Vivian Buczek – vocals
Vivian has performed with some of the top international jazz artists such as the legendary trumpet player Clark Terry, Scot Hamilton, Harry Allen as well as Swedish jazz artists like Putte Wickman, Jan Allan), Svante Thuresson, Claes Crona, Jan Lundgren, Magnus Lindgren, Rigmor Gustafsson, the Danish saxofon player Jesper Thilo and the world known opera singer Barbara Hendricks.
Vivian is born In Malmö and graduated from Malmoe Academy of Music in 2003. Already during her studies, she started performing on different festivals and clubs in Sweden. Most importantly she made success in Poland were she's got her roots.
In 2003, she made her first recording Can't we be friends? with musicians known as legends in polish jazz society. The album reached Japan and was listed among the 16 best female jazz album among world known singers for example Stacey Kent.
Vivian has also been appreciated in Germany. The 26 of march 2006 the German radio station ARD had a tribute to the legendary piano player and composer Bill Evans. The listeners could hear different interpretations of his work performed by European musicians such as the French piano player Michel Petrucciani, the Dutch guitar player Philip van Endert and Vivian Buczek singing the lovely composition "Very Early"
Discography
Can't We Be Friends?
with Wojtek Karolak (piano), Janusz Kozlowski (bass) Andrzej Dabrowski(drums.) Piotr"Bocian" Cieslikowski( sax) and Robert Murakowski (tr) recorded in Poland, Warsaw 2003- Scandia Music
Rendez Vous On The Jazz Boulevard
Collection - Female jazz vocalists with Vivian Buczek -"Deixa" ,Rita Coolidge, Yvonne Sanchez, Ella Fitzgerald, Marie Bergman, Josefine Cronholm, Stacey Kent, Sofi Hellborg, Victoria Tolstoy, Eva Cassidy, Elaine Elias
Jesper Thilo - tenor saxophone
Jesper Thilo has through his long career been playing with great jazz icons like Edmond Hall, J.C. Higginbotham, Roy Eldrigdge, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Harry ”Sweets” Edison, Eddie ”Lockjaw” Davies, Vic Dickenson, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry and many more. He has developed a very personal and individual touch and his repertoire goes from Luis Armstrong to Charlie Parker. Jesper is featuring on track 1, 4, 7, 10
Claes Crona – piano
One of Sweden’s best pianists. Claes have played with near enough all of the great jazz elite. Take a look at his biography at
www.claescrona.com
Mattias Hjort – bass
Mattias melodic and sensitive bass playing has been heard in several Malmö groups, the most current ones being Johan Leijonhufvud Trio, Cennet Jönsson Quartet, Loïc Deqidt Trio, Offshore Quintet and Footloose. He is also one of the forces in the trio Plunge, which has toured and made radio appearances with Bobo Stenson.
As a jazz bassist, Mattias is in frequent demand by musicians such as Anders Bergcrantz, Bobo Stenson, Peter Danemo, Lennart Åberg, Lina Nyberg, Alex Riel, Jan Lundgren, Johan Leijonhufvud, Ulf Wakenius, Maggi Olin, Fredrik Ljungqvist and of course Vivian Buczek. This is the third record on Lovestreet Records with Mattias on bass.
Zoltan Csörsz – drums
Born in Hungary, Zoltan started playing the drums when he was five. At the age of ten, he started winning international talent shows. Today, aged 30, he is one of the most engaged drummers in Sweden, and is frequently used within jazz as well as pop and rock music. He has already played with many leading Scandinavian and American jazz musicians such as James Moody, Billy Harper, Ulf Wakenius, Putte Wickman, Nikolai Bentzon, Anders Bergcrantz , Jan Lundgren, Per Sjödin and now of course Vivian Buczek. This is the second record on Lovestreet Records with Zoltan on drums.
Elias Källvik -guitar
Influenced from jazz guitarists such as Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and Grant Green and with distinct roots from soul and pop/rock. Elias has performed and recorded with artists and groups as Miriam Aida, Sofie Hellborg, Anders Bergqrantz Orchestra, Svante Thuresson and Soul Quality Quartet.
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