Release Date: 14 October 2022
Label: Chimp Limb
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7393210307049
Genres: Jazz Avant-garde
Description
Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten (The Swedish Folk Jazz Quartet) play traditional Swedish violin music, but as a jazz quartet.
The raw, swinging jazz and the beautifully mournful folk tones are woven together into an extraordinarily powerful mix. Isak Hedtjärn is still quite young but has already played with jazz legends like Mats Gustafsson, Tristan Honsinger, Christer Bothén etc. and he has also done work with more left field acts such as avantgarde punks Viagra Boys and also is a recurring member of Joakim Åhlund & Jockum Nordström's live band. Together with Jonas Liljeberg he has been exploring folk music on clarinet and saxophone for quite some time now. They have made extensive research among old recordings and looked up old Swedish fiddlers that still live, to learn the tradition, and then tried to find a unique way to play the traditional music but in their own interpretation. Together with bassist Vilhelm Bromander
Tracklisting
Les Big Byrd
Smile
Joakim Ahlund & Jockum Nordstrom
Smile
Svenska Folkjazzkvartetten
Max Von Sydow
Les Big Byrd
Various Artists
The Residents
The Residents
Sun Ra
Elton Dean
Soft Head
Mike Osborne Trio
Lol Coxhill
