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Peter Almqvist

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Peter Almqvist
Born(1957-07-17)17 July 1957
Lund, Sweden
DiedApril 2015
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsStoryville
Formerly ofGuitars Unlimited

Peter Almqvist (17 July 1957 – April 2015) was a Swedish jazz guitarist who started the duo Guitars Unlimited with Ulf Wakenius.

Career

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Almqvist started playing guitar after hearing the Beatles. His introduction to jazz came from his father's record collection. A native of Sweden, he took lessons in London from guitarist Ike Isaacs.[1]

Almqvist and guitarist Ulf Wakenius founded the acoustic jazz duo Guitars Unlimited.[1][2] From 1982–'83, Almqvist worked with violinist Svend Asmussen.[1] In the 1990s, he started a trio that toured with Art Farmer and made an album with pianist Horace Parlan.[1]

Almqvist died at the age of 57 in early April 2015 during Easter weekend.[3][4]

Discography

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  • Dig Myself & I (Storyville, 1995)
  • With Horace Parlan (Storyville, 1997)
  • My Sound: Solos and Duets (Storyville, 2001)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
  2. ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Guitars Unlimited". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Jazzgitarristen Peter Almqvist död" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Musikern Peter Almqvist ur tiden". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 7 April 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.