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 Gustafsson
  • Dialog
  • Svarta Far
  • Varat Gang
  • Conversation
  • Portrait of Porter
  • Sketches of Standards
With Bengt Hallberg
  • Duets for Duke
  • Downtown Meeting
  • Skyline Drive
  • ''Jazz at the Pawnshop''

    As sideman

With Harry Arnold
  • This 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 Babs
  • Alice and Wonderband
  • Music with a Jazz Flavour
  • Om Sommaren Skona
  • Alice Babs Serenading Duke Ellington
  • Illusion
With Friedrich Gulda
  • Music for Piano and Band
  • Jazz for the Virtuoso
  • Jazz at Auditorium
With Lars Gullin
  • Lars Gullin and His Groups
  • Aeros Aromatic Atomica Suite
  • The Great Lars Gullin Vol. 1 '55/'56
With Rune Gustafsson
With Bengt Hallberg
  • Vol. 2
  • Spelet Om Job
  • Hallberg's Hot Accordion in the Foreground
  • In New York
  • Powerhouse Kraftverk
  • Spring On the Air
With Jan Johansson
  • Rorelser
  • 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 Johansson
  • Vardkasar
  • Frostrosor
  • Blaslandor
With Georg Riedel
  • Jazz Ballet
  • Riedaiglia
  • Puls Gymnastikmusik
  • Motiomera
  • En Strimma Av Trost
  • Kirbitz
With George Russell
  • Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 2
  • Vertical Form VI
  • New York Big Band
With Lars Samuelson
With Swedish Radio Jazz Group
  • Arktisk Svit/En Dag I Radiohuset Med Broderna Marx
  • Seismisk Komposition/Monday's Child
  • Jan Johansson Longing
With Bengt-Arne Wallin
  • Old Folklore in Swedish Modern
  • The Magic Box
  • Varmluft
  • The Birth and Re-Birth of Swedish Folk Jazz
With Monica Zetterlund
  • Swedish Sensation
  • Chicken Feathers
  • Folk Som Har Sanger Kan Inte Do
  • Spring Is Here
With others