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Mathias Algotsson: Home At Work Again
by Chris Mosey
Mathias Algotsson's music resembles the provincial Swedish society that he calls home: well thought-out and carefully executed with few surprises. He sees music as his work and, because he produces it at home, called his first album Home At Work. It is no surprise that the follow-up should be titled Home At Work Again. Algotsson has assembled a highly competent band of local musicians to play with him. Like him, some have backed Swedish vocalist Carin Lundin, ...
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by Chris Mosey
Mathias Algotsson takes his lead from Jan Johansson, probably the most influential jazz pianist ever in Sweden. Johansson, a brilliant accompanist who played with nearly all the greats from the States who visited Scandinavia in the post-war period, delighted in mixing genres, also playing folk songs and composing for film and television. His album based on folk music, Jazz På Svenska (Jazz In Swedish) became a massive hit in Sweden at a time when the music was ...
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