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Jonas Hellborg

Swedish bassist in the jazz / fusion genre born June 7, 1958 in Gothenburg.


He has, among others, played with John McLaughlin, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Buckethead, Jens Johansson and Anders Johansson. He debuted internationally with a solo bass performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981, where he introduced his groundbreaking slapping technique.

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