Primary Instrument: Vocal
”Special guest” in Clark Terry's concert, “The lovely swinging, Vivian” says the swedish media about the newcoming jazzsinger Vivian Buczek.
Vivian has performed with some of the top international jazz artists such as the legendary trumpet player Clark Terry, Scot Hamilton (ts), Harry Allen(ts) as well as Swedish jazz artists like Putte Wickman (cl), Jan Allan (tp), Svante Thuresson (voc), Claes Crona (p), Jan Lundgren(p), Magnus Lindgren (ts, fl, cl) Rigmor Gustafsson (voc), Viktoria Tolstoy (voc), the Danish saxofon player Jesper Thilo and the world known opera singer Barbara Hendricks.
Vivian is born In Malmö and graduated from Malmoe Academy of Music in 2003. Already during her studies, she started performing on different festivals and clubs in Sweden. Most importantly she made success in Poland were she's got her roots.
In 2003, she made her first album “Can't we be friend's?” with musicians known as legends in Polish jazz society. The album reached Japan and was listed among the 16 best female jazz album among world known singers for example Stacey Kent.
In great company
Vivian also participates on the “Rendez Vous On The Jazz Boulevard” Collection together with female jazz vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, Stacey Kent and many more.
Vivian has also been appreciated in Germany. The 26 of march 2006 the German radio station ARD had a tribute to the legendary piano player and composer Bill Evans. The listeners could hear different interpretations of his work performed by European musicians such as the French piano player Michel Petrucciani, the Dutch guitar player Philip van Endert and Vivian Buczek singing the lovely composition “Very Early” Her new CD “Straight From My Heart” is now beeing realesed, recorded with one of the top jazzmusicians in Scandinavia, Claes Crona Jesper Thilo, Mattias Hjort, Zoltan Csörsz and Elias Källvik!
Claes Crona is one of our foremost jazz icons in Sweden, his personality and his musical abilities are extremely nuanced, full of energy and truth. Full of heart, playfulness and enthusiasm. Together with the guitarist Elias Källvik, the drummer Zoltan Csörsz and the bass player Mattias Hjorth, we have tried to create an atmosphere that exudes swing, happiness and energy in jazzmusic. As the icing on the cake, the Danish tenor saxophonist Jesper Thilo . This is an eclectic collection of tracks with one thing in common, and that is: they all come straight from my heart.
"Can't We Be Friends?" - 2003
With Wojtek Karolak (p), Janusz Kozlowski (b) Andrzej Dabrowski (dr), Piotr "Bocian" Cieslikowski (ts) and Robert Murakowski (tr,flg) recorded in Poland, Warsaw, Skandia Music
"Rendez Vous On The Jazz Boulevard" - 2004
Collection -Female jazzvocalists with Vivian Buczek -"Deixa" ,Rita Coolidge, Yvonne Sanchez, Ella Fitzgerald, Marie Bergman, Josefine Cronholm, Stacey Kent, Sofi Hellborg, Victoria Tolstoy, Eva Cassidy, Eliane Elias and many more.
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