Bernt Rosengren – born on December 24, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden – was an
award-winning jazz tenor saxophonist. His musical career began when he became a
professional musician at the age of 19 when he a member of the Jazz Club 57 and
then joined the Newport Jazz Band in 1959. Three years later, he was chosen by
composer Krzystof Komeda to perform on the soundtrack to Roman Polanski’s The
Knife in the Water, which led to his career as a band leader. Bernt Rosengren
released Stockholm Dues, his first album as a leader, in 1965 and followed that
with Improvisationer (1969), Fly Me ...