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Trumpeter, composer, arranger, writer and educator, born in 1945 in Stockholm, has been active on the Swedish jazz scene for over 30 years. As leader of the fusion group Egba, established in 1971, he has played at most of the Scandinavian jazz clubs and festivals as well as touring many countries. He has composed most of the tunes on the nine albums with EGBA that were issued 1974-89 and he has played with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group lead by, for instance, George Russell, Mike Gibbs, Anthony Braxton, Bob Brookmeyer, Terje Rypdal, Tony Coe, Lars Sjösten, Örjan Fahlström and Per Henrik Wallin. He was also commissioned to write three works for the Swedish Radio Jazz Group of which two, Chordeography (1986) and Café International (1992), have been issued on record. After a commission from The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in 1999 Ulf performed a new piece at the Berwald Hall in Stockholm titled Odyssey of Karib. Ulf Adĺker has also frequently been heard with his own ensembles, large and small, and he has also taken part in recordings with a long list of prominent artists. African rhythms, jazz harmonies, big band power and the pulse of rock are just a few of the musical Lego pieces that Ulf Adĺker has succeeded in assembling into ever-surprising forms. Ulf Adĺker is active as an educator in several areas, perhaps most notably at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he has been teaching since 1984. He is also chairman of the Association of Swedish Jazz Musicians (F