Fredrik Kronkvist

Fredrik Kronkvist is considered one of Sweden&#39;s greatest jazz musicians with 25 albums released as an artistic leader and is releasing his new series called Art Of The Jazz Ballad. His deep sense of drawing the emotional essence from a melody has taking his compositions to world fame and his <a href="spotify:album:5TukPT8lJcjrx8tVMpuHg6" data-name="Ballads">Ballads</a> albums are on display on Spotify official play lists as <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWVqfgj8NZEp1" data-name="Coffee Table Jazz">Coffee Table Jazz</a>, <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWTALrdBtcXjw" data-name="Jazzy Dinner">Jazzy Dinner</a>, <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX7YCknf2jT6s" data-name="State of Jazz">State of Jazz</a> and <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWUb0uBnlJuTi" data-name="Jazz-Funk">Jazz-Funk</a> to name a few with songs like <a href="spotify:track:13bQmxqFmJp7rRVBvEkzgd" data-name="Theme For Leon">Theme For Leon</a>, <a href="spotify:track:5duSC0GiQTYs2fdYnS4Qx5" data-name="Theme for Ernie">Theme for Ernie</a>, <a href="spotify:track:2z9Vm6TW7T3NgdvR7QOZqO" data-name="Starlight">Starlight</a> and <a href="spotify:track:04jtzeMo72wovY0vFq0VIw" data-name="Sketches of Blue">Sketches of Blue</a> . Kronkvist&#39;s saxophone playing have received great international attention with the world class quartet with <a href="spotify:artist:0hZXvDnljkma4aThiBMQ6h" data-name="Jeff &#34;Tain&#34; Watts">Jeff &#34;Tain&#34; Watts</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1E4jlqY2HEXKLT0YkNy3HL" data-name="Orrin Evans">Orrin Evans</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:6bdkZsFJke5IhwIe7MEK8Y" data-name="Martin SjÖstedt">Martin SjÖstedt</a> and also the Swedish Grammy nomination of the album Monk Vibes (feat. Jason Marsalis, Reuben Rogers &amp; Gregory Hutchinson) with <a href="spotify:artist:3kZyLijv2b47kwz0qoRpT6" data-name="Jason Marsalis">Jason Marsalis</a> on vibes and earlier with his quartet with pianist <a href="spotify:artist:0BTfBwYC5Mw5ezDg91JBma" data-name="Aaron Goldberg">Aaron Goldberg</a>, bassist <a href="spotify:artist:4suPNNUCtzkjmLIQnCGNeL" data-name="Reuben Rogers">Reuben Rogers</a> and drummer <a href="spotify:artist:4uFjFfYlOxBKvdHKuHqk2y" data-name="Gregory Hutchinson">Gregory Hutchinson</a>. The recent albums <a href="spotify:album:5xFwDO0wL0RrEgg1i54i77" data-name="New York Elements (feat. Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers &amp; Gregory Hutchinson)">New York Elements (feat. Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers &amp; Gregory Hutchinson)</a> and Reflecting Time (feat. Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers &amp; Gregory Hutchinson) have got four stars out of five in the Down Beat Jazz Magazine and made it to Down Beat&#39;s list of Best Albums of the Year. He has performed at major international jazz festivals and jazz clubs in Japan, USA, Chile, Germany, Spain, England, Norway, Denmark and others with international collaborations with musicians like <a href="spotify:artist:3kZyLijv2b47kwz0qoRpT6" data-name="Jason Marsalis">Jason Marsalis</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:19KpCg8O15A2eZ416EyFdw" data-name="Antonio Sánchez">Antonio Sánchez</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6de0V6wLyRKp3I2LDMrXCr" data-name="Marcus Strickland">Marcus Strickland</a> and others.