blues du jour

after a few days break it´s time for another one, here´s a jubilant(?) piece dedicated to swedish author, director, comedian, composer hans ‘hasse‘ alfredson who reluctantly turns 80 today. he together with trumpeter/arranger bengt-arne wallin created a classic children’s album in 1965 that i listened to a lot, and it seems that new generations continuously find their way to this masterpiece. the title song is called ‘blommig falukorv’ (rosy sausage from Falun) and i borrowed some notes from it. a true humanitarian (with a dark side i believe) and great artist. thanks for all the good work over the years mr alfredson!

being up north with friends and my god daughter celebrating midsummer. taking a break from updates for a little while. the photo shows tora after a day on the trampoline..

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this one has a lot of notes in it, due to the story of my friend tt who went to istanbul for an art project but her host talked endlessly so eventually she had to flee to remain sane.

unfortunately i can’t play it..

this one starts with a melody i made for my dad’s birthday in november, “fest polska”, then evolves into a six bar blues theme.

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to inge and muimui, who lost their long time friend mochino this weekend.

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it´s been a long gray rainy day i stockholm, perfect for sitting in my snug place going through some photos from my trip to south africa in january. here´s something from my visit to piketberg and the lovely delmotte family.

anthea sang some samples of afrikaans folklore, for instance the gruesome story of siembamba who, i´m not sure, went astray and got into serious trouble.. that melody was the starting point for this piece.

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wednesday night i had an encounter with cato the photographer. nothing too serious, only a flesh wound.

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i owe this bass line to the cats in NO (pinetop smith, the Dr). trying to do a boogie not so intense. is this a contradiction in terms?

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my friend johan prefer his red ones french ‘n chilled

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you have to check out a nice guest appearance by johan borgström:

black birdie

bosporus

thank´s man!

check what´s he´s up to back home in göteborg

here´s another clip with the cool mr b, he sings great too!

brother olof (right) is visiting from kalmar, brother tomas is joining from S:t eriksplan. in 15 min we are going for dinner at an italian restaurant.

this one is dedicated to my brother virgil in göteborg.

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actually, i think it is themselves the angels take lightly. in any case, they fly.

close to where i live you find vita bergen, a park on a hill with an amphitheatre and a small gazebo overlooking the stage where we had a jam this evening with some home made instruments. i made a guerilla recording, just trying to figure out how to turn it into ‘blues’..

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way to go mr mole

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