Jeanette Lindström
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Jeanette Lindström is a Swedish singer, composer
and lyricist
. She grew up in Östersund
and Ås
in the Jämtland region of Sweden.
Jeanette Lindström made her recording debut on Caprice Records with Another Country in 1995, the year she was awarded the "Jazz in Sweden" prize. Two more albums followed on the same label. In 2003 she began a collaboration with the Amigo Musik/Bonnier Amigo Music Group with the album Walk. Walk and its sequel, In the Middle of This Riddle, were warmly received by both audiences and critics in Sweden and abroad.
Jeanette focuses on her band and on composing, but she has also performed and recorded with, among others, pianist/composer Steve Dobrogosz
, and the group ONCE
with bassist/composer Anders Jormin
. Through the years she has also appeared as guest soloist in smaller jazz bands and big bands, and with chamber and symphony orchestras. She has toured around the world – in recent years mainly in France – along with her performances in Sweden.
Composing her own music has always been an important part of Jeanette's career. On the album Whistling Away the Dark, however, she recorded jazz classics together with Palle Danielsson
, Bobo Stenson
, Jonas Östholm och Magnus Öström – a side project apart from her ordinary band.
In 2007 the song Leaf, from In the Middle of This Riddle, was remixed by King Britt
(DJ and producer from Philadelphia), and a track from the album was chosen for the highly respected compilation series Saint-Germain des-Pres Café (Volume 7) along side tracks by Norah Jones
, Beady Belle
, Jamie Cullum
, Susi Hyldgaard, and others.
Jeanette Lindström's latest album, Attitude & Orbit Control, was released in October 2009, and received a Swedish Grammis at the awards ceremony in January 2010.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
. She grew up in Östersund
Östersund
Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...
and Ås
Ås
Ås is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås...
in the Jämtland region of Sweden.
Jeanette Lindström made her recording debut on Caprice Records with Another Country in 1995, the year she was awarded the "Jazz in Sweden" prize. Two more albums followed on the same label. In 2003 she began a collaboration with the Amigo Musik/Bonnier Amigo Music Group with the album Walk. Walk and its sequel, In the Middle of This Riddle, were warmly received by both audiences and critics in Sweden and abroad.
Jeanette focuses on her band and on composing, but she has also performed and recorded with, among others, pianist/composer Steve Dobrogosz
Steve Dobrogosz
Steve Dobrogosz is an American pianist and composer.Dobrogosz was born in 1956 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and afterwards moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 1978, where he began...
, and the group ONCE
ONCE
ONCE , or Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles , is a Spanish foundation founded on December 13, 1938 to raise funds to provide services for the blind and people with serious visual impairment....
with bassist/composer Anders Jormin
Anders Jormin
Anders Bertil Michael Jormin, born September 7, 1957 in Jönköping, is a Swedish bassist and composer.Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early 1990s...
. Through the years she has also appeared as guest soloist in smaller jazz bands and big bands, and with chamber and symphony orchestras. She has toured around the world – in recent years mainly in France – along with her performances in Sweden.
Composing her own music has always been an important part of Jeanette's career. On the album Whistling Away the Dark, however, she recorded jazz classics together with Palle Danielsson
Palle Danielsson
Palle Danielsson is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden, perhaps most notable for his work done with Keith Jarrett from 1974 to 1979, becoming a member of his European quartet for that period.-Career:...
, Bobo Stenson
Bobo Stenson
Bo Gustav Stenson is a Swedish jazz pianist. Stenson was noted as early as 1963, when he stepped up from the local scene in Västerås to start playing frequently in Stockholm, where he accompanied a long line of visiting American players including Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Gary Burton...
, Jonas Östholm och Magnus Öström – a side project apart from her ordinary band.
In 2007 the song Leaf, from In the Middle of This Riddle, was remixed by King Britt
King Britt
King Britt is an American DJ and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.King Britt is his actual legal name.- 1987: Tower Records Years :...
(DJ and producer from Philadelphia), and a track from the album was chosen for the highly respected compilation series Saint-Germain des-Pres Café (Volume 7) along side tracks by Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, Beady Belle
Beady Belle
Beady Belle is a Norwegian group founded by Beate S. Lech in 1999. Their music style is jazz and acid-jazz inspired using upbeat and downbeat electronica roots, use of vocal harmonies, piano and strings. However, the music also incorporates elements of several other genres...
, Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...
, Susi Hyldgaard, and others.
Jeanette Lindström's latest album, Attitude & Orbit Control, was released in October 2009, and received a Swedish Grammis at the awards ceremony in January 2010.
Discography
- Attitude & Orbit Control, 2009 Playground
- Leaf – The King Britt Scuba Remixes, (EP) 2007 Amigo
- Whistling Away the Dark, 2006 Amigo
- In the Middle of This Riddle, 2005 Amigo
- Walk, 2003 Amigo
- Feathers (duo with Steve Dobrogosz), 2000 Prophone Records
- Sinatra/Weill (Norrb. Big Band & Kammarork., Kenny Werner, Tim Hagans), 1999 Caprice Records
- I Saw You, 1997 Caprice Records
- ONCE (with Anders Jormin), 1997 Dragon Records
- Another Country, 1995 Caprice Records