Kjell Jansson

The Kjell Jansson Quartet: Zonk

by Jack Bowers
May 2, 2003

I don’t know how many jazz groups in Sweden are able to make a decent living, but judging from the number of albums that have recently emerged from that snow-swept country, a large number are evidently trying. Coincidentally, Zonk is the second disc I’ve reviewed within a week that consists entirely of original compositions by the leader -- in this case bassist Kjell Jansson -- except for Vernon Duke’s “I Can’t Get Started.” The other was pianist Ronny Johansson’s Jubilee ...