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Union Rhythm Kings

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Genres
  
New Orleans jazz

Labels
  
Herman Records

Origin
  
Stockholm, Sweden (2007)

Years active
  
2007–present

Genre
  
Dixieland

Albums
  
A Hot Reunion

Website
  
Union Rhythm Kings on Myspace

Members
  
Bent Persson, Kristoffer Kompen, Morten Gunnar Larsen

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Union Rhythm Kings (established 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Norwegian - Swedish sextet performing traditional New Orleans jazz. The band was founded by the trombonist Kristoffer Kompen.

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Biography

Union Rhythm Kings has several tours in Norway and Sweden since 2008, where they played in various jazz clubs, concert halls, cultural and jazz festivals like the Oslo Jazzfestival, the Trondheim Jazz Festival, Gothenburg Jazz Festival, Moldejazz and the Classic Jazzparty in Newcastle.

The band is a combination of Swedish and Norwegian musicians of two generations, which has developed a genuine interest in the traditional New Orleans jazz from the 1920s and 1930s.

Personnel

  • Bent Persson ( Sweden), trompet,
  • Lars Frank ( Norway) - clarinet & saxophone
  • Kristoffer Kompen ( Norway) - trombone
  • Jacob Ullberger ( Sweden) - banjo & guitar
  • Frans Sjöström ( Sweden) - bass axophon
  • Morten Gunnar Larsen ( Norway) - piano
  • Discography

  • 2008: A Hot Reunion! (Herman Records)
  • Songs

    Black Bottom StompA Hot Reunion · 2009
    Jazz Me BluesA Hot Reunion · 2009
    Keyhole BluesA Hot Reunion · 2009

    References

    Union Rhythm Kings Wikipedia