Viktoria Tolstoy - My Swedish Heart 2005 (flac) torrent

Tolstoy is very much a singer and on My Swedish Heart, she uses both lyrics and melodies to pay tribute to Swedish jazz artists. Many talented jazz improvisers have come from Sweden over the years; thus, no one can realistically expect a 46-minute CD like My Swedish Heart to salute every important Swedish jazz musician who ever lived. This is a CD, not an encyclopedia. But Tolstoy shows good taste, putting her spin on pieces by baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin (I Hope It\'s Spring for You, Danny\'s Dreaming), bassist Anders Jormin (Mayday), pianist Esbjörn Svensson (The Morning of You, Dialogue), and others. The fact that this 2005 release celebrates the Swedish jazz scene doesn\'t mean that Tolstoy pretends to be a jazz purist. Although acoustic-oriented post-bop is the album\'s primary ingredient, Tolstoy sometimes detours into folk, Euro-classical, and cabaret territory. But she does so tastefully, and achieves a healthy amount of diversity without forgetting that Swedish jazz is the theme of this outing, which is fairly unpredictable, but is also focused and coherent. My Swedish Heart is among the strongest albums in Tolstoy\'s catalog. (allmusic.com)

Artist - Viktoria Tolstoy
Title Of Album - My Swedish Heart
Year Of Release - 2005
Label - Act Music & Vision
Genre - Vocal Jazz

1. Grandmas Song
2. Mind if I
3. From Above
4. Dialogue
5. You Gave Me The Flow
6. Den Första Gång
7. Dannys Dreaming
8. The Morning Of You
9. Mayday
10. I Hope Its Spring For You
11. Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa


Viktoria Tolstoy – vocals
Jacob Karlzon - grand piano
Lars Danielsson - accoustic bass, cello
Peter Danemo – drums, percussion
Ulf Wakenius - accoustic guitar
Nils Landgren - trombone

Special Guests
Ale Moller – mandola, flute
Christian Spering - accoustic bass
Wolfgang Haffner – drums
Bohuslan Bigband