Svante Thuresson & Great Sweet Orchestra: Photos

Yesterday I visited a concert with Svante Thuresson + Induss & Lagerberg Great Sweet Orchestra at Parksnäckan.

Svante Thuresson has had a long career as a singer and you can tell that he is a great artist and a great performer by the way he expresses the songs. He has more expressions during a song than other artists has during a whole concert.

Great Sweet Orchestra has many good jazz musicans which of several are professional musicians. The orchestra has high musical ambitions and the music has a lot of intricate arrangments.



The orchestra played songs like: Especially For You, Waltz For Debbie and Stockholm Sweetning. I enjoyed Pussy Wiggle Stomp which has a 7 beats/bar meter where the drummer and band leader Tobias Lagerberg showed off. My favorite from the concert was "Dat Dere" written by Bobby Timmons, Svante Thuresson sung the Swedish lyrics by Beppe Wolgers and then the song title becomes "Mamma, vad e de?". With my background in swing music I of course liked the extra number Let The Good Times Roll.

Since I'm the official photographer at Parksnäckan I took more photos from the concert, if you like you can also watch pictures from other concerts in the gallery.

The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission.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

Where you at the concert or have you seen Great Sweet Orchestra before? What do you think of them? Tell me.

Summer Jazz & Blues at Parksnäckan

There is going to be a lot of jazz and blues in Parksnäckan in Uppsala this summer. Besides the official program sponsored by the city council, there are going to be concerts arranged by jazz promoter Björn Sjödin.

Tonight the band Good Morning Blues is going to play. The band has been playing together for 40(!) years.

Other upcoming concerts are:

• July 12th - Öhman & Jansson VSOP
• July 26th - Good Evening Everybody by Peter Lind and the Cabaret Band
• August 2nd - Lars Erstrand Four
• August 9th - Solskensorkestern
  

In the official program you should see:

August 22nd: Svante Thuresson with Induss & Lagerberg Great Sweet Orchestra

The photo of Björn Sjödin is taken by me at the Swedish Swing Society concert at Katalin. The photo may not be used elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to license it.

Uppsala Winter Swing - Jazz Festival

In a few weeks, on Jan 27th, the annual jazz festival in Uppsala, Uppsala Winter Swing, will take place.

The festival will be from 13 till 01 o'clock and feature 8 big bands and also musicians in smaller groups.

There are so many good musicians coming to Uppsala Winter Swing, so if you like jazz, this is definitely the place to be.

If you want to find out more about the bands, orchestras and musicians just click their name in the list below.

• Brazz brothers
• Remi Toulon
• Laurence Allison
• Sliding Hammers
• Joakim Milder
• Peter Asplund
• Ulf Johansson Werre
• Lars Erstrand
• Bosse Broberg
• Martin Sjöstedt
• Klas Lindquist
• Thomas Arnesen
• Kjell Öhman
• Good Morning Blues
• Trio X
• Swing Delight
• Peter Lind and the Cabaret Band
• Induss & Lagerberg Great Sweet Orchestra
• Rockford
• Solskensorkestern
• Big Swing Face
• Svenska Showorkestern Phontrattarne
• Skrapan Big Band, John Högman, Teamwork big band, Uppsala Storband