As a little addendum to today’s earlier brief blog I thought I would add in a few links to some Swedish Jazz, that in my mind is inextricably linked by the name of the trumpet player.
Back in 1991 I was at The Brecon Jazz Festival, and one of the bands that appeared on “The Captains Walk” bandstand was a band that played in a style of the 1920’s. They actually played it so well for over an hour that you began to realise what early big band jazz really did sound like. The band was called “Kustbandet”.
Below are a couple of YouTube links, the final one actually being a clip from that Brecon Festival, as recorded by the BBC.
Kustbandet:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwaWulUxXQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqfSEJ4a7A
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1azeo in Brecon 91
The name that is forever stuck in my memory is that of the very excellent lead trumpeter Bent Persson. Below is a link to a better quality video of Bent, recorded at the Whitley Bay Jazz Festival in 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKwC0BXS9vY
Bent went on to record over 50 of Louis Armstrong’s “Hot” choruses. You can listen to more of Mr Persson via Spotify :- https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FppeyhsfRTmTZPjtCjvOf
Whilst on the subject of Big Bands, and the slightly unusual, also on YouTube you can find the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra playing Mozart. Yes really, complete with (to use a 1920’s phrase) some Hot Licks from Tommy Smith.
Try, and don’t give up too soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7vWaY9DUYI
One more oddity for today. I am a fan of half Norwegian, half Swedish singer Catherine Legardh, having been drawn to her via pianist Brian Kellock (do look out for “Love Still Wears a Smile”). So with a ½ hour spare the other evening I did a YouTube search for her, and was amazed to find a very good ½ hour program featuring her from Norwegian TV. There is one drawback, you will recognise all the tunes, but none of the words, as she sings all (bar one) in, yes, Norwegian! Worth a look though!
That’s it for now folk, happy listening, and for you the live jazz is at Hedsor on Thursday, EVERY THURSDAY
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