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Hannah Svensson And Friends

One of the highlights of the 2019 Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival was a concert by Hannah Svensson. Now, Ms. Svensson’s new album, Places And Dreams, presents her along with the colleagues who backed her at Ystad. They include her guitarist father Ewan Svensson and her good friend pianist Jan Lundgren, artistic director of the festival. From Lundgren’s trio are Matz Nilsson, playing electric bass, and drummer Zoltan Csörcz. The album contains seven new songs written by Ms. Svensson, as well as a stirring version of “Honeysuckle Rose.” At the concert, a videographer was on hand for the full-scale performance of Fats Waller’s 1929 classic. The video wanders now and then, but it captures the zest and spirit of the performance.

 

 

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