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Stan Hasselgard
12+ albums
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Greatly influenced by Benny Goodman, Stan Hasselgård was an ill-fated Swedish clarinetist who focused on swing in the late '30s and '40s, but started exploring bebop toward the end of his life. In fact, he was among the first musicians to play bop on the clarinet. The jazzman was born Ake Hasselgård in Sundsvall, Sweden, but grew up in the small town of Bollnas. Hasselgård was given a clarinet for his 16th birthday. At 19, while he was attending the University of Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden, he joined a small group called the Royal Swingers. Hasselgård joined bassist Arthur Osterwall's quintet in 1945, which was also the year in which he helped form a new Royal Swingers lineup. By the mid-'40s, the clarinetist had become well-known in Swedish jazz circles, and 1946-1947 found him being featured prominently on recordings by the Swingers, as well as the sextet of bassist Simon Brehm. By July 1947, Hasselgård was living in New York, where he sat in with Jack Teagarden at the Famous Door on the legendary 52nd Street not long after his arrival. Then in 1948, Hasselgård got a chance to play and record with his idol, Benny Goodman, who employed the Swede in a two-clarinet septet that also included Mary Lou Williams and Wardell Gray. It was also in 1948 that Hasselgård employed American musicians on some small-group recordings of his own and headlined the 52nd Street club called the Three Deuces, where he had a quintet that boasted Max Roach on drums. On the opening night of his Deuc
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The Early Years Vol. 10
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Milestones - A Jazz Anthology Of Legendary Performers
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California Sessions
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That Devilin' Tune - a Jazz History, 1895-1950 Volume 4 (Disc 6)
Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions
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That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950), Vol. 4 (1946-1951)
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Cottontop 1946-1948
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The Permanent Hasselgard 1945-48
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The Illustrious Clarinetists Of Jazz: 1927-1949
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Jazz Clarinet - High Society
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Bebop story: Vol. 10
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The Encyclopedia Of Jazz. Part 4. Bebop Story. Volume 010