"This ingenuity and boldness is also manifested in the versatility that caracterizes Erik's profile, where all musical styles are represented in Erik's glowing performance - all the way from Satchmo's iconic trumpet, via bebop to the modern trumpet idioms of today."
Jazz Club Fasching Society
Bengt Säve-Söderbergh Scholarship
Erik was awarded the Bengt Säve-Söderbergh Scholarship 2022, at Swedish Jazz yearly conferance. The prize sum is SEK 50 000 and the motivation as follows.
"Erik has already shown an impressive versatility in his musiciansship. He moves freely through the whole history of jazz. From Louis Armstrong to the free forms of today. He masters classical jazz, but mostly in modern style. In addition, he composes and gladly arranges his music. He plays in many groups, big as well as small ones. Erik is becoming an important person in the Swedish jazz life."
Previous scholarship holders: Cecilia Persson, Joel Lyssarides, Malin Wättring, Naoko Sakata and Cornelia Nilsson.
Debut album out now - Stories From the Club
Erik released his debut album, Stories From the Club, on November 18 2021 through TengTones! The album features Erik Tengholm Quintet, one of the hottest jazz quintets you will find in Sweden, and consists of five original compositions by Erik and three of his favorite tunes by other composers. The album has been praised by the press:
"You can hear that every note comes from the heart and the musicians passion for the music" - Jazzreporter.com
"Frisk och luftig musik. Fylld av framåtlutad munterhet och ett uns av fräckhet [...] En riktigt bra platta totalt sett." - Orkesterjournalen/Jazz
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet & flugelhorn
Johan Christoffersson - Saxophones
Mattias Lindberg - Piano
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Public live performances
August
10/8 - Cedar Walton Tribute, Katalin, Uppsala
13/8 - With Sigurdur Flosason at Reykjavík Jazz Festival (Iceland)
17/8 - Marína Ósk kvartett, Reykjavík Jazz Festival (Iceland)
18/8 - Marína Ósk kvartett, Jazzfjelag Suðurnesjabær (Iceland)
27/8 - Olof Lunqvist, Maxad mini-jazzfestival, Askersund
30/8 - Jeremia, Immanuelskyrkan, Stockholm
31/8 - Trio with William PW Nilsson & Johan Tengholm, Gubbhyllan, Stockholm
September
1/9 - Axel Mårdsjö Big Band, Jazz Club Fasching, Stockholm
2/9 - Bohuslän Big Band & Tommy Körberg, Uppsala Concert Hall
3/9 - Matilda Edgren Band, Katalin, Uppsala
9/9 - Stockholm Swing All Stars, Vintage Swing Night, Trondheim (Norway)
10/9 - Stockholm Swing All Stars, Vintage Swing Night, Trondheim (Norway)
16/9 - Blue House Jazz Orchestra & Eliane Elias, Stockholm Concert Hall
25/9 - Church music, Stefanskyrkan, Stockholm
30/9 - Tengholm Trio, Reginateatern, Uppsala
October
1/10 - Brookleyn Funk Essentials, Jazz Club Fasching, Stockholm
2/10 - Pelle Olofson Orchestra, Uppenbarelsekyrkan, Stockholm
5/10 - Mainland Jazz Collective, Stampen, Stockholm
7/10 - Livejazzbaren feat Björn Ingelstam, Uplands nation, Uppsala
13/10 - Erik Tengholm Quintet, Spångafolkan, Stockholm
Stockholm Jazz Festival
14/10 - Stockholm Hot 7, Twang
15/10 - Tilde Schweitzer, Källarbyn, Stockholm
15/10 - Cannonball Adderley Tribute feat Fredrik Kronkvist, Stampen
19/10 - Stockholm Hot 7, Glenn Miller Café
20/10 - Sebastian Mattebo Journey On the Styx, Twang
21/10 - Nina Sand Band, Scalateatern
28/10 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Skövde
29/10 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Helsingborg
30/10 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Helsingör
November
2/11 - Cannonball Adderley Tribute, Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm
4/11 - Jakob Klang, release concert at TBA, Stockholm
9/11 - Mainland Jazz Collective, Katalin, Uppsala
11/11 - Livejazzbaren feat Lina Lövstrand, Uplands Nation, Uppsala
12/11 - Stockholm Hot 7, Łódź, Poland
13/11 - Ulf Johansson Werre Dixie Nouveaux, JANO, Vallentuna kulturhus, Stockholm
24/11 - Ronnie Gardiner, Katalin, Uppsala
26/11 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Kalmar
27/11 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Oskarshamn
30/11 - Ulf Johansson Werre Dixie Nouveaux, Ladan i Farsta, Stockholm
December
2/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Halmstad
3/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Kungsbacka
4/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Halden (Norway)
5/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Oslo (Norway)
6/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Kristinehamn
14/12 - Christmas party, Katalin, Uppsala
15/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Västerås
16/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Vara
17/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Linköping
18/12 - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Stockholm concert hall
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