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Jonas Knutsson

The Most Exciting Jazz Albums Since 1969: 2015-2017

by Robert Middleton
December 11, 2023

This week's thrilling albums are a rather obscure lot; four of them hail from Europe and one from Canada. But like all the thrilling albums that preceded them, they possess that elusive quality that keeps you engaged, offering a new discovery with each subsequent listen, ensuring their staying power and ability to seduce your soul over ...

Ballad for a new world

By Tassos Spiliotopoulos

Label: Anelia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: New Land, September, Corridor, A day to remember, Corridor (part 2), Ballad for a new world, Ex-elixis, Mesa ap'ta matia tis (through her eyes).

Corridor (Part 2)

December 4, 2022

Album: Ballad for a new world
By Tassos Spiliotopoulos
Label: Anelia Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:24

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2018: Part 1

by John Kelman
July 5, 2018

Part 1 | Part 22018 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Various Venues, Montréal, Canada June 29-July 3, 2018 Every return to Montréal for the city's annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is much-anticipated. Closing off six square blocks in the downtown core is rare enough; but, over ...

12 Points 2014, Umea

by Henning Bolte
April 25, 2014

12 Points 2014 Umeå, Sweden April 10-12, 2014Umeå, 400 miles north of Stockholm at the Ume river and near the gulf of Bothnia, is the capital of Västerbotten County. The city is located on the plain coastal strip, with an enormous wide horizon on all sides, and everything in the city is ...

Lena Willemark / Jonas Knutsson / Mats Oberg: Alla Drommars Sang

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 20, 2013

Alla Drömmars Sång (Song of Dreams) is the debut of three resourceful and versatile Swedish master musicians who bridge the Swedish rich folk music with jazz and world music sensibilities. All three musicians worked with Swedish mufti-instrumentalist and world music pioneer Ale Möller, who wrote the liner notes for this album. Vocalist Lena Willmark led with ...

Bray Jazz Festival 2013

by Ian Patterson
May 18, 2013

Bray Jazz FestivalBray, County WicklowIrelandMay 3-5, 2013 For many years, the picturesque town of Bray's main claim to fame has been that it's the oldest inhabited seaside town in Ireland. That is, it was the main claim to fame until Bray local lass Katie Taylor won boxing gold at the 2012 ...

Nils Landgren: Christmas With My Friends III

by Bruce Lindsay
November 27, 2012

The test of a great Christmas album is simple: will it sound good in August? Christmas With My Friends III should ace that particular test. Even those who derive most festive fun from repeatedly grunting “Bah, Humbug" at passing kindergarten children will be drawn into the spell of this music. Beautifully performed by some of the ...

2012 Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 24-28, 2012

by John Kelman
November 7, 2012

Umeå Jazz Festival Umeå, Sweden October 24-28, 2012 Nestled about 20 kilometers from the coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Sweden, connected by the Ume River, sits Umeå (pronounced: ooo-me-oh), a town of about 120,000 (including the surrounding region). Small it may be, but since 1968 it has hosted an annual ...