Jazz pÄ svenska

by Jan Johansson

Jazz pÄ svenska cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1964
  • Label: Megafon
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 46:52
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pianist Jan Johansson and bassist Georg Riedel adapt traditional Swedish folk melodies into a sparse, jazz-inflected format. The duo employs minimalist phrasing and a quiet, melancholic tone, establishing an enduring template for Scandinavian jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, instrumental, folklore, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Visa frÄn Utanmyra (4:33)
  2. GĂ„nglek frĂ„n Älvdalen (1:58)
  3. Polska frÄn Medelpad (2:30)
  4. Visa frÄn RÀttvik (3:22)
  5. Brudmarsch efter Larshöga Jonke (2:04)
  6. VallÄt frÄn JÀmtland (1:54)
  7. Emigrantvisa (3:27)
  8. Berg-Kirstis polska (3:33)
  9. Leksands skÀnklÄt (3:00)
  10. Gammal bröllopsmarsch (3:45)
  11. Visa frÄn JÀrna (1:22)
  12. Polska efter Höök Olle (2:30)
  13. Visa frÄn Utanmyra - Bonus Track (4:31)
  14. GĂ„nglek frĂ„n Älvdalen - Bonus Track (1:58)
  15. Leksands skÀnklÄt - Bonus Track (3:04)
  16. Emigrantvisa - Bonus Track (3:13)

Credits

  • Jan Johansson - primary artist, piano, arranged by
  • Tor Alm - cover [omslag]
  • Georg Riedel - double bass
  • Olof Swembel - engineer [ljudingenjör]
  • Ingmar Glanzelius - liner notes

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