Time Is Essential: UUJO + Frode Kjekstad concert

Tomorrow Friday Oct 31st, Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra (UUJO) will give a concert, "Time is Essential", at the University Hall. The concert will feature the Norwegian guitar player Frode Kjekstad. The orchestra is led by Ulf Johansson Werre.

The concert in the University Hall starts at 19.00. The tickets costs 130 kr (90 kr for students. If you got a UNT card and books at the UNT office (018-470 10 70) the tickets costs 100 kr (70 kr for students).

The photo above is from their Big Band Bouquet concert this spring.

The photo is taken by me and may not be published elsewhere without my permission. Contact me if you want to buy or license it.

What do you think of the Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra? Please comment.

Pustoblogsky - James Pustejovsky

There aren't many blogs that focus on swinging jazz and djing, at least I haven't found many.

Therefore I was very happy to discover Pustoblogsky by James Pustejovsky that has the tagline:

"Music-geekery about jazz, swing, and deejaying tunes that your grandpa thought were hip"

Pustoblogsky has three basic types of posts.

First: dj set lists from when he djs. I like the fact that he sometimes comments about why he put on that particular song at that time and what he was trying to achive. Set lists are a great way to find artists that you never heard about before. I would post more set lists myself if I had a laptop to dj from (*hint hint*).

Secondly: Under the label One Track Mind you'll find detailed descriptions about a certain song and why he likes or dislikes it.

Third: Well, all the other stuff: rants, raves and musings.

Go ahead an check out Pustoblogsky, if you like my blog, you'll like his as well.

What do you think of Pustoblogsky? Are there any other blogs that you think I should check out? Please comment.

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Can Can

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) is song that I love because of its funny, witty and silly lyrics. The lyrics makes me smile every time I hear them.

Here is a version of Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) that is sung by Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine in a scene from the movie Can-Can from 1960.

Check out an other bubbly performance of Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) by MaryAnne (ysabellabrave).

What do you think of this video clip with Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine? Please comment.

500 thoughts on swing music and swing dance

Today I celebrate my 500th post about swing music and swing dancing. Can you belive it? It's quite a lot of time and effort behind it, but I hope that you continue to find it entertaining and educating. I want to thank all the people I've come in contact through the blog.

So what are my personal highlights so far?

• All the opportunities that I've gotten to take great jazz photographs.
• The collaboration back and forth with swing dj Jesse Miner and the Hey Mr Jesse podcast.
• Best posts: Book review of Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop and Interview with Cyntia Millman.
• Most infectious swing video clip: Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears playing the song "Truckin".

I encourage you to have a look through the archive (found at the right hand side of the blog) and see what has happened over the last one and a half years.

What are your favorite posts? Please share.

If you like this blog there are several things that you can do to support the blog.

What kind of things would you like to read more about? Please comment.

The photo is photographed by Eyesplash.

Emma Larsson: Jazz concert photos

On Sunday, The Emma Larsson Quartet played at Pub 19 at a concert arranged by Uppsala Jazz Club.

The quartet consists of Emma Larsson (vocals), Seppo Kantonen (piano), Tomi Salesvou (drums) and Ville Huolman (bass).

Everybody in the band are very talented, they are very good at what they do. If you like this style of jazz, you should see them or buy their album. But it's not really my preferred style of jazz, so (as I've mentioned before) it spoke more to my brain than my heart.



The next concert arranged by Uppsala Jazz Club will be at November 16th 15.00 with Lill-Bength.

I've heard from the jazz promotor Björn Sjödin that there will be a lot more jazz on Sundays at Pub 19 later on in the autumn, more about that in another blog post.




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

What do you think of Emma Larsson and her quartet? Please comment.

Boogie Woogie Royal: Anke Angel and Ulf Sandström

A week ago I got a mail from the pianist and singer Anke Angel from Holland, so I checked out her work and found this great clip of Anke Angel playing boogie woogie together with Ulf Sandström and the band Jump4Joy.

Such great energy and lots of humour. What is it with boogie woogie rhythm that gets you instantly into a good mood?

I missed Ulf's show "New Orleans T.O.R" at Reginateatern last year but I hope to see him performing live sometime. My bet is that it'll be at least 10 times as good as this clip.

What do you think of Anke Angel and Ulf Sandström? Please comment.

Emma Larsson at Pub 19 today

Today the jazz singer Emma Larsson and her quartet will play at a concert at Pub 19 in Uppsala at 15.00. The concert is arranged by Uppsala Jazz Club and costs 120 kr.

Listen to Emma Larsson at MySpace.

What do you think of Emma Larsson? Please comment.