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Jan Johansson - Jazz På Svenska 2 album flac Performer: Jan Johansson
Title: Jazz På Svenska 2
Released: 1963
Country: Sweden
MP3 album: 1344 mb
FLAC album: 1197 mb
Rating: 4.5
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Genre: Jazz / Folk and Country

Piano – Jan Johansson. Remastered By – Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson. 180g audiophile vinyl in gatefold cover. Jazz På Svenska ‎(LP, Album).

Jan Johansson (jazz musician). Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 – 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist.

Jazz På Svenska, 2005. Visa Från Utanmyra, 04:33. Gånglek Från Älvdalen, 01:58. Polska Från Medelpad, 02:30. Brudmarsch Efter Larshöga Jonke, 02:04. Leksands Skänklåt, 03:04.

Jazz på svenska ("Jazz in Swedish") is an album by the Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson. It was issued in 1964 and consists of jazz arrangements of Swedish folk songs. All arrangements are very sparse, consisting only of Johansson on piano and Georg Riedel on double bass. It went on to become the best selling Swedish jazz album of all time, selling a quarter of a million copies. Many of the tracks hold a distinct renown in Swedish society, especially the lead track "Visa från Utanmyra" (Song from Utanmyra). All tracks written by Jan Johansson.

These two were combined in 1965 and formed the ensemble that we now know as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The vacuum following the merger led to the 1967 formation of Radiojazzgruppen, a studio ensemble that had performed on the radio, held concerts, recorded numerous albums and who were a strongly contributing factor in the emergence of Swedish jazz and its distinctive character. From 1962-1964, Jan Johansson, with Georg Riedel on bass, recorded the famous album Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish), the most sold Swedish jazz record. Included on the album is his arrangement of for example Visa från Utanmyra and Berg-Kirstis polska, which are probably engraved on most people’s minds, and folk music arrangements form a large part of Johansson’s work.

This is what Jan Johansson and George Riedel played, as far as I can hear, on the album "Jazz på Svenska" youtube. Jan Johansson/Rune Gustafsson Quartet playing Night In Tunesia. Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 - 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist.

23 tracks · 23 November 2007. Jan Johansson In Hamburg With Georg Riedel. 13 tracks · 6 September 2011. 24 tracks · 1 January 1995.

Tracklist

A1 Berg-Kirstis Polka 3:30
A2 Brudmarsch Efter Larshöga Jonke 2:00
B1 Visa Från Rättvik 3:19
B2 Polska Från Medelpad 2:29

Credits

  • Artwork – Tor Alm
  • Bass – Georg Riedel
  • Engineer – Olof Swembel
  • Liner Notes – Ingmar Glanzelius
  • Piano – Jan Johansson

Notes

Cover variation: "jazz på svenska" and "megafon" logo in turquoise instead of blue.

Recorded in Stockholm 18 October 1963.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MFEP 13, mfep 13 Jan Johansson Jazz På Svenska 2 ‎(7", EP) Megafon, Megafon MFEP 13, mfep 13 Sweden 1963