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.

The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to license them.

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

Uppsala Jazz Club: Fall season program

Today Uppsala Jazz club starts its fall season of jazz concerts.

First out is Jesper Thilo Danish Quartet. The quartet consists of Jesper Thilo (tenor saxophone), Oliver Antunes (piano), Bo Stief (bass) and Frands Rifbjerg (drums).

I photographed almost all concerts that Uppsala Jazz Club arranged in the spring and I'll continue with the jazz concert photography the semester as well. It'll be fun :).

The concert is held at Katalin and all that jazz, it starts at 14 and costs 230 kr (200 if you are a member of Uppsala Jazz Club or has a UNT-card).

The other jazz concert this fall:

• 13 oct Fredrik Kronkvist Quartet
• 27 oct Hot Club de Norvège
• 17 nov Monica Borrfors med Gösta Nilsson Trio
• 24 nov Pidgin featuring Fredrik Nordström
• 8 dec Thomas Arnesen Trio

If you like to know more about the concerts, take a look at the official program (PDF, 500k, swedish)

What do you think of Uppsala Jazz Clubs program? Have you heard the mucians before? Tell me about them.