# Mats Gustafsson

Mats Olof Gustafsson (Umeå), 29 oktober 1964) is een Zweedse saxofonist actief in de Scandinavische freejazz-scene. Gustafsson is ook internationaal actief als vrije improvisatie-muzikant, betrokken bij diverse samenwerkingsverbanden met onder andere Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy en Derek Bailey.

## Projecten

* The Thing

## Belangrijkste samenwerkingen

* Paal Nilssen-Love
* Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
* Joe McPhee
* Ken Vandermark
* Sonic Youth op Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) en SYR8
* Zu op How To Raise an Ox

## Discografie

* 1988, Now or never, Bauta Rec BAR 8803. Sten Sandell.
* 1988, Saw, Radium 046. The too much too soon orchestra.
* 1989, Tjo och tjim, Dragon DRLP192. Gush and Sven-Åke Johansson.
* 1989, Sounds: Contemporary Swedish improvised music, Blue Tower records BTLP 01/02. Includes two tracks from 'Two slices of electric car'.
* 1989, The Aerial no. 6, AER 1994/6. Duo with Ricardo Dal Farra.
* 1990, Try me, Blue Tower BTSHH 50. The Try me ensemble.
* 1990, From things to sounds, Dragon DRCD 204. Gush
* 1990/1991, Nothing to read, Blue Tower BRCD03.
* 1991, Dolphins, dolphins, dolphins, Dragon DRCD 215. Per Henrick Wallin.
* 1992, Letter 4, Leo CD LR190. Duo with Sainkho Namchylak.
* 1992, Mouth eating trees and related activities, Okka Disk OD12010. Gustafsson/Guy/Lovens.
* 1991/1992, Sometimes crosswise, Moers 02094 CD. Günter Christmann.
* 1993, Vario-34, Edition Explico exp 05/Blue Tower Records BTCD 06.
* 1994, Parrot fish eye, Okka Disk 12006.
* 1994, Gushwachs, Bead CD002. Gush and Phil Wachsmann.
* 1988/94, Of if - best of Improvised Friday, Blue Tower BTCD 05. Forthcoming.
* 1994/1995, You forget to answer, Maya MCD 9601. With Barry Guy and Raymond Strid.
* 1995, Blow horn, Okka Disk OD 12019. FJF.
* 1995, For Don Cherry, Okka Disk ODL 10003. Gustafsson/Hamid Drake duo.
* 1995, The education of Lars Jerry, XERIC XER-CD-100. Solo.
* 1995, Nickelsdorf Konfrontation, Silkheart 143. Joel Futterman-Kidd Jordan Quintet.
* 1994/96, The spirit of milvus milvus, Rub-a-Dub CD14. Christer Bothen.
* 1996, Opus apus, LJCD 5212. Jormin/Gustafsson/Jormin.
* 1996, Upgrade and afterlife, Drag City DC90CD. Gastr del sol.
* 1996, gryffgryffgryffs, Music & Arts CD-1003. Guy, Gustafsson, Strid, Crispell.
* 1996, Battuto, Random Acoustics RA 023. Gustafsson, Lonberg-Holm, Kapsalis, Corbett.
* 1996, Improvisors, Kontrans 143. With Jaap Blonk and Michael Zerang.
* 1996, Live at Fasching, Dragon DRCD 313. Gush.
* 1996, Live in Tampere, Dragon DRCD 327. Gush.
* 1996, Impropositions, Phono Suecia PSCD 99. Enhanced CD.
* 1996, Hidden in the stomach, Silkheart 149. Aaly Trio + Ken Vandermark.
* 1996, Concert in Berlin 1996, Wobbly Rail WOB007. Georg Gräwe Quintet.
* 1996, Electric eel, QBICO 30. Gush.
* 1997, Lennart, Blue Tower Records BTCDS 51. Two slices of acoustic car.
* 1997, Live in Holland '97, X-OR FR 5. With Misha Mengelberg and Gert-Jan Prins.
* 1997, Frogging, Maya MCD 9702. Duo with Barry Guy.
* 1997, The Chicago Octet/Tentet, Okka disk OD12022. Peter Brötzmann.
* 1997, One to (two)..., Okka Disk ODL 10002. Gustafsson/Christmann duo.
* 1997, Hidros one (1997), Caprice 21566.
* 1997/98, Three concerts per a A.T., Edition Explico 08. Three tracks with Christmann/Lovens.
* 1998, Stumble, Wobbly Rail WOB-002. AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark.
* 1998, 98 Duets, Wobbly Rail WOB004. Two duos with Jeb Bishop.
* 1998, Background music, hatOLOGY 526. Gregorio/Gustafsson/Nordeson.
* 1998, * water writes always in * plural, Concepts of doing 004. Vario 34-2.
* 1998, Apertura, Blue Chopsticks BC2. Duo with David Grubbs.
* 1999, They were gentle and pretty pigs, The Beak Doctor BD7. Goodman/Gustafsson/Cremaschi.
* 1999, Live at the Glenn Miller Café, Wobbly Rail WOB-008. AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark.
* 1999, Three rocks and a pine, Ninth World Music NWM 020. With The Wild Mans Band.
* 1999, Stone/Water, Okka disk OD12032. The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet.
* 1999, Double or nothing, Okka disk OD12035. AALY Trio/DKV Trio.
* 1999, Sticky tongues and kitchen knives, XERIC XER-CD-101. Duo with John Corbett.
* 1999, Xylophonen virtuosen, Incus CD38. Duo with Jim O'Rourke.
* 1999, Windows: the music of Steve Lacy, Blue Chopsticks BC4. Solo.
* 1999, Port Huron picnic, Spool SPL 110/LINE 10. Trio with Kurt Newman and Mike Gennaro.
* 1999, Sounds 99, Blue Tower Records BTCD 09/10/11.
* 2000, The Thing, Crazy Wisdom 001. Trio with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love.
* 2000, I wonder if I was screaming, Crazy Wisdom 003. AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark.
* 2000, Inscape - Tableaux, Intakt CD 066. Barry Guy New Orchestra.
* 2000, Broken English, Okka disk OD12043. The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two.
* 2000, Hidros 3, Smalltown Supersound STS080CD. Mats Gustafsson/Sonic Youth with Friends.
* 2000, Short visit to nowhere, Okka disk OD12044. The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two.
* 2000, Two lightboxes, Locust 53. The Peter Brötzmann Tentet Plus Two + The Come Sunday Ensemble.
* 2000/2001, Look at the music, Olof Bright OBCD09. Two track on compilation CD.
* 2001, I love it when you snore, Smalltown Supersound STS063CD. Duo with Paal Nilssen-Love.
* 2001, The music of Norman Howard, Anagram Records ANA LP 001. School Days and The Thing
* 2002, Chicago 2002, Emanem 4082. Paul Rutherford.
* 2002, Trees and truths, Olof Bright OBEP 6, 7, 8. Håkan Blomkvist/Mats Gustafsson.
* 2002, Friend of the bumblebee, Rönnells/Håll Tjäften TJÄFT 002.
* 2002, The Zanzibar excursion, STIM/SAMI. A promotional 32-minute DVD for DJustable.
* 2002, Off-road, Blue Chopsticks BC11. Duo with David Grubbs.
* 2002/2003, Images, Okka disk OD12047. The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet.
* 2002/2003, Signs, Okka disk OD12048. The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet.
* 2003, No one ever works alone, Okka disk OD12053. Sonore.
* 2003, Live at Blå, Smalltown Superjazzz STSJ099CD. The Thing.
* 2003, Norrköping, Atavistic ALP161CD. Gush.
* 2003, Blues, Atavistic ALP163CD. Gustafsson/Stackenäs.
* 2004, Garage, Smalltown Superjazzz STS078CD. The Thing.
* 2004, 13 Erindringer fra Hr. Grøns liv, Ninth World Music NWM 035. Torden Kvartetten
* 2004, Be music, night, Okka disk OD12059. The Chicago Tentet featuring Mike Pearson. Also issued on Jazzwerkstatt JW 002.
* 2004, Oort-Entropy, Intakt CD 101. Barry Guy New Orchestra.
* 2004, Critical mass, psi 05.06. Agustí Fernández/Mats Gustafsson.
* 2005, Slide, Firework Editions FER 1054. Solo on the slide saxophone.
* 2005, Catapult, doubtmusic dms-103. Baritone sax solo.
* 2005, ONJO, doubtmusic dms-102. Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra.
* 2005, Out to lunch, doubtmusic dmf-108. Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra.
* 2005, Plingeling/Plingaling, Olof Bright OBCD 12. Olle Bonniér.
* 2006, Free The Jazz Free The Jazz Discs FREE#1. Eric Oscarsson and the Perspectives.
* 2006, Only the devil has no dreams Jazzwerkstatt JW013. Sonore.
* 2006, American landscapes 1, Okka disk OD12067. The Chicago Tentet.
* 2006, American landscapes 2, Okka disk OD12068. The Chicago Tentet.
* 2006, Beiroet-Ystad, Olof Bright OBCD 16-17.
* 2006, Tarfala, Maya Recordings MCD0801. Guy/Gustafsson/Strid.
* 2007, At Molde 2007 (10 years 10tet), Okka disk OD12072. The Chicago Tentet.
* 2008, Cor Fuhler / Mats Gustafsson - Split LP Series #3 (NM030 LP), Narrominded