GROUPS ENSEMBLES and PROJECTS
Appearing as a bandleader on the New York CIty and international Jazz and creative music scene for over
a decade. From festivals and venues in France and Sweden to regular concerts on the East Coast USA and
local NYC Jazz scene. As well in collaborations and shared concert events in mainstream and avant Jazz
to soul, electronica and drum n bass, with some of the most world's foremost improvisers, Sten Hostfalt
has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative guitarists/composers/bandleaders in music today.
Documented by enthusiastic press response including'Impressive and Intense' by TIME OUT NEW YORK,
'Inimitable' by PAPER MAGAZINE. 'Groundbreaking' by JAZZ REVIEW. And a GUITAR PLAYER's 'Editor's Pick'.
'Highly Exceptional' and 'Virtuosic' by legendary Icons of American music, Jimmy Giuffre and Joe Maneri.
And with initial support by famed talent scouts and legendary Icons of Jazz Gary Burton and Paul Bley.
Sten Hostfalt's original lineups is built on proudly pronouncing and carrying it's mentors creative legacy.
STEN HOSTFALT's 3 or 4 The most current incarnation of an original lineup that has operated internationally,
on the US East Coast and NYC scene since 1990 under a number of names including Sten Hostfalt Quartet or Trio, as
for the past 6 years frequently on the creative NYC scene as
Soft Value, G-Factor (initially Ghost Factor ) or K-MOD.
Current lineups includes bassists Tim Luntzel and Shayna Dulberger, drummers Marko Djordjevic and Dave Miller
and saxophonists Ole Mathisen or Matt Renzi. While past incarnations have hosted bassists Matthew Garrison and
Matt Pavolka, drummers Jimmy Weinstein, Blake Lindberg and (guest feature) Cyril Atef, Tenor Saxophonists
Don Houge and ( guest ) Seamus Blake, vibraphonist Tom Beckham and trumpet player Takuya Nakamura.
BLAISE SIWULA / STEN HOSTFALT is a duo formation with saxophonist
Blaise Siwula,
that
highly active
in over 40 live concert events ever since
December 2008 and grown out of both players
long-time active involvement in the improvised community and in particular NYC's downtown avant-garde
Jazzscene, has seen creative collaborations and shared events with over a hundred improvisers, including
Herb Robertson, Bern Nix, Tim Berne and Daniel Carter www.myspace.com/blaisesiwulastenhostfalt
STEN HOSTFALT SOLO as manifested on the two live concert solo CD's
29 Pieces for The Microtonal Guitar Live at Knitting Factory (2002) and Macroscope (2006)
and involving self-invented guitar techniques along with electronics and prepared techniques,
is a direct result of microtonal music studies with the late saxophonist/composer Joe Maneri.
Subsequent duo collaborations in Philadelphia, Boston and NYC with Katt Hernandez, Bruno
Raberg
and Melissa Kassell, and shared events with Mike Rivard's Club D'Elf and Dave Tronzo
have infuenced aspects of this project with Sten Hostfalt's subsequent more traditional lineups.
CURRENT SIDESHOWS as a bassist with vocalist / guitarist Branislav Andonov's various
groups / ensembles including
Gypsy music
extravaganza
band BATO THE YUGO & GYPSY BOOGIE
As well as ( on electric bass guitar ) with composer/electronica performer Collin Palmer's CALMER
RECENT PAST SIDESHOWS have included drum virtuoso Marko Djordjevic's Jazz Fusion group
SVETI and (as a mandolinist) with Blaise Siwula's Awkward Bill, Trudy Silver's and Cheryl Pyle's Trios.
