Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin was a Swedish jazz saxophonist.
10 Facts About Lars Gullin
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Lars Gullin planned on a classical career, studying privately with classical pianist Sven Brandel.
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Lars Gullin worked as a member of Arne Domnerus's septet for two years from 1951; the group mainly performed at Nalen, a leading dance spot in Stockholm.
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Lars Gullin formed his own group in 1953, probably the only regular group he was to lead.
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Later Lars Gullin albums were leased to Atlantic Records in the United States.
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The remainder of Lars Gullin's career was blighted by his own narcotics problems, and sometimes he survived on artists' grants from the Swedish government.
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Lars Gullin was restricted by illness for much of the later part of 1958.
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Lars Gullin died of a heart attack, brought on by his long-term addiction to methadone.
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The film Sven Klang's Combo is a fictionalised version of the Swedish jazz scene of the 1950s, and the saxophonist Lars is based on Gullin.
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Lars Gullin's son, Peter Gullin, was a baritone saxophonist and composer.