Saxophonist and composer Elin Forkelid has been setting the tone for Swedish jazz for over 15 years. With her new project Songs to Keep You Company on a Dark Night, she explores a more subdued and contemplative side of her art. The origin and inspiration for the project is trumpeter Kenny Wheeler‘s album Angel Song from 1997, a record that has accompanied Elin for a long time.
03
May
[ May 10th, 2024 release on Sail Cabin Records: SOL SOL – Almost All Things Considered ]
Sol Sol release Almost All Things Considered on LP/CD/DL on Sail Cabin Records on the 10th of May.
The tracks are written by saxophonist Elin Forkelid (Fire! Orchestra, Vilhelm Bromander’s Unfolding Orchestra, Anna Högberg Attack…) and David Stackenäs (Labfield, Ballrogg…) with influences from Carla Bley and Joni Mitchell to Ornette Coleman and Jimi Hendrix. Making up the quartet are drummer Anna Lund (Frida Hyvönen, Ane Brun…) and bassist Mauritz Agnas (Agnas Bros). 2022’s What Year Is It?, nailed the pandemic ennui with its title and surprised many with it’s, at times, gentle lyricism, this follow up is a case of more is more; more free jazz, more distorted guitars, more baritone sax.
07
Mar
[ March the 10th,2023 release via B. Inspelningar: Elsa Bergman – Playon Crayon ]
release date: 10.03.2023 on B. Inspelningar lebel
In 2018 Elsa Bergman encountered graphic scores in some of the many projects on the potent Stockholm creative music community she’s involved in. As the year evolved she interpreted such works as a member of Per-Åke Holmlander’s Carliot—It’s Never Too Late Orchestra, in performance with the Anthony Braxton Tri-Centric Orchestra, and at a special concert with Mats Gustafsson’s Fire! Orchestra Actions for Free Jazz in Krakow, Poland—where they tackled graphic scores by Krzysztof Penderecki and Bogusław Schaeffer. Indeed, over time
11
Aug
[August the 19th, 2022 new release on Hubro: Kim Myhr – Sympathetic Magic]
release date: 19.08.2022 on Hubro Records
Sympathetic Magic is an ecstatic, delirious, and deeply touching piece of music; a towering new work in Kim Myhr’s increasingly substantial output as an artist and composer.