Gunhild Carling & The Carling Big Band - Variete

Size: 99,0 MB
Time: 41:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Big Band, Vocal Jazz Swing
Art: Front

01. I Love You Forever (2:57)
02. Million Melodies (3:19)
03. Bunk Johnson Stomp (2:38)
04. Lonesome With a Sweet Melody (3:12)
05. Die Sternen (2:26)
06. Panama Rag (4:57)
07. Universe (3:05)
08. Loosers Weaper (2:21)
09. Flamingo (2:10)
10. Love Letter (2:15)
11. Haya Sue Blues (2:48)
12. Monday Through Sunday (3:09)
13. Sophisticated Lady (3:33)
14. Carolina (2:52)

Carling Big Band with Gunhild herself in the forefront is the band that hit knockout on the entire world of music, dancers and audience. There is no band in the whole world that this original orchestra where all the musicians play multiple instruments composes dances and plays to the crowd roar.

The album variety show is a collection of Gunhild Carling Big Band's acclaimed show of the same name from the summer (2013) live performances.

This collection is also called the "Royal Edition" where all the songs from the album were performed in the Swedish king's palace in September-13, when the king was celebrating 40 years as a regent.

QUOTES ABOUT THE SHOW AND GUNHILD CARLING FROM THE PRESS:
“At the center of this multi-faceted and sometimes circus -like jazz show are the charismatic and multitalented Gunhild Carling. Her ability to articulate musical perfect score on just about any instrument is rather sensational.
Although it did Gunhild Carling vocal onslaught splendidly, mainly unmistakable Billie Holiday influence in “You are my only universe” and their own bittersweet song “Open love letter”.”

Mattias Carlsson - Orkesterjournalen
"Rafting, surprising and diverse"
Sydsvenskan

"True Fucking Jazz, straight out!"
Ulf Johansson Werre, Trombonist

Variete

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Gunhild Carling Big Band - Magic Swing!

Styles: Vocal, Swing
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:51
Size: 104,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:25) 1. Seventh Blues
(2:22) 2. Magic Swing
(4:11) 3. Memories
(2:54) 4. Jungle Log
(5:08) 5. Hindustan
(2:41) 6. After You've Gone
(2:45) 7. Diggeridoo
(3:15) 8. You Are My World
(3:15) 9. Some Day
(3:44) 10. Obelisk
(3:02) 11. Perdido
(1:56) 12. Chinatown
(2:54) 13. Ko Ko
(3:13) 14. Over the Rainbow

If Tommy Dorsey and Madonna had a baby, that child might very well grow up to be Gunhild Carling.

Ms. Carling, who will play the Key West Theater on Feb. 19, is known as Sweden’s Queen of Swing. She has made an international name for herself by performing jazz, swing and Big Band versions of contemporary songs such as Madonna’s “Material Girl,” Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” and Pharrell Williams’ “Happy,” to name a few. She attributes this sound to Postmodern Jukebox, a rotating musical collective founded by arranger and pianist Scott Bradlee. PMJ is known for reworking popular modern music into various musical genres, especially swing and jazz.

“People have been calling me the Queen of Swing for a long while,” Ms. Carling said by phone. “That and the Jazz Queen of Sweden. It started years ago and I’m happy to say it stuck.”

She’s a musical prodigy to be sure, proficient on the trombone, bagpipes, trumpet, recorder and stringed instruments such as the banjo, ukulele and harp often showcasing all of her skills in a single song while occasionally breaking into a tap dance or singing. And all with no formal training.

“I haven’t ever been to a music teacher,” Ms. Carling said. “That’s because I come from a family that plays music. I grew up outside of Malmö in the south of Sweden. Our house was always so full of variety circus, acting, dance, vaudeville and novelty. I just picked up instruments from when I was very young and played them. I started with the drums, then the recorder, trombone and trumpet. Then I started tap dancing and after that harmonica and bagpipe. Later, I began composing music.”

She said her greatest influences come from early jazz, particularly the New Orleans period, and the works of Louis Armstrong, Freddy Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and Billy Holliday. Her favorite instrument, however, is the trombone and she can play it in the style of all the jazz greats Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Trummy Young, you name it.

“The trombone is very jazzy,” Ms. Carling said. “It’s very smooth and beautiful and lyrical, but it’s also very rough and bouncy. You can create so many really cool sounds with the trombone.”

She said her dream was always to come to America and tour the whole country, which she did, settling in San Francisco in 2019 with her husband and two children all of whom are also excellent musicians and frequently perform with her.

“I always perform with a band, depending on where I’m playing,” Ms. Carling said. “Sometimes it’s a combo, sometimes a full orchestra. When I come to Key West on Feb. 19, I’ll have my jazz band clarinet, trumpet, trombone and piano.”

Selected songs that night, she said, will include “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Bourbon Street Parade,” “Tiger Rag” and a mix of blues, jazz and swing from the Great American Songbook along with some original material of her own, possibly from her 2021 album, “Good Evening Cats.”

“And my family will perform with me that night,” Ms. Carling said. “My daughter plays trombone, saxophone, sings and dances. My son plays drums and my husband plays banjo and guitar.”

She added the best way to describe one of her concerts is it’s like attending a high-spirited party out of “The Great Gatsby,” with some New Orleans Mardi Gras thrown in for good measure.

“It will be something unexpected and unique, with great fun and a lot of energy,” Ms. Carling said. “You’ll hear some beautiful melodies and have a really enjoyable time. Plus, I have some of my own tricks. I play three trumpets at once, as well as bagpipes and about ten other instruments.”By Steven J.Smith
https://keywest.floridaweekly.com/articles/38967/

Magic Swing!

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Gunhild Carling and Her Swing Band - That's My Desire

Styles: Swing, Vocal
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:59
Size: 136,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:08) 1. Sheik Of Araby
(6:20) 2. That's My Desire
(4:16) 3. Do the Hucklebuck
(4:59) 4. Caravan
(3:38) 5. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
(3:20) 6. Lover
(5:29) 7. Otchi Tchornya
(4:01) 8. Wabash Blues
(2:52) 9. Undecided
(5:09) 10. Stardust
(3:35) 11. They All Laughted
(5:23) 12. Girl From Ipanema
(5:43) 13. Cabaret

Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once!

Carling competed as a celebrity dancer in Let’s Dance 2014 on TV4 placing third. Was also on Sweden’s Dancing with The Stars. Gunhild performed for Sweden’s Got Talent in 2017 and this year she is currently on America’s Got Talent season 2019.

She recently performed with her 'Carling Big Band' at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration for King Carl XVI Gustaf's Ruby Jubilee. Performing such great memorable vintage songs such as "Minnie the Moocher," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "All of Me," "It Had to Be You," and an endless repertoire of songs, Gunhild masterfully takes you back to another era like a time machine.

Between Touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to orchestra to symphony and as a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox's songs, including a 1920s jazz swing version of "Material Girl", and a 1920s hot jazz cover of ABBA's "Dancing Queen”. Gunhild Carling keeps serenading audiences in the US and all around the world today.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/gunhild-carling

That's My Desire

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Gunhild Carling & The Carling Big Band - Harlem Joy

Styles: Swing, Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:48
Size: 160,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:30) 1. Fire Alarm
(3:11) 2. Ascona
(3:28) 3. Bix Radio Rhythm
(3:38) 4. Stompin’ At Herräng
(3:47) 5. Come Home To Me Blues
(2:53) 6. Trixter
(3:29) 7. Springtime In St. Paul
(2:11) 8. Big Apple
(5:01) 9. When Dreams Come True
(3:10) 10. Linger
(2:56) 11. Shake, Shout And Shuffle
(4:00) 12. Harlem Ghost Story
(3:00) 13. Bag Pipe Blues
(4:05) 14. I Remember Oslo
(3:31) 15. Saturday Night Walk
(1:54) 16. Harlem Joy
(3:42) 17. Rhythm Queen
(2:47) 18. Parlemo Sea
(3:47) 19. Amour’s Empire
(3:38) 20. Blue In My Heaven

2015 live release by the Swedish jazz multi-instrumentalist. 2014 was the year of success for Gunhild Carling. Tour across Sweden, Let's Dance on national TV, a highly acclaimed appearance in Central Park in New York City for tens of thousands of people, voted the most popular person in the south of Sweden 2014 and numerous of national television appearances. This live recording was made during Gunhild Carling Big Bands Jazz Varieté tour in January 2014.
By Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Harlem-Joy-GUNHILD-CARLING-BAND/dp/B00VK611MY

Personnel: Gunhild Carling - vocal, trumpet, trombone, bag pipe, harp (9), recorder (5);Max Carling - tenor sax, clarinet, violin (9); Mattias Carlsson - alto, flute, bass flute; Peter Wilgotsson - alto sax; Hakan Ekvall - baryton sax, tenor sax; Hans "Cooling" Carling - trumpet; Erik Berndalen - trumpet, vocal (15); Henrik Johnson - trombone; Goran Abelli - trombone; Svempa Lunderquist / Singe Magnusson - piano; Aina Carling - banjo; Ull Carling - drums, vocal (10), trumpet (10); Mattias Uneback / Goran Schelin - bass; Jenny Deurell - vocal (17)

Harlem Joy

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Gunhild Carling - Good Evening Cats

Styles: Swing, Vocal
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:43
Size: 84,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:47) 1. Good Evening Cats
(4:20) 2. My Lovin' Heart Can't Forget
(4:22) 3. Mack The Knife
(4:55) 4. Love Song From The Attic
(2:23) 5. Million Stars Are Out Tonight (Feat. Billy Stritch & Nanna Carling)
(3:05) 6. Att Angöra En Brygga (Feat. Idun Carling)
(4:04) 7. Two Movie Stars
(2:44) 8. Monday Through Sunday
(4:05) 9. La Vie En Rose
(2:55) 10. Wave

Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale spoiler alert she plays three trumpets at once!

Carling competed as a celebrity dancer in Let’s Dance 2014 on TV4 placing third. Was also on Sweden’s Dancing with The Stars. Gunhild performed for Sweden’s Got Talent in 2017 and this year she is currently on America’s Got Talent season 2019.

She recently performed with her 'Carling Big Band' at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration for King Carl XVI Gustaf's Ruby Jubilee. Performing such great memorable vintage songs such as "Minnie the Moocher," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "All of Me," "It Had to Be You," and an endless repertoire of songs, Gunhild masterfully takes you back to another era like a time machine.

Between Touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to orchestra to symphony and as a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox's songs, including a 1920s jazz swing version of "Material Girl", and a 1920s hot jazz cover of ABBA's "Dancing Queen”. Gunhild Carling keeps serenading audiences in the US and all around the world today.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/gunhild-carling

Good Evening Cats

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