Scandinavian Quartet. His nonet's 2023 album Alternative Source of Energy topped the readers' poll for Jazz Album of the Year in the Swedish magazine Orkesterjournalen, and his composition The Genius won first prize in the Brussels Jazz Orchestra international composition contest. He has also received the Golden Sax, presented by saxophonist Arne Domnérus, and the Alice Babs Award.