Arne Domnérus


Sven Arne Domnérus was a Swedish jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

Career

He began to play the clarinet at the age of 11 but had taken up the saxophone by the time he left school and then turned professional. In 1949 he performed at the Paris Jazz Festival and with Charlie Parker when Parker was on tour in Sweden in 1950. A few years later he recorded with Clifford Brown, Art Farmer, and James Moody. From the middle 1950s to the middle 1960s he was a featured soloist in the Swedish Radio Big Band. He wrote for film and television and recorded with Lars Gullin and Bengt Hallberg.
With Bengt-Arne Wallin, Rolf Ericson, and Åke Persson, he participated in the Jazz Workshops organised for the Ruhrfest in Recklinghausen by Hans Gertberg from the Hamburg radio station. He recorded several times with Quincy Jones in Sweden and is featured throughout, "The Midnight Sun Never Sets", composed and arranged by Jones and recorded under Jones' direction by Harry Arnold's orchestra in 1958. Domnérus' playing in his early career was typical of the cool, sophisticated, technically accomplished and lyrical style of Swedish modern jazz during the 1950s. Domnérus' health declined in his last years, and he retired from playing.
He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1994 and the Litteris et Artibus in 2002.

Discography

As leader

Come Listen with Me Arne Domnerus Mobil Fancy Dedikation Hall Dig I Gang I Let a Song Go Out... Songs of Simon Songs of Simon & Garfunkel Sabra I'll Be Seeing You Antiphone Blues We Love You Madly Arne Domnerus Spelar Povel Ramel Jazz at the Pawnshop When Lights Are Low Scandinavian Design Hypertoni Ja, Vi Alskar The Sheik A.D. 1980 Musik Under Stjarnorna Brost-Toner Evergreens Fra Kanaan Duke's Melody Fragment Blue and Yellow Rapturous Reeds with Bob Wilber Dompan at the Savoy Good Vibes: Jazz at the Pawnshop 3 Sugar Fingers Far Jag Lov...Eller Skall Vi Dansa Forst Heartfelt In Concert with Best Hallberg & Rolf Ericson Live Is Life Happy Together! with Putte Wickman Easy Going Jazz at the Pawnshop 2 Arne Domnerus Septet in Concert A Little Bossa Nova Face to Face with Bernt Rosengren What Kind of Fool Am I Jazz Under the Stars Ett Dagsverke
With Rune GustafssonDialog Svarta Far Varat Gang Conversation Portrait of Porter Sketches of Standards
With Bengt HallbergDuets for Duke Downtown Meeting Skyline Drive
  • ''Jazz at the Pawnshop''

As sideman

With Harry ArnoldThis Is Harry and the Mystery Band Havin' a Ball Guest Book Harry Arnold Jazz Show Live 1959 Premiar! The Big Band in Concert 1957/58 Studio Sessions 56–58 Big Band 1964/65 Vol 1 Big Band 1964/65 Vol 2
With Alice BabsAlice and Wonderband Music with a Jazz Flavour Om Sommaren Skona Alice Babs Serenading Duke Ellington Illusion
With Friedrich GuldaMusic for Piano and Band Jazz for the Virtuoso Jazz at Auditorium
With Lars GullinLars Gullin and His Groups Aeros Aromatic Atomica Suite The Great Lars Gullin Vol. 1 '55/'56
With Rune GustafssonYoung Guitar Killing Me Softly Standards
With Bengt HallbergVol. 2 Spelet Om Job Hallberg's Hot Accordion in the Foreground In New York Powerhouse Kraftverk Spring On the Air
With Jan JohanssonRorelser Jazz Pa Ryska Pa Skiva Med Jan Johansson Du Gladjerika Skona Younger Than Springtime Jan Johansson Spelar Musik Pa Sitt Eget Vis Folkvisor Den Korta Fristen Ack Varmeland Du Skona Rosa Barnvisor
With Radiojazzgruppen/Jan JohanssonVardkasar Frostrosor Blaslandor
With Georg RiedelJazz Ballet Riedaiglia Puls Gymnastikmusik Motiomera En Strimma Av Trost Kirbitz
With George RussellOthello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 2 Vertical Form VI New York Big Band
With Lars SamuelsonDance Party Party Music 3 Het Sommar
With Swedish Radio Jazz GroupArktisk Svit/En Dag I Radiohuset Med Broderna Marx Seismisk Komposition/Monday's Child Jan Johansson Longing
With Bengt-Arne WallinOld Folklore in Swedish Modern The Magic Box Varmluft The Birth and Re-Birth of Swedish Folk Jazz
With Monica ZetterlundSwedish Sensation Chicken Feathers Folk Som Har Sanger Kan Inte Do Spring Is Here
With others