Formed in 1976, the original lineup for Hawk on Flight consisted of Ulf Wakenius on guitar, Haakon Graf on keyboards, Matz Nilsson on bass and Niels Nordin on drums.
Soon after Blue Eyed, Staffan William-Olsson replaced Ulf Wakenius on guitar, and the band recorded the album Talk of the Town in 1985 under the name Matz Nilsson & Hawk on Flight, which would be adopted on all of their future releases.
While Lars Jansson did contribute some compositions for this release similar to those on Blue Eyed, most of the tracks, some of which feature a style closer to smooth jazz, were written by Nilsson.
The group now consisted of Matz Nilsson, Staffan William-Olsson and Raymond Karlsson in addition to Dan Helgesson on keyboards, Ove Ingemarsson on tenor saxophone and Niklas Hedin on percussion.
[9] In 1991, Matz Nilsson & Hawk on Flight released Wind From The Sea, an album with a similar style and lineup as Bermuda Triangle, featuring Christer Sjöström on drums and Göran Klinghagen on guitar.
Even though Hawk on Flight hasn’t released any albums since Fly Free Faster, the band reunited in 2006 and still plays in jazz clubs around Sweden, such as Fasching and Nefertiti.
Their current lineup consists of Matz Nilsson (bass), Zoltán Csörsz (drums), Björn Arkö (sax), Marcos Ubeda (keys) and the returning Staffan William-Olsson (guitar).