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, funk, R&B, disco,

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, fundamentally instrumental but occasionally with vocal guest performers. The band consists of the six members Karl Olandersson on trumpet, Olle Thunstrom on tenor sax, Johan Oijen on electric guitar, Daniel Lantz on keyboards, Pal Johnson on electric bass and Jon Eriksson on drums. Daniel Lantz writes the majority of the band's music. The band has released seven albums, six of which have received international acclaim outside of the band's native Sweden and high list placements on radio charts in the United States and Canada. The group's third album ''Voodooland'' was licensed to Japanese label P-Vine and also hit #1 on the American CMJ Jazz Charts for three consecutive weeks, becoming the ninth most played jazz album on those charts in 2014. The band was signed to management by Las Vegas-based agency Eggman Global Artists and consequently toured the US between Chicago and Los Angeles in the fall of 2014. Their fourth album ''Mandy's Secret'' became a first collaboration with rock producer

Mats Björke Mats Anders Björke (born 10 June 1982 in Falun, Sweden) is a Swedish musician (keyboard) and producer. From 2004 to 2014, he was a member of the Swedish band Mando Diao. Biography Mats Anders Björke was born on June 10, 1982, in Falun (Sweden) ...

, known from rock group

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. It hit #1 on the Canadian Earshot Charts, #2 on the American charts where it lingered for 21 weeks. Even their fifth album ''Olympus'' hit #1 on the Canadian charts, hit #2 on the American charts and presented guest artists South African singer Sani Gamedze and Swedish singer Rebecca Laakso, as well as American rapper

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a o). ''Olympus'', a concept album based on Greek mythology, became the 12th most played jazz album on the CMJ Jazz Charts in 2015 and was nominated in four categories for the Scandinavian Soul Music Awards 2016: Best Band, Best Album, Best Producers (Daniel Lantz & Mats Bjorke) and Best Newcomer. The band's sixth album ''Green Man'', the third collaboration with Mats Bjorke, saw a Swedish release in the fall of 2016 and another in the US, Canada and the rest of the world in the spring of 2017, and featured several guest vocalists:

Viktoria Tolstoy Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and the daughter of Erik Kjellberg. Tolstoy was a regular studio guest in season one o ...

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, Claes Janson,

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and Deodato Siquir. Three instrumentals that never fit onto the album were released as separate digital singles in the spring of 2017. After a two-year hiatus, the band released their seventh album ''Roots'' in the fall of 2019 in connection with a release tour through Sweden, Austria and Germany. The album was released as limited vinyl edition, is completely instrumental and is the fourth collaboration with Mats Björke. In 2020, the band released a series of live concert recordings from previous tours: ''Live At The Red Horn District (ft. Natascha Flamisch)'', ''Live At The Baked Potato'', ''Live At Fasching '14'', ''Live At Nefertiti, Live At Katalin '16''.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

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'' (2010) * '' Moon Town'' (2013) (US #4) * '' Voodooland'' (2014) (US #1, Canada #1) * '' Mandy's Secret'' (2014) (US #2, Canada #1) * '' Olympus'' (2015) (US #2, Canada #1) * ''

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'' (2016/2017) * ''Roots'' (2019)

Live albums

* ''Live At The Red Horn District (ft. Natascha Flamisch) (2019)'' (2020) * ''Live At The Baked Potato '14'' (2021) (US #4) * ''Live At Fasching '14'' (2021) *''Live At Nefertiti'' (2021) * ''Live At Katalin '16'' (2021)

Singles

* " Maja" (2017) * " Hayweather" (2017) * "

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" (2017) *"Roots" (2019) *"Pugnose" (2019) *"Leave Me" (2019)

References

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External links

Official Website
Swedish jazz ensembles