Jazz Articles about Gunhild Carling

About Gunhild Carling

Live Review

Gunhild Carling and her Jazz Band at Joe Henderson Lab

by Steven Roby
May 27, 2026

Gunhild Carling and her Jazz Band Joe Henderson Lab San Francisco, CA May 24, 2026 About 45 minutes before showtime, Gunhild Carling was her own roadie. Meticulously, she arranged her merchandise table at the Joe Henderson Lab--custom-designed ties in the center, posters, bags, and her paintings to the left, and albums and CDs filling the right. After a brief chat with early arrivals, she disappeared into her dressing room to prepare. What followed was ...

Live Review

Gunhild Carling at Jazz, TX

by Katchie Cartwright
October 26, 2025

Gunhild Carling Jazz, TX The New Season 2025/25San Antonio, TX October 23, 2025 Audiences at Jazz TX are accustomed to programming with a dash of camp. The 2025 fall season includes these theme shows: Soul'd Out (featuring Adam Carillo and His Quartet), Villains and Magic (A Disney Halloween), Vintage Vegas Song Night (with Noelle Goforth & Three Swings and a Miss), Jazz TX Breaks a Leg (The Magic of Broadway), The Music of Walt ...

Album Review

Gunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle

Read "Jazz Is My Lifestyle" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
July 28, 2025

Sometimes there is a tendency to take a performance less than seriously, especially if an artist uses a bit of self-satire as part of the act. Pianist Victor Borge had this problem--"comic virtuoso" he was called--and even trumpet player Jack Sheldon, to a degree, had to blow the roof off sometimes to remind the audience of what he could do. One senses that Gunhild Carling may get the less-than-serious treatment That is a pity, because she can play. And so ...

Radio & Podcasts

Donald Vega, George Kahn, Lizzie Thomas & Gunhild Carling

by Joe Dimino
December 25, 2024

Get ready to swing into the season with the Annual Christmas Jazz Hour. Kicking off the festivities is the electrifying Gunhild Carling, bringing her signature flair to the whimsical holiday favorite, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. From there, it's a sleigh ride of sensational sounds as veteran jazz musicians like Rich Willey, George Kahn, Donald Vega, Roberta Tola, and The Band of Other Brothers deliver their holiday magic. We'll also spotlight some dazzling female talent, featuring unforgettable performances from ...

Radio & Podcasts

Good Evening Cats - New Releases From Gunhild Carling and Lakecia Benjamin Make For A Hep December

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 26, 2022

This broadcast celebrates Hanukkah, Solstice, Feast of St. Lucy and more with holiday tunes from Grace Garland and Corinne Mammana, plus new releases from Gunhild Carling, Lakecia Benjamin and a single from Cecilia Sanchietti, with birthday shoutouts to Allegra Levy, Frank Sinatra, Andrea Claburn, Beegie Adair and Bob Dorough, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.

Catching Up With

Gunhild Carling: Sweden's Incredible Talent

by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 25, 2017

Sweden's Gunhild Carling is truly a musical experience to behold. The talented vocalist and multi-instrumentalist is an Internet sensation and a marvelous throwback to the days of the Classic Entertainers of the '20s and '30s. All About Jazz: Tell me briefly where were you born. Gunhild Carling: I was born in Gothenburg Sweden AAJ: You are incredibly and diversely talented. Are you from a musical family? GC: Yes. My father is a ...