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/
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!
