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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 4, Kristiansand, Norway, September 5, 2009

by John Kelman
September 7, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 For its fifth year, Punkt Festival's evening programming was, more than any other, organized around clearer thematic lines, although that still meant a considerably broader purview than most other festivals--and, of course, there was the occasional exception. The first day spotlighted up-and-coming talent; ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Jacob Karlzon: Heat / Improvisational Three

by Chris Mosey
May 26, 2009

Jacob Karlzon is one of the most interesting pianists on today's Swedish jazz scene--percussive, intense, yet capable of great lyricism. Unwilling to be pigeonholed, he plays in a great many different constellations, most visibly with vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy, great granddaughter of Leo, for whom he composes and arranges. At the age of 39, Karlzon has already ...

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Article: Album Review

Jean-Simon Maurin Trio and Elin Wrede: Djupa Andetag

Read "Djupa Andetag" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
May 15, 2009

Djupa Andetag means “deep breaths" in Swedish. They're something that can be easily taken in the unpolluted atmosphere of Scandinavia. And at its best, Jean-Simon Maurin's music--light and lyrical, greatly influenced by pianist Bill Evans--is as fresh as a Baltic summer breeze. There's introspection but--perhaps because of his French ancestry--none of the brooding melancholy that is ...

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Jan Johansson: Piano / Musik Genom Fyra Sekler

By Jan Johansson

Label: Heptagon Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Piano: Visa fran Utanmyra; Stepp, min stepp; Visa fran Jarna; Bolles vaggvisa; Klara stjarnor; Blues i dimma; Dubbeltwist; Visa fran Rattvik; Prisma; One for my Baby; Willow Weep for Me; Liksom en herdinna; Nej, se det sn? Har du sett min lilla katt?; Arbetsbyte; Ack Varmeland du skona; Blues i oktaver; Mellan branta strander; Pa angen stod en bjork; Polska efter Hook Ole; Byssan lull; Svallvagor; Flickorna i Smaland. Musik Genom Fyra Sekler: (CD A) Skanklat fran Floda; Vem kan segla forutan vind?; Herdedans; Vedergallningen; Alundavisan; Liksom en herdinna; Ganglat efter hammare; Dalvisa; Stolt Karin getepiga; Kvasarvalsen; Lille Lasse sitter och grata; Klara stjarnor; Gota kampavisa; Den overgivne; Ack Varmeland du skona; Sinclairvisan; Konung Gustaf I och dalkarlarna; Daldansmelodi; Vals efter Blecka-Anders; Emigrantvisa; Herr Tores Dottrar i Vange; Sk宩ngens Hemlangtan; (CD B) Herr Peder och Malfred; Vi ska stalla till en roliger dans; Ack hogaste himmel och fallande jord; Domaredansen; En gang i min ungdom; Vava vadmal; Elvira Madigan; Brannvin ar mitt enda gull; Konvaljens avsked; Klockan ar tio slagen; Vi aro musikanter; Ack Gota konungrike; Sy ihop dom, spratt opp dom; Fjorton ar tror jag visst att jag var; Froken Agnes; Gallivarevisan; Vallarevisa fran Bjuv; Den motstravige brudgummen; Sotartoner ur duetten ?Sotarne?; Hyllning till Sverige; Tukkipoika; Polkan gar; Polska efter kronolansman Per Johan Johansson; Herr Peder han ganger.

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Article: Profile

Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...

by Ian Patterson
November 24, 2008

Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jan Johansson: Piano / Musik Genom Fyra Sekler

by Chris Mosey
May 28, 2008

In 1962, the year the Beatles cut their first record and the Rolling Stones made their debut at London's Marquee Club, a bearded, balding jazz pianist with sad, brooding eyes walked into a recording studio in Stockholm to make an EP of four Swedish folk songs. By 1964 he had recorded eight more, enough for an ...

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