Svensk jazzhistoria vol. 11: Jazz Cosmopolit (4 CD) - Various
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A four cd box with a 188 page book covering Swedish Jazz during the 70’s. Swedish Jazz History – a series of CD compilations released by Caprice Records – chronicles jazz in Sweden with representative recordings up until the 1970s. Vol. 11 is a comprehensive set of four CDs with a total of 62 tracks, including some unissued items. It presents a vast selection of music by artists such as Alice Babs, Monica Dominique, Nannie Porres, Monica Zetterlund, Lars Gullin, Georg Riedel, Bernt Rosengren, Nisse Sandström, Janne Schaffer, Bobo Stenson, Eje Thelin, Per Henrik Wallin, Putte Wickman, Lennart Åberg, and groups like Egba, Iskra, Mount Everest, Oriental Wind, Rena Rama, Sevda, Solar Plexus,The Swedish Radio Jazz Group, and the new all-women group Tintomara, etc. Many sources of studio and live recordings are used from different locations in Sweden. This album reflects Swedish jazz of the 1970s, characterized by internationalization and intercultural influences. Foreign Sweden-based artists like Red Mitchell, Maffy Falay and Okay Temiz worked with Swedish musicians. For
instance, with its Turkish influences, the Sevda group was a forerunner in what would later develop into the World Music genre. The 1970s was a musically rich decade where older jazz coexisted with new, freely improvised forms, influenced by both American and European avant-garde artists. Different kinds of Fusion, mixing jazz with other styles and expressions, became popular, such as Jazz Rock/Jazz Funk