Reinhold Svensson - New Sounds from Sweden

Reinhold Svensson Sextet   

New Sounds from Sweden • Volume 8

Reinhold Svensson (December 20, 1919 in Husum – November 23, 1968 in Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz pianist, Hammond organist and composer. Reinhold was blind and learned to play by ear.

Svensson recorded as a solo artist in 1941-1942, then joined the ensemble of violinist Hasse Kahn. In 1948, Putte Wickman took leadership of the group, and Svensson worked with it until 1960 as a performer, arranger, and composer.

Svensson appeared at the Paris Jazz Festival in 1949, worked with Arne Domnerus's orchestra, and played with Charlie Norman in 1950-1951 as a duo under the names Ralph & Bert Berg and the Olson Brothers. He also recorded with his own ensembles (including under the name Ragtime Reinhold); Domnerus, Jack Norén, Simon Brehm, and Thore Jederby were sidemen of his in the late 1940s and early 1950s. *wikipedia.org*

It wasn't long after Jazz was born that America's classical music made its way across the Atlantic to Europe, where perhaps no other country embraced Jazz so passionately and produced as many masterful advocates as Sweden. In the early '50s, when bop reigned supreme both here and abroad, Sweden was second only to the U.S. in the number and quality of musicians following the adventurous trail blazed by Bird, Diz, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke and their colleagues It was a time of unparalleled enterprise and creativity, one that marked the emergence of a number of superior improvisers whose deference to America's magisterial boppers did not slacken their creative energy or suppress their resourcefulness. *Jack Bowers (allaboutjazz.com)*

New Sounds from Sweden • Volume 8 is one of a handful of early Prestige Records issues of Swedish modern jazz in the postwar years!  – a set that features Reinhold Svensson on piano, Rolf Berg on guitar, and Bo Kallstrom on vibes! Titles include "Tasty Pastry", "Top O' The Mornin'", "Blue Lou" and "Queen Of Saba" *Dusty Groove, Inc.*

Side 1

1 - Because Of George

(R. Svensson)

2 - Tasty Pastry

(R. Svensson)

3 - Bury Your Worries

(R. Svensson)

4 - Pin-Up

(R. Svensson)

Side 2

5 - Top O' The Mornin'

(R. Svensson)

6 - Blue Lou

(Sampson, Mills)

7 - Stealin' Apples

(Waller, Razaf)

8 - Queen Of Saba

(R. Svensson)

Reinhold Svensson (piano, harpsichord [#8]), Putte Wickman (clarinet),

Bo Kallstrom (vibes), Rolf Berg (guitar), Gunnar Almstedt (bass), Andrew Burman (drums).

Recorded at Radiotjänst (studio 2), Stockholm, Sweden,

September 10, 1952 (#1 and #2) and April 1, 1953 (#3 to #8)