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Emma Josefsson - De Va De
Emma Josefsson's debut album De Va De ("That Was That" in Swedish) consists of original tunes by Josefsson throughout. The music carries a wide spectrum of atmospheres and the album is a thrilling journey through different emotional places. The Swedish titles of the songs are just as exciting as the music itself: "Skurken" - "The Villain", "Flyr" - "Escapes", "Tuggmotstånd" - "Chewiness", "Åtanke" - "Remembrance", "Sömnlös, rastlös, chanslös" - "Sleepless, restless, without a chance", "Snabba tanten" - "Quick auntie" and the title track "De va de" - "That Was That".
Emma Josefsson - Tenor and baritone saxohpone
Alf Carlsson - Guitar
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Hannes Sigfridsson - Drums
Recorded at Kultivator studios by Jonas Olofsson
Mix and master by Jonas Olofsson
Art work by Klara Lindqvist
Released on December 6 2023
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Stockholm Hot Seven - Yeet's Blues
Stockholm Hot Seven has over the last few years become one of the most popular jazz ensembles in the capital. They have worked almost like a house band at some of the main jazz clubs in town, such as Stampen and Glenn Miller Café. Musicwise, the band has been focusing a lot on the music of Duke Ellington but has over time developed more of a repertoar of their own with some original compositions and arrangements on other music, which we hear a lot of on the band's first album, Yeet's Blues. The title refers to Ellington's famous tune Jeep's Blues, and the expression of being "yeeted".
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet
Axel Mårdsjö - Alto & baritone saxophone
Linus Lindblom - Clarinet & tenor saxophone
Hampus Adami - Trombone & valve trombone
Pål Nyberg - Guitar
Jon Henriksson - Double bass
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Recorded at Atlantis studios, November 22, 2022 by Niclas Lindström
Mixed by Niclas Lindström, Axel Mårdsjö and Linus LIndblom
Mastered by Mats Äleklint
Cover art by Sanna Haverinen
Released on November 17, 2023
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Jonny Ek Trio & Erik Söderlind - Erik Söderlind Meets Jonny Ek
In 2021, Jonny Ek Trio released their first album, Live at the Valley, which was praised by the jazz press. Shortly after, the trio started to play with guitar star Erik Söderlind, and they found each other from the first session. The cooperation grew more and more intense and finally resulted in the next album: Erik Söderlind Meets Jonny Ek. Unlike the first album, which was focused on jazz classics and other peoples music, on this record, we get to meet piano player Jonny Ek as a composer, and Erik Söderlind as well. The music breathes a beautiful melodic language, blues and groove and of course the unique sound of the trio, perfectly matched with Söderlinds melodic guitar playing.
Erik Söderlind - Guitar
Jonny Ek - Piano
Tomas Sjödell - Double bass
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Released on October 27 2023
Klas Lindquist Nonet - Alternative Source of Energy
Klas Lindquist is without doubt one of the most prominent and sought after saxophone players on the Scandinavian jazz scene. He is also an exceptional composer and arranger, which can be heard especially with his 9 piece band Klas Lindquist Nonet. The band has two previous releases and this one is number three - Alternative Source of Energy. The title refers to the power that this nine piece band generates when being put together, as well as the urgent issue of finding sustainable sources of energy due to climate change. All music is composed by Lindquist and is written particularly for the members of the band, whom are all part of the Swedish jazz elite.
Klas Lindquist - Alto saxophone, clarinet, composition
Robert Nordmark - Tenor saxophone
Fredrik Lindborg - Baritone saxophone
Karl Olandersson - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Nils Janson - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Magnus Wiklund - Trombone
Petter Carlson Welden - Piano, french horn
Kenji Rabson - Double bass
Daniel Fredriksson - Drums
Lina Lövstrand - Flutes (track 8)
Filip Ekestubbe - Piano (track 2 & 4)
Leo Lindberg - Organ (track 4 & 8)
Calle Rasmusson - Percussion (track 8)
Recorded at Riksmixningsverket, January 9-10 2023
Mixed by Pål Svenre
Produced by Klas Lindquist and Calle Rasmusson
Released on October 16 2023
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Jon Henriksson - Harmonia
Jon Henriksson is one of the most sought after double bass players on the Swedish jazz scene. This spring he came out as a bandleader and composer with his debut album Harmonia. The album consists of music composed by Henriksson and the titel Harmonia is an imaginary place in which the compositions exists. We hope you will have a nice stay!
Jon Henriksson - Double bass
Håkan Broström - Alto saxophone
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet
Hampus Adami - Trombone
Rasmus Sørensen - Piano
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Recorded by Filip Ekestubbe in Ekestubbe studios in Stockholm, June 8-9 2022
Mix and master by Gabriel Lundh
Cover art and graphic layout by Elliot Seikkinen Lydéen
Released on April 14 2023
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Tengholm Ullberg Big Band - Blue And Green With a Touch of Brown
Blue And Green With a Touch of Brown is Tengholm Ullberg Big Band's long awaited debut album. The album includes original music and arrangements by band leaders Erik Tengholm and Lars Ullberg, written druing the last five years. Both Tengholm and Ullberg are sought after composers and arrangers and gets orders from different artists, big bands and other ensembles. The album will soon be released on vinyl too!
Recorded at Atlantis studios by Niklas Lindström, Stockholm 1-2 November 2020
Produced by Erik Tengholm and Lars Ullberg
Mix by Göran Stegborn and Pål Svenre
Art work by Sandra Arvman
Sebastian Mattebo, Leonard Werme, Björn Bäckström, Samuel Muntlin, Emma Josefsson - Reeds
Isac Åberg, Max Stark, Linnea Jonsson, Emma Granstam, Erik Tengholm - Trumpets and flugelhorns
Lars Ullberg, Agnes Darelid, Hannes Junestav, Simon Skogh - Trombones
Mattias Olofsson - Guitar
Anna Gréta Sigurðardóttir - Piano
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Oscar Johansson Werre - Drums
Jesper Söderqvist - Vibraphone
Special guests: Lovisa Jennervall, vocals and Hampus Adami, trombone
Bengt Stark Trio/Kvartett feat. Johan Hörlén - Live at Glenn Miller Café
Bengt Stark has been kind of a drummers guru in Stockholm the last 30 years and has been working all over the jazz scene. On this album, we get to hear him with his own band at his home venue, together with some of the very best musicians in Europe. This is a cooking live recording from two gigs at jazz club Glenn Miller Café in Stockholm, one without piano and the other with Stefan Gustafson by the keys. The music is a wide mix of tunes, some old ones and some originals by the band members. You can really tell the musicians has played a lot together - despite the variety of songs, they have such a uniform sound and really find one another in the music.
Johan Hörlén - Alto saxophone
Bengt Stark - Drums
Filip Augustsson - Double bass
Stefan Gustafsson - Piano
Recorded by Peter Danemo at Glenn Miller Café
Mix by Peter Danemo
Master by Mats Äleklint
Design by Bengt Stark and Johan Tengholm
Cover photo by Kenth Wångklev
Inside photo by Gerhard Richter
Buy CD (SEK 150 + SEK 29 shipping) by sending an e-mail to info@tengtones.com with your adress and the number of copies you want
Ulf Adåker - Le Jazz Cool
Legendary trumpet player and composer Ulf Adåker has the past seven years been focusing on his quintet, which he calls Le Jazz Cool. This is also the name of the second, and latest, album with the group. This album really shows Adåker's mastery of the jazz language from 50's, as the songs consists of almost exclusively standard tunes, and one composition by Adåker. Prominent piano player Daniel Tilling is also a major voice on this album, since half of the tunes is played on dou with him and Adåker.
Recorded and mixed by Stefan Blomquist at Crunch Music Studio, Solna
Mastered by Claes Persson, CRP Mastering
Cover photo by Erik Sjöström
Produced and designed by Ulf Adåker and Johan Tengholm
Released on November 16 2022
Ulf Adåker - Trumpet and flugelhorn
Robert Nordmark - Tenor saxophone
Daniel Tilling - Piano
Filip Augustsson - Double bass
Rasmus Blixt - Drums
Buy double-CD (SEK 200 + SEK 29 shipping) by sending an e-mail to info@tengtones.com with your adress and the number of copies you want
Elaria Orchestra - Ikigai
Swedish big band Elaria Orchestra is now out with their first album, Ikigai! The album consists of music mostly composed and arranged by prominent composer Erika Hammarberg. The band is without doubt one of the hottest big bands in nordic jazz now and features some of the best jazz musicians in Sweden:
Erika Hammarberg - conducting, composition
Johan Christoffersson - Alto and soprano sax
Lina Lövstrand - Alto sax, flute
Magnus Dölerud - Tenor sax, clarinet
Samuel Muntlin - Tenor sax, clarinet
Emma Josefsson - Baritone sax, bass clarinet
Hans Dyvik - Trumpet and flugelhorn
Jonne Bentlöv - Trumpet and flugelhorn
Elin Andersson - Trumpet and flugelhorn
Peter Lindhamre - Trumpet and flugelhorn
Helge Sunde - Trombone
Ebba Åsman - Trombone
Ella Wennerberg - Trombone
Klas Eriksson - bass Trombone
Anna Gréta Sigurðardóttir - Piano
Lars Ekman - Double and electric bass
Chris Montgomery – Drums
Produced by Erika Hammarberg
Associate producers: Lina Lövstrand and Magnus Dölerud
Recording producer: Örjan Fahlström
Recorded at KMH studio, Stockholm, Sweden, November 3-4 2021
Recording engineers: Magnus Lindström Kolterud, Markus Sjöberg and Erik Metall
Editing engineers: Henrik Langemyr and Magnus Lindström Kolterud
Mixed by Pål Svenre
Mastered by Stockholm Mastering
Graphic design by Siw Lövkvist, FunktionellForm
Cover photo by Henrik Werge
Released on October 16 2022
Buy CD (SEK 150 + SEK 29 shipping) by sending an e-mail to info@tengtones.com with your adress and the number of copies you want
Marína Ósk - One Evening In July
Icelandic singer and composer Marína Ósk's second album, One Evening In July, showcases her deep love for the great American song book and the swinging jazz music of the 50's. The music is mostly composed by Marína Ósk and is all dressed in personal lyrics in both English and Icelandic, which gives the album a poetic flavor. This is a truly a great album by one of the leading artists on the nordic jazz scene.
Recorded by Markus Sjöberg in Stockholm, October 2021
Mixed and mastered by Ívar Ragnarsson
Graphic design by Rebecca Santo
Released on August 17 2022
Marína Ósk - Vocals
Mikael Máni Ásmundsson - Guitar
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Lina Lövstrand Stories
Lina Lövstrand's long-awaited debut album as a band leader. With the flute in the center, she put together a fantastic group with a special instrumental setting, which really brings out the character of her instrument and gives the album a unique sound. The music consists of only original tunes by Lövstrand, who also is a respected composer in big band contexts.
Recorded at Kultivator Studio November 2019 by Jonas Olofsson
Mix and master by Jonas Olofsson
Graphic design by Mariana Meraz Imagery
Photography by Elvira Glänte
Released on May 20 2022
Lina Lövstrand - Flutes
Fredrik Olsson - Guitar
Leo Lindberg - Fender rhodes and hammond B3
Lars Ekman - Electric bass
Niklas Bodin - Drums
Klas Toresson - Fundamentals
Klas Toresson's third album under his own name, Fundamentals, is a bit of a tribute to the rootsy, blues influenced, groovy jazz of players such as Geogre Coleman, Clifford Jordan and Stanley Turrentine and contains a mix of original tunes and jazz standards. To realize that vision, Toresson gathered an absolutely perfect band, consisting of some of Sweden's greatest musicians in the tradition we're talking about.
Recorded at Rixmixningsverket January 24-25 2022 by Linn Fijal
Mix by Mats Äleklint
Master by Classe Persson, CRP Mastering
Graphic design by Jon Edergren & Vejde Gustafsson, Spectra design
Photography by Per Kristiansen
Released on May 14 2022
Klas Toresson - Tenor saxophone
Leo Lindberg - Piano and hammond B3
Kenji Rabson - Double bass
Moussa Fadera - Drums
Erik Söderlind - Guitar
Mainland Jazz Collective - Slobodan's Puzzle
"On this, their third full length album, Mainland Jazz Collective have found new, personal approaches to songs who are creeping towards their hundredth birthday, and have used their deep knowledge of the living tradition of jazz to craft vibrant new originals, culminating in a hard-bop-laced musical journey seen through the eyes of six of Sweden’s most exciting musical talents. ‘Slobodan’s Puzzle’ is a meeting of tradition with creative innovation, weaving the two together to make a bold, assertive statement about where Swedish jazz sits in 2022." - Pete Fraser
Recorded at Katalin, Uppsala, by Johan Tengholm
Mix by Pete Fraser, Johan Tengholm and Erik Tengholm
Master by Martin Wirén
Graphic design by Sandra Arvman
Cover photos by Truls Ingvoldstad
Released on April 21 2022
Leonard Werme - Alto saxophone
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet & flugelhorn
Hannes Junestav - Trombone
Britta Virves - Piano
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Oscar Johansson Werre - Drums
Hannes Junestav Quartet & Håkan Broström - Reassembled
Swedish trombone player Hannes Junestav releases his debut album featuring his quartet along with Swedish legendary saxophone player Håkan Broström! The album consists of music composed and arranged by Junestav over the last couple of years, with a special, very exciting, twist. Junestav has developed an original harmonic system, which is exqusitely arranged into the songs. This approach to the music definitely reminds of the way John Coltrane played jazz and popular songs with his quartet in the beginning of the 60's. Håkan Broström is one of the most distinguished musicians in Sweden in Afro-American music and the result of the meeting between Broström, the quartet and the music is truly a masterpiece - Reassembled!
Recorded in Kingside studio by Otto Wellton, June 2021
Mix and master by Mats Äleklint
Photo and grphic design by Johan Tengholm, Hannes Junestav and Elvira Glänte
Released on April 1 2022
Hannes Junestav - Trombone
Håkan Broström - Saxophones
Britta Virves - Piano
Uno Dvärby - Double bass
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Johan Tengholm - Migration
Migration is TengTones' founder Johan Tengholm's debute album and was released on November 25. The music consists of only original compositions by Johan. As the album titel and beautiful cover art suggests, Johan's special interest in birds has been a source of inspiration for the music, where some of the tunes are protraits of different experiences of bird watching.
Recorded at Kultivator Studio by Jonas Olofsson
Mixed by Jonas Olofsson
Mastered by Mats Äleklint
Graphic design by Johan Tengholm
Released on November 25 2021
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Sebastian Mattebo - Saxophones
Hannes Junestav - Trombone
Anna Gréta Sigurðardóttir - Piano
Fredrik Rundqvist - Drums
Erik Tengholm Quintet - Stories From the Club
Erik Tengholm released his debut album, Stories From the Club, on November 18! The album features Erik Tengholm Quintet, one of the hottest jazz quintets you will find in Sweden, and consists of five original compositions by Erik and three of his favorite tunes by other composers. Erik says about the album:
"One of the best feelings is exactly in the moment when you enter a jazzclub. It is such a special vibe in there and you feel the warmth, excitement and some butterflies in your stomach because you know that you’re in for something special. I think this record has some of that vibe to it. The songs are played only from lead sheets, no arrangements, and with plenty of space for the musicians to direct the music. Everything is recorded in the same room with no headphones and basically nothing is added or edited after, which gives the session this raw, liveish character. Imagine stepping into the club, relishing the music and talking to the people. I hope you’ll enjoy it, Stories From the Club!"
Recorded in Högdalen by Johan Tengholm
Mixed by Göran Stegborn
Mastered by Mats Äleklint
Graphic design by Sandra Arvman
Released on November 18 2021
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet & flugelhorn
Johan Christoffersson - Saxophones
Mattias Lindberg - Piano
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Jonny Ek Trio - Live at the Valley
We are very proud to present the debut album of piano player Jonny Ek and his trio - Live at the Valley! With a tasteful cultivation of the jazz idiom, inspired by e.g. Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, and a heartful originality in the expression, Jonny's playing forms a unique voice among the top Swedish jazz pianists. He is exquisitely backed up by drummer Jonas Bäckman and bass player Tomas Sjödell - two outstanding musicians who are often heard together with the most prominent jazz artists of the scene. The album was released on October 15.
Recorded at Högdalen by Johan Tengholm
Mixed by Markus Sjöberg
Mastered by Martin Wirén
Graphic design by Calle Hemström
Released on October 15 2021
Jonny Ek - Piano
Tomas Sjödell - Double bass
Jonas Bäckman - Drums
Mimmi and the Original Blue - "excuse me, but this is my place!"
This is the debute album from this super popular swing dance band. On this album, you'll find a variety of moods and styles, all of a similar nature to the music of the small jazz- blues- and swing bands of the late 1930's and the early 1940's. The idea of the album is to capture the voicing of the past and to pay tribute to the great musicians and composers who were pioneers in this field of art, but also to offer something new and unique. The album includes 16 tunes - some classics, some rare ones and some original music and lyrics by the members of the band.
Recorded at Chicago, Stockholm, spring 2021 by Sakarias Larsson
Mix, master and graphics by Sakarias Larsson
Produced by Sakarias Larsson
Released on September 18 2021
Mimmi Gunnarsson Bringlöv - Vocals
Erik Tengholm - Trumpet
Björn Bäckström, Tenor sax and clarinet
Jonny Ek - Piano
Johan Tengholm - Double bass
Oscar Johansson Werre - Drums
CD: 150 SEK + 29 SEK shipping
Digital download: 69 SEK
