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Watch Out! Swedish Jazz Volume 10, 1965-1969
by Jack Bowers
Various Artists Watch Out! Svensk Jazzhistoria Vol. 10 - Swedish Jazz 1965-69 (4 CD Box) Caprice Records 2006
The late '60s were a time of transition for Swedish Jazz, as they were in the US and elsewhere, with John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and other trailblazers taking the music into new and uncharted waters, echoing perhaps the chaotic social and cultural upheavals that were reshaping society at the time. ...
read moreNaxos of America & Prophone Records Set U.S. Release of Swedish Jazz Singer-Songwriter Rebecka Larsdotter's "Feathers & Concrete"
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Born and raised in forests of Sweden, Rebecka Larsdotter wrote her first song at the age of 2, recorded by her older sister on a tape-recorder. She has since been writing, singing and playing piano, violin, guitar, and finally made music her full time life in 2002 by beginning a Master's Degree in Music program at rebro and Malm University of Music. Upon graduating in 2008, Rebecka moved to the U.S. (Los Angeles, then New York) to pursue her passion ...
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An interview with Daniel Lantz, keyboardist for Swedish jazz-funk band Beat Funktion
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Lauren Rogers
As the keyboardist of the jazz-funk outfit Beat Funktion, Daniel Lantz is at the center of a disco maelstrom. Taken as a whole instead of the sum of its parts, Beat Funktion is a fireball of pop smarts, a living, breathing groove machine that grinds together the sweat-drenched vintage R&B of James Brown with the sexy hooks of '70s dance music and the soulful depth and instrumental complexities of jazz. On their debut album, The Plunge, Beat Funktion gyrates with ...
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Swedish Trumpeter, Anders Bergcrantz Receiving French/Swedish Jazz Award Django D'Or!
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Michael Ricci
Swedish Jazz Musician Arne Domnerus Dies at 83
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All About Jazz
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Arne Domnerus, one of Sweden's most influential jazz musicians, has died. He was 83. The alto saxophonist and orchestra leader died Tuesday morning after a long period of illness, his son, Leif Domnerus, told The Associated Press. He said Domnerus had heart surgery last year, after which he suffered pneumonia and a brain hemorrhage. Born outside Stockholm in 1924, Domnerus started his first professional orchestra in the 1940's. He played with jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Clark ...
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Swedish Jazz Star Esbjorn Svensson Dies in Diving Accident
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All About Jazz
STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- Swedish jazz star Esbjorn Svensson was killed at the weekend in a scuba diving accident off Stockholm, his manager said Monday. He was 44. According to Swedish media reports, Svensson had been diving with a group and an instructor in the Stockholm archipelago when he suddenly disappeared. The married father of two had been found badly injured on the sea bed and had been transported by helicopter to a Stockholm hospital, where he died shortly before midnight ...
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Swedish Jazz Showcase at Scandinavia House June 13, 2007 at 7 PM
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Scandinavia House presents two of Sweden's foremost jazz acts - Peter Asplund Quartet and Midaircondo - live in concert on June 13, 2007.
The live jazz showcase is presented in conjunction with the seminar Swedish Jazz Now! and is open to the public and free of charge.
Peter Asplund Quartet is one of Sweden's premier jazz groups. The quartet features Jacob Karlzon on piano, Hans Andersson on bass, Johan Lfkrantz Ramsay on drums, as well as band leader Peter Asplund ...
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Swedish Jazz Trio (EST) Goes All Different Places at World Cafe
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All About Jazz
Late in the Esbjorn Svensson Trio's Sunday night set at World Cafe Live, drummer Magnus Ostrom, in a jam band-like transition between tunes, began coaxing strange but beautiful sounds out of his kit. Using a combination of his bare hands, brushes and a slight bit of electronic augmentation, Ostrom produced guttural, sustained notes that evoked the aftermaths of a subway and a particularly challenging meal. He worked in that world for a bit longer, but then moved into yet another ...
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