Jazz på svenska was a Studio album by Jan Johansson
Released | 1964
Recorded | 28 February 1962, 18 October 1963, 6 May 1964
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre | Jazz
Length | 33:46
Label | Megafon / Heptagon Records (2005 reissue)
Jan Johansson chronology
Rörelser
(1963) | Jazz på svenska
(1964) | Jazz på ungerska
(1964)
Alternative cover
2005 reissue cover
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.[1] Many of the tracks hold a distinct renown in Swedish society, especially the lead track "Visa från Utanmyra" (Song from Utanmyra).
In 2005 a remastered version produced by disc label Heptagon Records was released with four bonus tracks on the CD and the full recording sessions (109 minutes) in a data section as mp3 files
I have great memories of hearing the album, late night with student friends in Exeter in the late 1970's. I recorded this track in the lockdown when I was holed up in Alcobendas, in the north part of Madrid in the Spring of 2020.
