Rolf Jardemark, guitarist. Photo: Magnus Bergström

Rolf Jardemark, born November 23, 1960[1] in Gothenburg, is a Swedish jazz musician (guitar) and composer.

After going to musical college at age 16 Rolf Jardemark studied classical guitar at The Academy of Music in Gothenberg.[2] His album debut was in 1989, after that he has released about ten more albums, most recently The Ripple Effect[6] (2023) where the pianist Lars Jansson participates together with drummer Adam Ross and bassist Olli Rantala. Rolf Jardemarks style as a guitarist has been compared with Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell and Pat Martino.[3] Since 2000, he also runs his own record label, Guitarland Records. Rolf Jardemark is mentioned in the book The Great Jazz Guitarists – The Ultimate Guide[4],by the American jazz historian and author Scott Yanow. [5]. In June 2013 he participated in the semiannual Grand Summit Hotel concert, at Grand Summit Hotel in New Jersey, USA, an evening starred by American guitarist Gene Batoncini[6]. Among many other collaborations he has worked with American saxophonist David Wilczewski, American guitarist John Stowell[7], Swedish trombone player Nils Landgren.

Discography edit

  • Soft Landing (1989)
  • Jungle Crunch (1991)
  • Guitarland (1993) (With Lars Danielsson and Anders Kjellberg)
  • Further Adventures in Guitarland (1997)
  • Toco (2000)
  • Rosewood (2005)
  • Get out of Town (2009)
  • Sunset in Guitarland (2010)
  • Twin Guitars (2012)
  • Blue Age (2015)
  • Cosmology (2016) (With John Stowell)
  • Springtime in New York (2019)
  • On a Sunny Side (2021)
  • The Ripple Effect (2023)

References edit

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2023-04-01). The Great Jazz Guitarists – The Ultimate Guide. Backbeat Books. sid. 99. ISBN ISBN 978–1–61713–023–6
  2. ^ "Rolf Jardemark Musician - All About Jazz".
  3. ^ String Jazz – Europe's Premier Jazz Guitar Publication (January 1997)
  4. ^ Yanow, Scott (2023-04-01). The Great Jazz Guitarists – The Ultimate Guide. Backbeat Books. sid. 99. ISBN ISBN 978–1–61713–023–6
  5. ^ "Rolf Jardemark Musician - All About Jazz".
  6. ^ Jersey Jazz – Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society, September 2013
  7. ^ The New York Jazz Record, November 2017, page 27