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THIS EPISODE WAS DONE IN SWEDISH Erik Söderlind is a jazz-guitar player from Sweden. He is the guest in episode number three of the podcast. He has been around on the Swedish and international jazz-scene for more than a decade. You will be able to recognize him immediately because of his unique tone which is clear and articulate. His playing style shows imprint from jazz giants as Wes Montgomery, Grant Green and George Benson as well as Peter Bernstein. Coming out of this tradition he also adds his own part and ends up in a more modern style. The blues is also an important part of Erik´s music, which is brought to the surface when he performs with an organ combo. These days the group includes drummer Chris Montgomery and Organist Leo Lindberg but he has also recorded with Swedish Hammond legend Kjell Öhman. He also has a group which includes drummer Moussa Fadera and bass player Kenji Rabson. He has recorded seven albums as a leader which includes artists as Svante Thuresson, Lisa Nilsson and Eric Alexander. Listen to the conversation and find out where Erik´s fingerpicking jazz-guitar style comes from and his thoughts on improvisation.   Erik Söderlind´s discography: 2009 – Dedications 2009 – Twist for Jimmy Smith 2011 – Happening 2013 – Two Years Later med The Beginners 2014 – Tribute to Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery med Django & Wes 2015 – In the moment   2019 – Plays McCartney Erik Söderlind recommends: Robben Ford – Talk To Your Daughter Wes Montgomery – Boss Guitar Miles Davis – Kind of Blue John Coltrane – Giant Steps Keith Jarrett – Standards, Vol. 1 (There are 3 volumes) Bill Evans and Jim Hall – Undercurrent Pat Metheny – The Road to You George Benson – Shape of Things to Come Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart (all albums)

THIS EPISODE WAS DONE IN SWEDISH The swedish tenor man Gilbert Holmström is a true legend. He caught the first rays of light in 1937, as well as the swedish tenor men Berndt Rosengren and Börje Fredriksson. Gilbert also thinks that Joe Henderson should be part of this group of people. He was born the same year but in the United States. Gilbert who was born and raised in Gothenburg had his musical traning in Malmö. He had an older brother, Chris Holmström who also played saxophone and clarinet. The Holmström family was a musical family where both parents played instruments. From early on a lot of jazz music was being played in the household, since the parents had brought back a lot of jazz records from the United States. Gilbert started playing saxophone when he was 19 years old. He played the 158 exercises by Sigurd Rascher. He also studied to become a dentist. Back in Gothenburg is where he has been most active as a musician and has made some legendary albums. In 1965 he released his first recording Utan Misstankar (Without Suspicion). Here the music has become influenced by Archie Shepp among others. The next recording to be released was Mount Everest wich was released in 1972. This is the first Swedish jazz-rock/fusion record,. By this time the sound was influenced by the english group Nucleus. In the episode we talk about a few other recordings wich are listed below. Gilbert is still active playing jazz and runs a quartet with Swedish guitar player Rolf Jardemark. The group released the album Blue Age in 2015 Utan Misstankar was Gilbert´s first recording 5 records from Gilbert Holmstöm´s dicography: Utan Misstankar (Without Suspicion) – not available on line You can get the record here: Mount Everest Mount Everest Trio – Waves From Albert Ayler Tiden Är Kort (Time Is Short) - not available on line You can get the record here: Konfrontation - not available on line You can get the record here:   Gilbert Holmström recommends: Charlie Parker  EP – Kim, Cosmic Rays Freddie Redd Quartet with Jackie McLean  – The Connection John Coltrane -  Live At The Village Vanguard

This is the first episode of the podcast Blue Voodoo. I am interviewing Sebastian Noelle at The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 14, 2018. He was performing several shows as both front man and side man at the festival. Sebastian Noelle is a German guitar player who lives in New York and has been part of the city´s muti-facated creative music scene since 2002. He released his latest album named Shelter in 2016. You will hear the two songs Rolling With The Punches and Ahir Bhairav, and hear Sebastian talks about his influences, approaches to music, and the writing process. At the end of the interview he mentions some records that have been of great influence to him. These are the ones:   The Beatles  - Allan Holdsworth - Ben Monder  - Lage Lund Trio – Pat Metheny  - Adam Rogers – Matt Mitchell –   Sebastian Noelle also mentions some inpirational musicians of the New York scene: Steve Coleman Miles Okazaki Dan Weiss Vijay Iyer Loren Stillman Deerhoof Steve Cardenas   To buy Sebasitian Noelle´s records or to find out where he performs and other information go to: or Sebastian Noelle´s album Shelter, on Spotify: Don´t forget to subscribe to the show!