{"id":9849,"date":"2018-07-29T22:20:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T05:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2018-07-29T22:20:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T05:20:54","slug":"ystad-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/07\/ystad-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Ystad 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/40cedf710c5a4d9c9402ac7b8c90ef95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/40cedf710c5a4d9c9402ac7b8c90ef95.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/40cedf710c5a4d9c9402ac7b8c90ef95-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/40cedf710c5a4d9c9402ac7b8c90ef95-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/40cedf710c5a4d9c9402ac7b8c90ef95-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/>On southern Sweden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Baltic coast, the venerable town of Ystad is about to launch the 2018 edition of the festival that has made the medieval village, now a town of 29,00, a prime summer music destination in Europe. Officially named the Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival, it has been notable for a cross-section of top Scandinavian groups alternating with well-known musicians from the US and elsewhere. This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s visiting American attractions will include pianist Monty Alexander and his trio; The Manhattan Transfer, a vocal group successful for nearly half a century; and Cecile McLorin Salvant, a Grammy-winning singer often rated by critics as a successor to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. The New York-based Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen will be a soloist with the formidable Bohusl\u00c3\u00a4n Big Band, a frequent audience favorite at Ystad.<\/p>\n<p>From elsewhere in Europe, trumpeter and flugelhornist Paolo Fresu will return to Ystad leading a quartet of his fellow Italians. The festival artistic director, pianist Jan Lundgren, will again appear with trombonist Nils Landgren and an assortment of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153friends\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that will include Fresu, the Finnish alto saxophonist Juka Perko and a 15-piece string section.<\/p>\n<p>Circumstances have made it impossible for me to be in Ystad, the first time in several years that I will have missed a festival to which I always look forward. I shall hope that things work out better in 2019. If you would like to learn more about this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ystad Festival, <a href=\"http:\/\/ystadjazz.se\/?lang=en\">click here<\/a> to find the complete 2018 lineup.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ask Nils Landgren to play a beloved traditional Swedish song that is almost certain to be performed by someone in Ystad, although possibly not quite like this\u00e2\u20ac\u201dunless that someone is Landgren.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pTWzPiiSnjw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, that is what many of us know as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dear Old Stockholm.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d For more concerning the song and its history, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2013\/07\/bengt-hallberg-rip.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this <em>Rifftides<\/em> entry<\/a> about a man who helped make it famous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On southern Sweden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Baltic coast, the venerable town of Ystad is about to launch the 2018 edition of the festival that has made the medieval village, now a town of 29,00, a prime summer music destination in Europe. 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