Jazz Articles about Jonas Backman

About Jonas Backman

Album Review

Without the bassist, who would keep the band together? Well, Stockholm-based bassist Jon Henriksson keeps his group in line while still allowing for a fluid sound on Shapeshifter . Furthering the smooth turns turning up in Scandinavian jazz, the musician is softer in tone but nonetheless exciting. Of course, the album would not be half as good without a great team: including pianist Rasmus Sørensen, Jonas Backman on drums, saxophonist Karl-Martin Almqvist, as well as guitarist Pelle von Bülow and trombonist Rasmus Holm on ...

Album Review

Jazzagenturen: The Stockholm Corona Sessions Volume Two

Read "The Stockholm Corona Sessions Volume Two" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
September 18, 2020

The Swedish jazz collective Jazzagenturen, founded by Pontus de Wolfe, reached deep into their collective souls and stood up to the downsides of the Covid-19 coronavirus early on. This large ensemble entered a studio on April 2nd. Twelve hours later they emerged having recorded fifty songs. The Stockholm Corona Sessions (Bra Skivor, 2020) are being released in five volumes, spread out through 2020. Gathering worldwide attention due to being both an unprecedented project and superb multi-ranged jazz recordings, Jazzagenturen was ...