Lina Nyberg - Palaver (2011)

In September 2011 the Swedish composer and jazz singer Lina Nyberg and her band released a new CD - PALAVER (Moserobie Records). The music is a blend of influences from Brazilian Tropicalia, European Free form, modern classical composers, the American songbook and old school jazz.

Her odd and poetic lyrics has a comical twist as well as a drastic significance inspired by dreams and real life. In this particular project every song is named after a person that has meant a lot to her, friends, musicians, authors, relatives ” Get to know; Aliisa, Claude, Caetano, Paul and the others. In March 2011 Lina Nyberg was awarded the prestigious Jazzmusician of the Year-prize by the Swedish Radio and in October 2011 she was the Guest of Honour at the Umea International Jazz Festival.

Lina Nyberg was born in Stockholm in 1970 and raised in an artistic home. She discovered jazz at age 14 and at 18 years of age Lina began singing with Swedish jazz stars such as Bernt Rosengren, Nisse Sandstrom, Fredrik Norén Band and others. In 1990 Lina built her own first constellation “Lina Nyberg Kvintett” consisting of Per “Texas” Johansson, Esbjörn Svensson, Dan Berglund, and Mikel Ulfberg. In 1993 her first CD was released CLOSE (Prophone records). A duo recording with late pianist Esbjörn Svensson. An instant success and Swedish jazz classic. Over the years Lina Nyberg has collaborated with various jazz musicians such as John Taylor, Anders Jormin, Marilyn Crispell and Rigmor Gustafsson.

She has toured in Scandinavia, parts of Europe, Vietnam, Canada, Japan and Brazil. Lina Nyberg is one of Sweden’s most creative and interesting jazz singers. For 20 years she has been attracting consistent and widespread attention, mostly in Scandinavia, but also in other parts of the world. Her main constellation right now is Lina Nyberg Band with: Cecilia Persson, piano, David Stackenäs, guitar, Josef Kallerdahl, bass and Peter Danemo, drums.