Results for "Stockholm, Sweden"

Jeanette Lindström

Born: May 29, 1971

Jeanette Lindström is the jazz singer that prompted legendaryproducer Quincy Jones to voice the portentous words: "Anold soul in a young singer". And also: "She really understandswhat jazz is all about!" The year was 1995 and JeanetteLindström made her major breakthrough, on a broad front.The calendar tells us it’s now a different year, and todayJeanette Lindström is one of Sweden's most prized jazzsingers.

Jeanette Lindström is one of Sweden’s leading jazzsingers and composers. In January she won a SwedishGrammis for Best Jazz Album of the Year with her latestalbum "Attitude & Orbit Control".She has that ability to set the imagination of the listener inmovement - with her voice, her music as well as with herwords. Her sixth solo album Attitude & Orbit Control is hardproof. A space odessey of sorts, interpersonal as well asinterstellar. Micro- as well as macrocosmic forces at play.Fellow travelers include co-writing guest vocalist RobertWyatt, a new band and new co-producer and drummerMagnus �-ström of e.s.t. as well as lyric contributor SidselEndresen. Jeanette Lindström wanted to move on, this timefurther than before. To write in a new way, to concentratemore on production and instrumentation. She wanted it toreally be "Jeanette-music", whatever that would sound like.

Anton Dromberg & Anna Berglund

Active since: 2011

Stars – Anton Dromberg & Anna Berglund
Shimmering melodies in exceptional interplay – a long-awaited debut
 

The acclaimed duo is back with their debut album! After the "Vocal and Piano Album of the Year" (Lira, 2021), pianist Anton Dromberg and vocalist Anna Berglund return with their first full-length album Stars (Prophone, Naxos). The first single, Stars, features a sax trio with Fredrik Ljungkvist. The album will be released on November 1st, with a release gig at Jazz i Kärrtorp in Stockholm and Katalin in Uppsala. In the fall of 2024, another single and two live session videos from Riksmixningsverket will be released.

Linnéa Lundgren

Born: August 19, 1989

Marius Billgobenson

Born: April 4, 1966

A true musical citizen of the world committed to bridging longstanding cultural divides, Stockholm, Sweden based singer, songwriter and guitarist Marius Billgobenson has created a soulful and empowering fusion of jazz, blues, pop, R&B and the dynamic rhythms and vocal sounds indigenous to his homeland of the Congo. His invigorating blend of jazz instrumentation and African music seeks to bring awareness of disenfranchised communities. Starting with the release of his 2017 debut album The Sum of My Pardon, the multi-talented artist – also an award-winning anthropologist with intense interests in ethnomusicology and curating cultures - has used jazz as umbrella to bring about intellectual dialogues

Mathias Lundqvist

Born: December 5, 1977

Pianist, composer, arranger, teacher.

Johannes Gammelgaard Lauritsen

Born: March 6, 1992

Johannes Gammelgaard Lauritsen was born in Aalborg, Denmark, and grew up in a home with piano, a guitar and several flutes. He showed interest in music early on and started playing the saxophone at age 10. In 3rd grade he joined the school bigband with which he travelled to play in Germany and twice in the USA. This made a great impact on him, and he decided to continue his music studies.
In 10th grade he attended a boarding school focusing solely on music. Here he initiated his first jazz quartet with which he played for several years and won a number of music competitions for young bands in Denmark

Erik Borelius

Born: July 6, 1962

Erik Borelius, guitar-player, singer and composer, has worked professionally with music since 1986. During these 34 years he has released thirteen albums, eleven through his own company and two during his time at EMI. In 1994 Erik received a Swedish Grammy for the album “SexTioTvå” – the best instrumental album in 1993 and the first recorded under Erik’s own label EB Music. The following year he was nominated with the album “Duende”. Erik’s music is often described as a peculiar blend of styles and as a guitar player he is praised for using his outstanding technique in a tasteful manner. In 1984 Erik sent a demo to EMI