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VÖ: 31.01.2020
Genre: Swedish Jazz
Viktoria Tolstoy / vocals
Joel Lyssarides / piano
Krister Jonsson / guitar
Mattias Svensson / bass
Rasmus Kihlberg / drums
Recorded by Michael Dahlvid, May 29 - 30, 2019 at Nilento Studio, Gothenburg
Mixed and mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento Studio
Produced by Nils Landgren
Joel Lyssarides appears courtesy of Prophone / Naxos
Joel Lyssarides / piano
Krister Jonsson / guitar
Mattias Svensson / bass
Rasmus Kihlberg / drums
Recorded by Michael Dahlvid, May 29 - 30, 2019 at Nilento Studio, Gothenburg
Mixed and mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento Studio
Produced by Nils Landgren
Joel Lyssarides appears courtesy of Prophone / Naxos
The new album by vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy is a reflection of her very own understanding of jazz - with pieces by Swedish composers on the one hand, and of American jazz and song greats on the other. The piano seat of her new band is now, after Esbjörn Svensson and Jacob Karlzon, manned by Joel Lyssarides, a rapidly rising star of the Nordic jazz piano scene.
Viktoria Tolstoy
Artistic talent runs in the family of Swedish singer
Viktoria Tolstoy.
Her great-great-grandfather was the legendary Russian
national poet Leo Tolstoy. From a very young age on, Viktoria made her way through
the jazz clubs of Stockholm and played with leading Swedish jazz musicians like
Svante Thuresson.
In 1994, at the age of 20, she recorded her first album. Two
years later, with the album "För Älskad," she became an overnight pop
star in her homeland. This set the stage for her collaboration with Esbjörn
Svensson and e.s.t. He produced and wrote songs for "White Russian,"
the first Scandinavian record released by the legendary Blue Note Label.
Nils "Mr. Red Horn" Landgren also produced and
played with her, and in 2003, she followed him and Svensson to ACT as an
exclusive artist for the label.
Since then, Tolstoy has established herself as one of the
leading voices in contemporary jazz. Crystal clear, dynamic, wild, and vibrant,
yet simultaneously prosaic and grounded, her voice is perhaps the most
brilliant of all Scandinavian singers. When Viktoria Tolstoy performs a song,
she doesn't just interpret it; she shapes and molds it in a unique way.
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