Welcome to the website of Swedish guitar player and composer Anders Nilsson living in New York City. His characteristically expressive guitar playing is featured in a variety of settings and is represented on over two dozen recordings including Fulminate Trio, Anders Nilsson’s AORTA, Exposed Blues Duo, and a solo album. His artistry is enriched by a multitude of musical legacies and uses a personal mix of composition and improvisation to forge his own direction. His main ax is a Gibson Les Paul goldtop, but he also plays an acoustic Gibson LG-0, and an 11-string Georg Bohlin nylon guitar.

Read about his projects and find out what’s coming up; concerts, albums, news, collaborations, thoughts. Join the mailing list or get in contact by sending an e-mail to earraticart@gmail.com

Thanks for reading, step in behind the scenes!

Solo guitar album coming out in January 2012 on the Sound at One label!

A brief interview in the January issue of The New York City Jazz Record here: LISTEN UP!
////Teachers: Thomas Hallberg, Bo Sylven, Gene Bertoncini.

Influences: Countless… John McLaughlin, Terje Rypdal, Buddy Guy, Frank Zappa, Ravi Shankar, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Anton Webern, Deep Purple, good funk, hypnotizing music.

Current Projects: Solo guitar album Night Guitar, Anders Nilsson Group; Fulminate Trio with Michael Evans and Ken Filiano; Exposed Blues Duo with vocalist Fay Victor; Hot & Cold – guitar duo with Aaron Dugan; a trio with my brother Peter Nilsson on drums and Joe Fonda on bass.

By Day: Working on the music, teaching, cooking, qi-gong.

I knew I wanted to be a musician when… I found myself getting more and more into it, soaking up good influences in my youth by playing with friends, going to concerts and immersing myself in listening to records = hooked.

Dream Band: Dream 1: Musicians from all corners of the world gathering in a huge room to experience what we can make happen with one note. Dream 2: Hammond organist, two guitarists (one slide), percussion section, horns and strings, vocalists ready to wail on cue, dancers. Interested parties, get in touch!

Did you know? My nickname in high school was Janus, which I much later named one of my albums.////

“Nilsson’s shimmering axe evokes a dimensional warp.” – Nathan Turk, Signal to Noise

“All I can say is Wow!” – Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

“Nilsson is steeped in the renegade six-string tradition of Bill Frisell, David Torn, Terje Rypdal and Fred Frith.” – Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times

“Sultry Swagger” – Thurston Moore, Arthur