Tickets for Uppsala Winter Swing released tomorrow

Tickets for the big annual jazz festival in Uppsala, Uppsala Winter Swing, will be released at Uppsala Nya Tidning (UNT) tomorrow. UNT is located at Dragarbrunnsgatan 24 in Uppsala.

Peter Lind & The Cabaret Band will play between 10 and 12 tomorrow. In case you haven't heard them, you should definitly take the chance to see them. They are a very entertaining and swinging band.

I'll post more about Uppsala Winter Swing later on, with all the details about which jazz orchestras and artists that will perform at the jazz festival. Uppsala Winter Swing takes place on Jan 26th 2008.

You might want to read all the articles I've written about the jazz festival.

The photo is taken by me at their show Good Evening Everybody and may not be published elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to license it.

Are you planning to attend Uppsala Winter Swing? Tell me.

Brazz Brothers: Photos: Uppsala Winter Swing

Brazz Brothers, a Norwegian brass band, played at the jazz festival Uppsala Winter Swing in January. Since it's Sunday I took the opportunity to dig through my jazz photo archive to find some pictures of them.

Brazz Brothers consists of two sets of brothers, first Helge Førde (trombone) and his twin Jarle Førde (trumpet/flugelhorn) and the third brother: Jan Magne Førde (trumpet/flugelhorn). The other pair of brothers are Runar Tafjord (french horn) and Stein Erik Tafjord (tuba). The last person in the band is Marcus Lewin (drums/percussion), he might also have brothers but they are not playing in the band.



Brazz brothers mixes traditional jazz and fusion jazz. At the concert they showed some of their African influences in the song "African Marketplace". They also pay attention to their Norwegian roots and have just released a cd called Vågåblot where they mix in traditional norwegian folk music.

All brass players in the band are also trained in classical music and they played a really great (grejt!) piece called "Domen" (The Cathedral) which made the whole room feel like you were in a cathedral. Speaking of cathedrals, Brazz brother will be back in Uppsala this fall to give a concert together with Orphei Drängar, one of the best men choirs in the world. If you have the opportunity, see them in the Uppsala cathedral September 29th.



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

Have you heard Brazz brothers? What do you think of them? Tell me.

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.


The photos are taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without written permission.

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

Skrapan Big Band feat. Ulf Johansson Werre

Every now and then I go through my picture archive to find jazz photos from previous events, this is one example. In January the Uppsala Winter Swing jazz festival was held and I was there taking photos all day.

One of the first concerts of the jazz festival was Skrapan Big Band featuring Ulf Johansson Werre. Skrapan Big Band is a band with high school students studying music at Lundellska skolan (aka Skrapan) in Uppsala. Ulf Johansson Werre is one of Swedens best jazz musicians and plays both trombone and piano excellently. Once upon a time he also went to school there.



Behind Ulf Johansson Werre you can see Johanna Grim on trombone who is also a member of The Silver Sextett which played at Youth Jazz Contest. At the festival Ulf J. Werre also played with John Högman International Group featuring Rémi Toulon.

Below is all the singers in the band. I don't have all their names in the correct order so if you can tell me who is who, I would appreciate that.



Skrapan Big Band didn't just play all jazz tunes but other styles of music as well. Many people think of big band music as only jazz when in fact it just means that you have a lot of musicians in the band. Is there a definition of big band music?

There is a lot of pictures from Uppsala Winter Swing but I won't publish them all at once so stay tuned.

The photos are taken by me and may not be used elsewhere without my permission.

Did you see Skrapan Big Band and Ulf Johansson Werre at Uppsala Winter Swing? What did you think of them? Tell me.

Swing Mon Amour at Uppsala Winter Swing

Swing Mon Amour played at Uppsala Winter Swing jazz festival in January. They play jazz in a Django Reinhardt kind of style.

I liked their versions of Minor Swing and Stompin' at the Savoy.

Hampus Andersson and Anton Svanberg plays the guitar while Gustaf Gunér plays bass.

Does anyone know if they have a website? Tell me if they have one and I'll link there.

The photo is taken by me and may not be used elsewhere without my permission.

Did you see Swing Mon Amour at Uppsala Winter Swing? What did you think of them? Tell me.

Rémi Toulon at Uppsala Winter Swing

Rémi Toulon, a jazz pianist from France, played in the John Högman International Group at Uppsala Winter Swing.

With a combination of skill and luck I had the fortune to have front row seats at both their sets. Watching them was really a treat because this, I think, is jazz at its best. Talented musicians that communicate so well with eachother, trading ideas and really listening to eachother. A clever and witty conversation set to music. It swung!

In the group were also: Laurence Allison (song), Ulf Johansson Werre (trombone), Thomas Arnesen (guitar), Martin Sjöstedt (bass) and Calle Rasmusson (drums).

The photo is taken by me and may not be used elsewhere without my permission.

Did you also see this group at the jazz festival? What did you think? Tell me.

Laurence Allison at Uppsala Winter Swing

Yesterdays jazz festival, Uppsala Winter Swing, was so much fun. An overdose of jazz was just right. Thanks to the organizers I had the opportunity to photograph many of the musicians. Thank you, Björn Sjödin!

There's a lot to tell but for now I'll have to gather my thoughts and sort through all the pictures. Expect more stories and photos in the coming week.

Here is a picture of Laurence Allison, a great singer from France. The photo is taken by me and may not be used elsewhere without my permission.

Where you at Uppsala Winter Swing? What was you favorite moment? Tell me.

Uppsala Winter Swing 2007

Tomorrow the jazz festival Uppsala Winter Swing will take place. It features 12 hours of jazz, 18 bands and over 200 musicians. It's estimated that approx. 1300 people will attend the event.

List of bands at Uppsala Winter Swing.

I will be there listening, dancing and taking a lot of photographs and I'm planning to give you some reviews of Uppsala Winter Swing next week.

If you want to attend it's not too late to get a ticket, you can buy them at UNT City or at the door, 380 kr. If you only can attend in the evening you get a discount after 20 o'clock: 200 kr (160 kr if you have a UNT-card).

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. If you're going there, come up to me and chat a little, maybe tell me what you think of this blog.

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