Rolf Ericson


Rolf Ericson was a Swedish jazz trumpeter. He also played the flugelhorn.

Early career

Ericson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He moved to New York City in 1947 and, in 1949, joined Charlie Barnet's big band and then with Woody Herman in 1950. Later, he worked with Paul Gonsalves, Charlie Parker, and Charles Mingus.
Returning to Sweden in 1950, he recorded as a leader and with Arne Domnérus, as well as for Leonard Feather's Swinging Swedes and Lars Gullin, He returned to the U.S. during 1953–1956, and played with the big bands of Charlie Spivak, Harry James, the Dorsey Brothers, and Les Brown, and was with the Lighthouse All-Stars. In 1956, he toured Sweden and played with Ernestine Anderson and Lars Gullin.

Later career

From 1956 to 1965, he was back in the U.S., working with Dexter Gordon, Harold Land, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Gerry Mulligan, Dan Terry, Max Roach and Charles Mingus, among others. He was with the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1963 until 1971. In the early 1960s, he made three recordings as a member of the Rod Levitt orchestra. Ericson played with the Al Porcino Big Band in Berlin in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

As sideman

With Jan AllanJan Allan ’70
With Chet BakerWitch Doctor
With Curtis Counce
With Arne DomnérusArne Domnérus And His Orchestra 1950/1951 With Rolf Ericson Featuring Lars Gullin In Concert With Bengt Hallberg & Rolf Ericson
With Kenny DorhamScandia Skies
With Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington in Grona Lund 1963 Ellington at Basin Street Harlem Ellington '65 70th Birthday Concert Duke Ellington in Sweden 1973 featuring Alice Babs
With Art FarmerListen to [Art Farmer and the Orchestra]
With Maynard Ferguson
With Dexter GordonAfter Hours After Midnight
With Lars GullinJazz Amour Affair
With Johnny HodgesEverybody Knows Johnny Hodges
With Quincy JonesThe Great Wide World of Quincy Jones Live! Live In Ludwigshafen 1961
With Stan KentonViva Kenton! Standards in Silhouette Road Show – with June Christy and The Four Freshmen
With Harold LandHarold in the Land of Jazz
With Rod LevittThe Dynamic Sound Patterns Insight Solid Ground
With Charles MingusThe Complete Town Hall Concert The [Black Saint and the Sinner Lady] Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
With Buddy RichBlues Caravan
With Leo Wright
  • ''It's All Wright - Plays 12 All-Time-Hits''