Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:07
Size: 131,9 MB
Art: Front
(3:52) 1. Prologue
(4:38) 2. Them There Eyes
(5:41) 3. Autumn In New York
(3:21) 4. Very Early
(4:25) 5. Yesterdays
(4:15) 6. The Way You Look Tonight
(4:48) 7. You've Changed
(5:04) 8. Why Was I Born
(4:16) 9. Dindi
(5:08) 10. Ordinary Day
(3:46) 11. All The Things You Are
(4:23) 12. I'm Old Fashioned
(3:24) 13. Let's Begin
In the fall of 2017 the final majestic part of Lina Nybergs astonishing album trilogy about humanity, the world and music itself is to be released “Terrestrial” (Hoob records). Lina has composed and arranged music for symphony orchestra (and her band) on commission from the NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra in Umeå. The piece will have it’s first live performance at Umeå Jazz Festival in October 2017. Lina Nyberg is one of Sweden’s most creative and innovative jazz singers. For about 20 years she has been attracting consistent and widespread attention, starting with the debut in 1993 with the duo CD “Close” together with late pianist Esbjörn Svensson until now, about to release her 17th album. Since 2013 Lina has been working on this trilogy of albums, composing new music about our planet and the elements for different kinds of settings, exploring the art of instrumentation. In 2014 part one was released “Sirenades” (music for big band and jazz quintet) and 2016 part 2 “Aerials” (music for string quartet and jazz quintet). Lina Nyberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1970 and raised in an artistic home. She discovered jazz at age 14 and at 18 years of age Lina began singing with Swedish senior jazz stars such as Bernt Rosengren, Nisse Sandström, Fredrik Norén Band, and others. In 1990 Lina built her own first constellation “Lina Nyberg Kvintett” consisting of Per “Texas” Johansson, Esbjörn Svensson, Dan Berglund and Mikel Ulfberg. After gratuating from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm as a Master of Fine Arts in 1993 she released her first CD- Close (Prophone records).
A duo recording with late pianist Esbjörn Svensson. An instant success and Swedish jazz classic. This was also the beginning of a very fruitful cooperation with the brilliant producer and owner of Prophone records, late Erland Boëthius. Lina and her quintet received the prestigious Swedish Grammis award for her CD “when the smile shines through” in 1995. “OPEN” released in 1998 and recorded with bassist Palle Danielsson and pianist Anders Persson, among others, was nominated for a Swedish Grammis and received raving reviews. Over the years Lina Nyberg has collaborated with various jazz musicians such as John Taylor, Marilyn Crispell, Palle Danielsson and Rigmor Gustafsson. She has toured in Scandinavia, parts of Europe, Vietnam, Canada and Brazil. A couple of times Lina also has toured Japan with Yasuhito Moris Scandinavian Connection. The Brazilian connection is also very strong to Lina and she has produced two cds dedicated to Brazil and its vast musical landscape, Brasilien (Prophone) 2003 with world famous bassplayer Anders Jormin and Brasil Big Bom 2007 (Caprice records) with big band and the great Swedish saxophonist Magnus Lindgren. Lina Nyberg is one of Sweden’s most creative and innovative jazz singers. For more than 15 years she has been attracting consistent and widespread attention, mostly in Scandinavia, but also in other parts of the world. As a solo artist and producer she has released 17 CDs. Her main constellation right now is Lina Nyberg Band featuring an all-star band: Cecilia Persson, piano, David Stackenäs, guitar, Josef Kallerdahl, bass and Peter Danemo, drums.
In March 2011 Lina Nyberg was awarded the prestigious Jazzmusician of the Year-prize by the Swedish Radio and in October 2011 she was the Guest of Honour at the Umeå International Jazz Festival. 2014 she released the first part of her planned triology with new music about the world the elements and the music itself. “The Sirenades” a project including composing music for Norrbotten Big Band on commission and her own quintet. The Cd got a wonderful reception from the press. In 2014 she was awarded the prestigeous “Lars Gullin Award” and also the Bert Levin award. Lina was nominated as the Jazz composer of the year by the Swedish Radio Jazzkatten jury. In March 2016 part two of the triology was released: “Aerials” . This time Lina sings of avians, pilots, winds and astronauts. The record includes commissioned work for string quartet as well as poetic and expressive interpretations of jazz standards as ”Fly me to the moon” and ”Bye bye Blackbird” with her regular band. The CD recieved raving reviews from major newspapers and jazzmagazines in Scandinavia at its release and was also given great attention in national TV and radio. In April 2016 Swedish national television is broadcasting an one hour program with Lina Nyberg recorded at her 25th anniversary as an artist at Jazzclub Fasching in Stockholm. In November 2016 she recieved the grand Jazz Prize from The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In the fall of 2017 the final majestic part of the trilogy was released – “Terrestrial” (Hoob records). Lina has composed and arranged music for symphony orchestra (and her band) on commission from the NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra in Umeå. The piece will have it’s first live performance at Umeå Jazz Festival October 26 2017. https://www.linanyberg.se/biography-2
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