Jazz Articles about Susanna Lindeborg's Mwendo Dawa

Susanna Lindeborg's Mwendo Dawa: Time Sign

by John Kelman
January 8, 2004

Translated from Swahili, Mwendo Dawa means “the way to a special goal.” With Time Sign , Susanna Lindeborg’s Mwendo Dawa group is clearly charting a unique direction towards a very special goal all its own.

Lindeborg is a classically-trained pianist who switched over to improvised music in the 1970s, gradually incorporating electronic keyboards to supplement her strong acoustic approach. Synthesizers are used to supplement the essentially acoustic sound of Mwendo Dawa, although there are times, as in the introduction to ...

Susanna Lindeborg's Mwendo Dawa: Live in Goteborg

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2001

Susanna Lindeborg is a Swedish pianist and composer who has been very active on the Scandinavian jazz scene since the late seventies. She was originally a classical pianist but developed a strong interest in improvised music and has since developed a quite expansive definition of what improvised music may mean. Her longstanding outfit, Mwendo Dawa, plays from a well of stylistic sounds that includes post-bop, the avant-garde, and electronica, as Lindeborg has chosen to integrate innovations such as drum-and-bass patterns, ...

Susanna Lindeborg's Mwendo Dawa: Breathing Clusters

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 1999

Classically trained Swedish Pianist Susanna Lindeborg plays with conviction and at times relies on a “heavy-handed approach. Not one for nimble and soft fingering on the keys, Ms Lindeborg creates intriguing themes and frequently shifts “musical” strategies throughout this recording. Backed by her long time band called “Mwendo Dawa”, which in Swahili means “the way to a special goal” Lindeborg and Co. go for the jugular with crafty ensemble work that packs a mean punch. Lindeborg is responsible for 2 ...