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Jazz Masterworks Series: Jazz På Svenska at The Standard
Courtesy of JazzDanmark | Posted on April 8, 2015
Where
The Standard
Havnegade 44
Copenhagen
Map
7214 8808
When
Tue, May 26, 2015
20:30
At Door
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Musicians
Niels Lan Doky
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The legendary Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 – 9 November 1968) is little known outside Scandinavia, and his records are not widely available, though Jazz På Svenska (“Jazz in Swedish”) has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, and is the best selling jazz album ever in Sweden. It was released in 1964 and consists of jazz arrangements of Swedish folk songs. All arrangements are very sparse, consisting only of Johansson on piano and Georg Riedel on double bass. Many of the tracks are famous within Sweden, especially the opening track “Visa från Utanmyra” (Song from Utanmyra).