Jonathan Fritzen (born October 11, 1982) is a Swedish contemporary jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist.

Biography

Fritzen was born in Stockholm, Sweden to a Swedish mother, flutist Katarina Fritzén, and an American father, composer

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. He started playing drums at a young age, and as he got older he also learned the piano, bass, guitar, flute and vocals. His formal music education comes from the

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in Stockholm, where he became one of the first students to receive a master's degree from the jazz department. His debut solo album, ''Love Birds'' was released in 2008. Besides playing piano, he did all the composing, producing and played all eight different instruments. Fritzen's second album ''VIP'' (2009) features vocalist Laila Adele, guitarist

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and Greger Hillman. The album spent 40 weeks on the Smoothjazz.com TOP 50. His third album ''Diamonds'' (2010) features saxophone players Darren Rahn,

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and Koh (aka Mr. Saxman), vocalist Laila Adele and guitarist

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. The first single ''Dance With Me'' spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Indicator Smooth Jazz Chart, and his second single ''Undercover'' made it to No. 2 on the same Chart. ''Diamonds'' also made the top −10 on the Smoothjazz.com Chart, and hit No. 1 on Amazon.com in "Bestsellers in Smooth Jazz". His fourth album, "Magical", was released in August 2012, and features several different artists, such as

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, Jackiem Joyner, and

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. His fifth album, "Fritzenized", was released in February 2015, and features artists like Gerald Albright, Paul Taylor, Nils Landgren and many more. His sixth album, “Ballads”, was released in July 2017. His seventh album, “Bach and Jazz” was released in November 2020. His eighth album, “Piano Tales”, was released in May 2022. Fritzen has performed in several countries including Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain and Thailand.

Discography

References

External links

Official WebpageJonathan Fritzén at All About Jazz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fritzen, Jonathan Smooth jazz pianists Swedish jazz pianists 1982 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm Swedish people of American descent 21st-century pianists