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Sten Hostfalt is Highly Exceptional and Unique JIMMY GIUFFRE


Virtuosic, Sten Hostfalt's gift shines JOE MANERI


Sten Hostfalt mixes Jazz soloing with surreal effects.
We're impressed wit his fast fingers and intense focus
TIME OUT NEW YORK 2009 read online


Inimitable. There Are Few Musicians Like Sten Hostfalt
PM NYC / PAPER MAGAZINE 2007 read online

My colleague Sten Hostfalt is developing a concept of
microtonal guitar. He comes from the traditional school
and can play very "inside". That to me is something natural
and not overdone, but very abstract and very few people
hear something like that TomaJazz (Spain) 2007 Read Online
Spotlight ; drummer Jimmy Weinstein artist feature and interview.



Rants and Raves, Editor's CD Pick
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE Feb. 2005 read online


In and Out Of The Aural Palette With An Attractive Complexity,
Sten Hostfalt Gives You Another Angle On Exploring Tone Colors
Grego Applegate Edwards CADENCE MAGAZINE 2006 read online


Sten Hostfalt has created his own repertoire incorporating microtones.
A Genuinely Innovate Approach. May be considered groundbreaking
work - Don Williamson JAZZ REVIEW January. 2005 read online



High Density, Highly Logical In A Completely Differrent Way, and
Highly Recommended - Kenneth Egbert JAZZ NOW 2005 read online



With just a regular old guitar, Sten Hostfalt completely rethinks
& restructures conventional technique C|Net, Download.com 2006

The possibilities are limitless FREE NYC 2006 read online


Sten Hostfalt, Takes You On A Journey To A Place Where
anything is possible - John Kelman ALL ABOUT JAZZ 2004 read online


Beautiful . . . Poetic ALTRISUONI ( Italy ) Sept. 2005 read online

Sten Hostfalt akes the more rigid confines of the guitar and transforms
it into an instrument capable of exploring the minute spaces between
traditional notes by using altered tunings, mechanical preparations and
electronically enhanced techniques. The result 29 Pieces For The Microtonal
Guitar Live At Knitting Factory New York is an intriguing recording that
shows just how far and instrument can be bent and altered to meet a more
experimental and adventurous need JAZZ VIEWS UK 2004 read online

Sten Hostfalt presents a clever innovative improvisation that
is matchless - Natasha Washington - JAZZ REVIEW 2004 read online


A band led by Guitar phenom Sten Hostfalt
Vestmanlands Lans Tidning Sweden 1981


(Collective) Press Clips as a New York Jazz Academy faculty member
Collective February 2011 NYJA Feature in DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE


Press and Media Clips, Reviews and Features with GUILLERMO KLEIN's BIG VAN