Hawk On Flight

The Swedish jazz rock group Hawk On Flight started in 1976 with Ulf Wakenius on guitar, Haakon Graf on keys, Niels Nordin on drums and Matz Nilsson on bass. Matz has been part of it the whole way, and musicians such as Lars Jansson, Ove Ingemarsson, Per Lindvall and Staffan William-Olsson have passed through over fifty years. A Swedish reunion tour in 2023 received an overwhelming response: sold out at Fasching in Stockholm, Nefertiti in Gothenburg, Örebro and Helsingborg. There were several more tours, and so far there have been twenty concerts with the following lineup: Matz Nilsson - electric bass and compositions Staffan William-Olsson - guitar Björn Arkö - sax and synth sax Marcos Ubeda - keys Zoltan Csörcz - drums Åke Linton - sound Björn Arkö is the youngest in the band but already plays with Billy Cobham and Dirty Loops among others. Marcos Ubeda was also in Billy Cobham's band for five years. Zoltan Csörcz is a virtuoso in the same style as Dennis Chambers, Staffan needs no further introduction and Matz was a pioneer on fretless bass, and has composed a significant catalog of fusion classics. Åke Linton has been sound engineer at all concerts since the early 80s, and also worked regularly with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio.