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Trumpet & vocal
Jesper - "baby boy" of the Second Line has played with the Second Line since the very begining, and works as a musician and chef at the eminent restaurant Onsala Herrgård south of Gothenburg. He has developed his very own style of playing, but he is also a bit of a "Bunk Johnson-phantom" and sometimes appears as the lead player at special Bunk-concerts.
Jesper is also one of the organisers of the famous Gothenburg Jazz Festival.
Trombone & vocal
Niklas is also one of the founder members and works full-time as a musician, playing all kinds of music. Sometimes he lends his talents to studio work with horn sections and as a soloist. He has received several awards, for example "Louis Armstrong award" (Stockholm -97), "Swedish Open i Gladjazz soloistprice" (Ljungby -99), Malte Johnson award (Gothenburg -00). Niklas is also a talented songwriter. Together with Jesper and Jesper´s father Ulf Albrektsson (Max Lagers) he organizes Gothenburg Jazz Festival.
Saxophones, clarinet & vocal
Olof joined the band in 1997. He has been studying music at Gothenburg University, and before that he was a student at "Svalövs Musikfolkhögskola", a school specialising in contemporary music. Olof is a full-time musician and music teacher and plays with all kinds of bands, for various occasions. He was awarded the "Lerums kulturstipendium" (Lerum -97), and the "Louis Armstrong award" (Stockholm -02).
banjo
Anders works as a journalist at a daily newspaper. He grew up in a well-known musical family and is a bit of a jazz legend in Sweden thanks to his work at his jazz club in the 60s and 70s. Anders has also taken part in sessions with jazz celebrities like George Lewis, Chris Barber, Trummy Young etc. Visit Anders banjo site if you like.
bass
Per works as an electrician,
but his bass playing takes up a lot of his time. His popularity is
perhaps a result of his "slap"-technique, a style of playing few bass
players are able to use.
In his spare time (if he has any), Per plays his 17th century cello with
his own string quartet. A doublebass of his was stolen once in
Copenhagen so please have a look when you go to Denmark.
drums
Johan is the latest member of the Second Line Jazzband. Johan has studied music at Skurups Folkhögskola, a school specialising in jazz, and at Göteborgs Music Universitet. Now he plays all kind of conteporary music and after moving from Skåne (the very south of Sweden) he has become a very useful musician at the clubs around Gothenburg. You can read more at his personal website and at myspace
