Gunnar Bergsten

Swedish saxophone (mainly baritone) playing father of Rasmus Faber. He was born on March 26, 1945 in Lidköping, Sweden, and died on February 6, 2011. In the 1970s, he formed Fläsket brinner together with some other musicians. In 1971 he also co-founded the band Sevda, which mixed Turkish folk music with jazz. Bergsten played with, among others, Lars Sjösten's Quartet, Bernt Rosengren, Nannie Porres and Patrik Boman's Seven Piece Machine.