Jan Lundgren

Jan Lundgren (born 22 March 1966 in Kristianstad), raised in Ronneby, is a Swedish jazz musician (piano), known for his solo work, and his own jazz trio.

Lundgren was formerly in the group "St. Thomas" before studying music in Malmø (1986-1991), at the same time as he played in an established jazz orchestra with Arne Domnérus, Putte Wickman ("En sommarkonsert", 2004) and Bernt Rosengren and most recently with Georg Riedel ("Lockrop", Gemini, 2006). His first releases were "Conclusion" (FLC, 1994) and "Bird of Passage" (FLC, 1995), following up with a collaboration with the Peter Asplund quartet ("California Collection", 1997).

In 1995 he set up his own trio with Mattias Svensson/Matthias Hjort on bass and Morten Lund/Rasmus Kihlberg on drums, which has released records on Sittel ("Swedish standards" 1997; "Something to live for" 1999; "For Listeners only" 2001; "Swedish landscapes" 2003; "Plays the music of Jules Styne" 2004). Lundgren and his trio won the Gyllene Skivan for "Swedish Standards" 1997.

The trio took part in an international expo of Swedish Jazz at the Carnegie Hall in 2000.

He released a record with Chuck Berghoefer and Joe LaBarbera ("Cookin' at the Jazz Bakery", 1996), and toured with Lee Konitz on his Swedish tour of 2005.

He was awarded Swedish jazz musician of the year in (Sveriges Radio's awards).