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Goran Klinghagen: Na's the Time
by James Nichols
Swedish guitarist Goran Klinghagen offers a very creative jazz outing on his album Na’s the Time for the Phono Suecia label. I assume the title alludes to the famous Charlie Parker blues, but bop is one of the few jazz styles that really doesn’t too heavily inform this album. Klinghagen reevaluates fusion, mid-60s Miles Davis, and Ornette Coleman, melding these and other influences into a multifarious patchwork. Several trends evident in jazz today, such as the ECM sound, Frisell-like country-jazz, ...
read moreGoran Klinghagen: Na's the Time
by James Nichols
Swedish guitarist Goran Klinghagen offers a very creative jazz outing on his album Na’s the Time for the Phono Suecia label. I assume the title alludes to the famous Charlie Parker blues, but bop is one of the few jazz styles that really doesn’t too heavily inform this album. Klinghagen reevaluates fusion, mid-60s Miles Davis, and Ornette Coleman, melding these and other influences into a unique musical patchwork. Several trends evident in jazz today, such as the ECM sound, Frisell-like ...
read moreLina Nyberg: Smile
by Dave Nathan
It's arguable that Sweden produces more good jazz artists per capita than any other European country. At least it seems that way. And vocalists are no exception. Song stylist (and she is a stylist) Lina Nyberg follows in the footsteps and joins such notable vocalists as Monica Zetterlund, Jeanette Lindstrom, and the wonderful Nannie Porres. Nyberg cites Zetterlund and Porres as inspirations along with American singers Bessie Smith, Ray Charles, Jimmy Rushing and Nancy Wilson (whose influence is evident in ...
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