Svenska Löd AB! -

Svenska Löd AB! was a Swedish jazz-rock band that self-released the 1971 album Hörselmat. Guitarist Janne Schaffer proliferated as a session player and solo artist.

Members: Lennart Axelsson (trumpet), Mats Eriksson (trombone), Kalle Lundborg (saxophone), Olle Wirén (saxophone), Bengt Lindqvist (keyboards), Janne Schaffer (guitar), Jan Bergman (bass), Nils-Erik Svensson (drums)

Background

Svenska Löd AB formed in 1969 in Stockholm around organist Bengt Lindqvist, bassist Jan Bergman, and drummer Nils-Erik Svensson.

Svensson, also known as Nils-Erik Slörner, accompanied pianist Bengt Hallberg in March 1962 in a quartet with guitarist Rune Gustafsson and bassist Lasse Pettersson. In January 1969, Lindqvist and Svensson backed clarinetist Putte Wickman and Brazilian guitarist–accordionist Sivuca on a session first released in 1982 on Four Leaf Clover Records.

The group assembled an octet with guitarist Janne Schaffer, trumpeter Lennart Axelsson, trombonist Mats Eriksson, and tenor saxophonists Kalle Lundborg and Olle Wirén. Schaffer played in the 1960s with the Stockholm pop band the Sleepstones. He replaced guitarist Georg Wadenius in Grapes of Wrath and formed Opus III with drummer Ola Brunkert and bassist Björn Stolt. The guitarist accompanied singer Björn Skifs on the 1970 album Both Sides Now.

Axelsson played from 1963 to 1970 in the Putte Wickman Big Band and studied from 1965 to 1968 at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. Lundborg played tenor saxophone and flute in 1966 with organist Merit Hemmingson and the Meritones on the album At the Esquire Club.

Svenska Löd AB prepared Hörselmat for a planned Europafilm release. The musicians convened in November 1971 at Europa Film with radio producer Janne Forsell and engineer Gert Palmcrantz.

Discography:

Hörselmat (1971)

References and notes

Hörselmat — Creole Stream Music reissue notes. Identifies the 1969 formation around Bengt Lindqvist, Jan Bergman, and Nils-Erik Slörner. (Disk Union)
Svenska Löd AB — band entry. Identifies Stockholm as the group location. (Musikon)
Bengt Hallberg Early Recordings: Radio. Reproduces Vax Records personnel and dates, including the March 22, 1962 quartet session with Nils-Erik Svensson. See page 10. (Radiomuseet)
Putte Wickman & Sivuca — Four Leaf Clover catalogue notice. Identifies the January 27, 1969 Sveriges Radio session with Bengt Lindqvist, Sture Nordin, and Nils-Erik Slörner. (Plugged Music Distribution)
Janne Schaffer — autobiography. Covers the Sleepstones, the replacement of Georg Wadenius in Grapes of Wrath, Opus III, and the 1970 Björn Skifs album. (Janne Schaffer)
Lennart Axelsson — official biography. Gives the 1963–1970 Putte Wickman Big Band tenure and the 1965–1968 Stockholm music studies. (Lennart Axelsson)
Swedish Jazz Discography — Merit Hemmingson. Lists Carl Lundborg on tenor saxophone and flute with the Meritones for the February 7, 1966 session for At the Esquire Club. (Svenskt visarkiv)
Hörselmat — original album entry. Describes the intended Europafilm release and identifies the album musicians. (Musikon)
…Svenska Löd AB! — label catalogue entry. Confirms the eight musicians, Janne Forsell and Gert Palmcrantz, and the November 15–16, 1971 Europa Film session. (Figaro Music)
4 snabba till Kjell Alinge. Interview establishes Janne Forsell as a Sveriges Radio colleague and co-presenter of Hemma hos from 1971. (Musikindustrin)