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Christina Gustafsson: The Law Of The Lady
by Chris Mosey
This has nothing to do with the transition to democracy in Burma; instead, it's Swedish jazz singer Christina Gustafsson's third attempt at emerging from under the shadow cast by her much better-known sister, Rigmor. Sadly, it's unlikely to make much of a dent internationally. The principal fault lies in drummer Calle Rasmusson's production; there is far too much of it. Rasmusson has assembled some extremely talented musicians, including two gifted guitarists, Erik Söderlind and Max Schultz, award-winning ...
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by Bruce Lindsay
Recent years appear to have seen a resurgence of jazz vocalists, with singers covering songs from across musical genres as well as performing originals. Scandinavia has produced some fine new singers to help in this resurgence: Christina Gustafsson, from Sweden, has the potential to be one of the best. Her second album features the same core group of musicians as her debut, Moments Free (Prophone, 2007), but unlike her all-original debut, My Move mixes originals with standards. ...
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by Chris Mosey
Christina Gustafsson is sister of the better known Swedish jazz vocalist Rigmor Gustafsson. This is her second album, a follow-up to Moments Free (Prophone, 2007). Gustafsson feels herself to be part of the singer/songwriter tradition but employs a team of three text writers--Cecilia Åse, Helena Davidsson and Stefan Danielsson--who, she says, have worked close together and talked about me (sic) thoughts of life right now and what the contents of the lyrics should be. That's the reason why the lyrics ...
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