that also had the singer Gunnar Wiklund in it. Gunnar
sang the ‘buttery’ tunes, Rose-Marie sang the jazz.
Since those days at the 50 ties and the 60 ties
Rose-Marie sang with many orchestras up north; Rune Lindstedt, Rullanders,
Nisse Holmquist and many more. The latest big band she performed with was Luleå
Big Band. Since 12 years back she has toured with different jazz musicians;
Peter Gullin, Jan Strinnholm and Dick Gyllander. Mostly in the area around
Sundsvall and upwards the High Coast. She has toured in Murmansk with Luleå Big
Band, where she sang many different styles of music; folk songs, children
tunes, jazz and pop.
She has done a couple of radio program and
participated in ‘Cafe´ Luleå’.
Rose-Marie has a long experience as a jazz singer and
among her absolute favourites you can find Bille Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen
McRae, Chet Baker and many more.
DICK GYLLANDER, gitarrist, Luleå
En
känd jazzprofil! Har spelat sedan han
var liten. Han kom till Luleå i början av 60-talet och den musikaliska banan
fortsatte med spelningar i Köpenhamn, Spanien och på M/S Gripsholms jorden-runt
kryssningar. Sedan blev det Norrbotten och Piteå för att studera spansk gitarr
vid Framnäs musikhögskola, där han också utbildade sig till musiklärare.
I slutet
av 60-talet flyttade han till Järfälla för att arbeta som musiklärare. Han
sammanställde Sveriges första basskola i bokform, Spela elbas. Boken
fick flera efterföljare på grund av sin popularitet. Han fick många jobb i
Stockholm, både i orkestrar och på Dramaten. Han spelade också med Radions
Symfoniorkester.
Dick Gyllander
Det blev
regelbundna framträdanden på Stockholms legendariska jazzklubbar; Stampen,
Guldhatten och Bolaget. Spelade med fantastiska jazzmusiker som Thad Jones, Red
Mitchell, Mel Lewis. Han fick arbete som gitarrist på Yrkestrubadurernas
skivbolag. Han arrangerade låtar åt Thorstein Bergman, Monika Nielsen och många
andra och var ute och turnerade med musiker som bl a Cornelis. Dick gjorde egna
skivor och första skivan hette Nobody Knows. Han skrev arrangemangen till Allan Edwalls visor på skivan Grovdoppa.
En höjdare tycker Dick själv.
Han
återvände till Norrbotten. Bosatte sig i Öjebyn och började jobba som lärare på
Framnäs folkhögskola, där han själv en gång var elev, samt på högskolan i
Piteå. En gammal dröm gick i uppfyllelse när han tillsammans med KG Johansson och
Arno Gullberg införde den afro-amerikanska musiken i utbildningen. Han bildade
Carioca, ett band som spelade musik med inspiration från Brasilien. Han reste
till Rio och förkovrade sig i det latinamerikanska gitarrspelet i en månad hos en duktig musiker.
Han jobbade 13 år som lärare i gitarr, piano, elbas och afroensemble.
1992
flyttade han till Luleå igen men under många år var han i Spanien vintertid,
där han naturligtvis startade en jazzklubb. Han har förärats många stipendier
och arrangerat otaliga populära jazzeftermiddagar på olika ställen i
Luleå. Plus många andra olika
jazzarrangemang i övre norrland.
DICK
GYLLANDER, guitarist, Luleå
A well known jazz personality! Has played since he was little. He came to Luleaa in the beginning of the 60-ties and the musical path went on with engagements in Copenhagen, Spain and on the exclusive ferry M/S Gripsholm’s cruises around the world. After that he went to Piteå in the county of Norrbotten to study Spanish guitar at the musical high school Framnäs where he also trained to be a music teacher. In the end of the 60 ties he moved to a place outside Stockholm to work as a teacher. He did put together the first base school in book form in Sweden, ‘Play the electric base guitar’. The book was followed by more of the same kind, because of it’s popularity. He got many jobs in Stockholm, both in bands and at the Dramatic Theatre. He also played in the Symphony Orchestra of the Swedish radio. He got permanent job at the famous jazz clubs in Stockhom; Stampen, Guldhatten och Bolaget. He played with fantastic musicians like Thad Jones, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis. He was hired as regular guitarist at the Yrkestrubadurernas record company. He arranged songs for very popular balladsingers in Sweden; Thorstein Bergman, Monika Nielsen and many others and he was out on tours with musicians like Cornelis Vreswijk. He produced his own records, the first record was Nobody Knows. He wrote the arrangements for Allan Edwall (a beloved actor in Sweden) songs on the record Grovdoppa. Due to himself a highlight in his life.
He returned to Norrbotten. Got a housing in Öjebyn, and started to work as a teacher on the high school in Piteå folk-high school where he once himself was a student. He fulfilled an old dream when he in cooperation with KG Johansson and Arno Gullberg, took in the Afro-American into the education. He started the band Carioca, a band that played music with inspiration from Brazil. He travelled to Rio and took lessons from a proficient musician in playing the Latin American music. He worked 13 years teaching guitar, piano, electric double base and Afro-ensemble. 1992 he moved to Luleå again, but did spend many winters in Spain, where he of course started a jazz club! He has received many awards and arranged numerous occasions with jazz music during all this years, especially the jazz afternoons on different restaurants in Luleå.