Emily McEwan & Kjell Fernström Kvartett: Concert photos

On Saturday I visited a concert at Katalin where Kjell Fernström Kvartett featuring Emily McEwan performed. The concert was arranged by Uppsala Jazz Club.

The quartet consists of Kjell Fernström (piano), Per Nilsson (bass), Jesper Kviberg (drums) and Claes Askelöf (guitar). Together with them they had singer Emily McEwan.



This was a really really good concert. It had a little bit of everything: swingin' jazz, latin jazz, blues and ballads.

Emily McEwan has a beautiful voice and I like to hear more of her. In the middle of the second set, when she had sung "Over the Rainbow", band leader Kjell Fernström remarked: "We could end right now and everybody would be satified". He was right. Fortunatly they kept on playing. I liked the way she kind of danced on stage full of energy when the other musicians played.



I liked how piano player Kjell Fernström phrased the music. I also like how fun they had playing together.

I wish the band could play at a swing dance at Swingkatten, I think they would be great.



Jesper Kviberg was also here in Uppsala last fall when he played at a concert with Monica Borrfors. The first time I heard Emily McEwan was last spring when she sang at After Work Jazz with Daniel Lantz Trio.


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Monica Borrfors sings Monica Zetterlund

On Saturday Monica Borrfors and The Gösta Nilsson Trio played at a concert at Hijazz in Uppsala. The concert was arranged by Uppsala Jazz Club.

The concert was a tribute to the late jazz singer Monica Zetterlund who would have been 70 years old this year, if she hadn't died in an accident a couple of years ago. Monica Borrfors told about her life and career and sung the songs that made Monica Zetterlund famous.

Monica Borrfors has an exellent voice that is very warm, it was a pleasure to hear her sing songs like "Sakta vi går genom stan" (Walking my baby back home). In fact, one of the things that made Monica Zetterlund special was that she sang the jazz standards with Swedish lyrics, the songs gets a slightly different meaning and adds something new. Very refreshing.



I particulary liked "Du måste ta det kallt" (Stockholm Sweetnin´, Music: Quincy Jones; Lyrics: Peter Himmelstrand) and "En Slump" (Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Music: Richard Rogers and lyrics by Tage Danielsson).

Monica Borrfors is backed up by a great band: The Gösta Nilsson Trio which consists of:
Gösta Nilsson (piano), Filip Augustsson (bass) and Jesper Kviberg (drums). At this concert Filip Augustsson was replaced by Palle Sollinger.

If you want to hear the music, Monica Borrfors has made a cd with the songs from the show.

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Were you at the concert with Monica Borrfors and The Gösta Nilsson? What did you think of the jazz concert? Tell me.