Monica Zetterlund and her Contemporaries: Once Upon A Time in Stockholm, 3CD Box Set

• A unique document of the halcyon days of modern jazz in the Swedish capital.

• Featuring Monica Zetterlund and her contemporaries including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans.

“Zetterlund is like meatballs and Pippi Longstocking - a part of the Swedish national soul,a symbol of nostalgic Sweden.” Edda Magnasson, Monica in the film biography Monica Z.

Monica Zetterlund is Sweden's best known jazz singer and a national institution. She dared to sing the American standards in her native language and brought to the recording studio zest and an alluring intimacy; rare qualities on full display throughout the five early years covered by this edition. During those times she worked with the crème de la crème of Swedish jazz; pianist Jan Johansson, the arranger George Riedl on acoustic bass and the velvet-toned baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin.

Monica's rise ran parallel with the ascendancy of modern jazz in Europe. Stockholm was a destination where American musicians were met with hospitality, appreciation and respect without any of the racism and bigotry the black artists sometimes encountered in the United States. Among them, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans; jazz giants either at or approaching their creative peak.

Davis and Coltrane were together in Stockholm in the wake of the monumental 'Kind of Blue'. Coltrane would return the following year with a quintet expanded by the inclusion of the multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy whose long, sensual flute solo on the raga-like 'My Favorite Things' is typical of the thrilling new dimension he brought to the group.

‘Once Upon A Time in Stockholm’ is a unique document of the halcyon days of modern jazz in the Swedish capital. The protagonists are cultural icons; the wonders of their art are with us today and will continue to resonate.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

MONICA ZETTERLUND

1  Hallelujah, I Love Him So

2  I Want To Be His Girl

3  It's All Right

4  I Didn't Know What Time It Was

5  Darn That Dream

6  I'll Take Romance

7  The Things We Did Last Summer

8  Easy Living

9  I Loves You Porgy

10  I Could Write A Book

11  Med Andra Ord (Fly Me To The Moon)

12  Detour Ahead

13  Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me

14  Sakta vi gå genom stan (Walkin' My Baby Back Home)

15  När min vän

16  I New York (Take Five)

17  Säg några vackra ord (Baltimore Oriole)

18  Du måste ta det kallt (Stockholm Sweetnin')

19  Så tyst (Speak Low)

20  Vilse valsen (Lost Waltz)

21  Vart tar vinet vagen? (Where does the Wine Go?)

22  Katten Felix

23  En gang I Stockholm (Once Upon A Time In Stockholm) 24 LARS GULLIN QUARTET -

Danny's Dream

DISC TWO

BILL EVANS TRIO

1  My Foolish Heart MILES DAVIS and JOHN COLTRANE

2  So What

3  On Green Dolphin Street

4 All Blues / Theme

THE NEW GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET

5  What Is There To Say ? SONNY ROLLINS TRIO

6  St. Thomas

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET

7  Vendome

8  The Cylinder

9  Bags' Groove THELONIOUS MONK

10  Body and Soul

DISC THREE

JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET

1  My Favorite Things

2  Naima

3  Blue Train

4  Impressions

5  Mr P.C. ERIC DOLPHY

6  Miss Ann

7  God Bless The Child

8  Don't Blame Me ANNIE ROSS

9  Jackie ALBERT AYLER

10  Rollins' Tune - The Stopper