Jazz Articles

Fredrik Nor: Sweden Bahia Connection

by Mark Sabbatini
March 14, 2006

"Bahia," in my world, is a word associated with a religious faith of vague doctrine whose dedicatees maintain a disconcerting degree of secrecy in my home town. Imagining Swedes of this persuasion doing an album of Brazilian songs makes for a twisted mental picture.

Thank God--whoever that is in your world--for Google.

The search engine's first result points to a site featuring music from the city of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. It notes that “while Rio, ...

Rosengren / Nor: Inside Pictures: A Tribute to Lars Gullin, Vol. 2

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 2002

Lars Gullin, as some of you may know, played baritone sax. More than that, the legendary Swede was, in this writer’s opinion, one of the greatest baritone saxophonists who ever lived. Difficult as it is to comprehend a tribute to Gullin with no baritone in sight, we must accept this album for what it is — a warmhearted acknowledgment of his prodigious talents as a writer, performed with grace and charm by a quartet of seasoned musicians, three of whom ...