Jazzen anfaller at Reginateatern

Tonight it's premiere for the show "Jazzen anfaller" (The Jazz is attacking) at Reginateatern in Uppsala with Peter Lind and his Cabaret Band.

This show chronicals how jazz made its entry into Sweden and how it was received. Peter Lind is an amazing entertainer and his band is full of top jazz musicians. An extra singer has also joined the band: Eva Forsgren.

The band consists of Björn Sjödin, Claes-Göran Skoglund, Kjell Grundström, John Högman, Mats Josephson.


I saw their previous show "Good Evening, Everybody" and I think that this will also be a great show. If you have the opportunity, you should go and see them.

The show is at Reginateatern Feb 14th and 15th at 19.00 and on Feb 16th at 18.00. The ticket costs 220 kr.

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"Good Evening Everybody" at Parksnäckan

Tonight there will be a performance in Parksnäckan in Uppsala called Good evening everybody by Peter Lind and the Cabaret Band.

Good evening everybody was the opening phrase that Louis Armstrong always used and the show is about Louis Armstrong, his music and his life. The band will tell anecdotes about Louis Armstrong but will also talk about the how he has influenced them. Peter Lind is an amazing storyteller and he is backed up some of Uppsala's (and Sweden's) best jazz musicians: John Högman, Björn Sjödin, Kjell Grundström, Mats Josephson and Claes-Göran Skoglund.

I think this will be a really awesome show, it starts at 19.30 and costs 90 kr (70 kr with UNT-card).

Uppsala Nya Tidning has an article about the show.

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Good Morning Blues at Parksnäckan: Photos

About two weeks ago I visited a concert with Good Morning Blues at the outdoor stage called Parksnäckan. I was only able to get there in time the for their second set. I really liked the first song: Work song written by Nat Adderly. I also enjoyed the last song, their signature melody, Good Morning Blues. In this song the rhythm section really kept it in the pocket all the time and the the whole band had great energy. I would have liked more uptempo songs in the set instead of the more mellower songs. But maybe they played those in the first set that I missed?



Good Morning Blues consists of these musicians: Jan Wärngren (piano), Thomas Lindroth (bass, song), Björn Sjödin (drums), Claes Janson (song, guitar), John Högman (saxophone), Bosse Broberg (trumpet) and Anders Johansson (guitar).

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Peter Lind and the Cabaret Band at Uppsala Winter Swing

Peter Lind and the Cabaret Band played at Uppsala Winter Swing, the jazz festival that took place here in Uppsala in January. The Cabaret Band plays swing and jazz mostly from the 1930's.


The band consists of Peter Lind (trumpet), Mats Josephson (trombone), John Högman, (saxophone och clarinet), Claes-Göran Skoglund (piano), Kjell Grundström (bass and tuba) and Björn Sjödin (drums).

Peter Lind is a wonderful entertainer who tells very good anecdotes about the swing era. They played two sets at the jazz festival and I enjoyed both of them.

They even did a small dance number of the song "(Everybody's) Truckin'". The jazz dance move Truckin' almost made it to Sweden. The footwork was lost but the shaking (waving?) of the finger can be seen in movies like "Swing it, magistern" featuring jazz singer Alice Babs.

Peter Lind and his Cabaret Band has an upcoming show called Stardust. Stardust is about jazz in Harlem. They talk about the stars that performed there, about how and why the melodies were written. They feature musicians like Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Condon.

The show will be at Eklundshof in Uppsala, Sun March 25th. I don't know what the ticket situation is like. If you like to see Stardust, you better mail Björn Sjödin and inquire.


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Have you seen Peter Lind and the Cabaret Band? What do you think of them? Tell me.