Some of Sweden's best jazz musicians were commissioned to arrange Swedish folk music for a radio broadcast in 1965. Bengt Hallberg, Jan Johansson, Georg Riedel and Bengt-Arne Wallin were given access, in the sound archives of Swedish Radio, to unique folk music recordings, many of which they made direct use of in their own music. The results are unique and offer a look at where some of the folk ensembles like Filarfolket were going to be heading a decade from then. These original recordings retain all of the original freshness of this historic broadcast.
Performers: The Bengt Arne Wallin orchestra, / The Jan Johansson Quintet, / The Georg Riedel orchestra, / The Bengt Hallberg orchestra, / The Georg Riedel ensemble. One of the most extraordinary and passionate Garifuna artists of his generation, Aurelio Martinez follows in the footsteps of the legendary Parranderos of the Caribbean coast of Central America to become the new voice of Paranda. —Courtesy Calabash Music