And.....you can trust I was nervous yesterday before my premiere of Stockholm Jazz Festival. Really.....The human psyche is a tricky thing. Now...I have been performing for a few years now, and still.....butterflies all over the place. When will I ever learn. I wonder if it has got to do with me being very hard on myself...so In my head everything HAS to be PERFECT, and if it isn´t.....I suck. But....nothing can be perfect.... there is no such thing...and....IF there were....Perfect is booring.... One reason of extra nervousness might be that everything was new to me. The band, the sound, the fantastic arrangements and being listened to by a Jazz audience.......We never had time for a sound check..so the vocals were pretty much all over the place, like singing in a room of with cotton walls......My critical me was hard on myself, as my more liberal loving me was totally happy and jazzed up. And after the gig I found out it was all broadcasted live on National Swedish Radio. Maaaan....I´m happy I did not know that before the gig...then I would have climbed the walls.):):):):):):):) Anyway...all I can say is that I had a blast, that´s what it all comes down to. The judging voices in my head can take a break, and I really wish I get to do more of these kind of gigs!!! Thank you Håkan Broström!!!!

Jazzing at Fashing

So, for the first time I did a show with wonderful big band jazz musicians, Håkan Broströms New Places Orchestra, at this little club in Stockholm called Fashing. It´s one of the oldest and highly respected jazz clubs in town. Accompanied by one of the worlds greatest guitar player Ulf Wakenius (member of Oscar Peterson Quartet) and my old friend Jennifer Brown. We had a blast..... This is a slightly new twist for me, still I did the Mellow album with a touch of Bossa Nova and Jazz, but this was something totally different. I had such a great time. Wish you could have been there with me. I got arrangements for Beautiful Girl and How Crazy are you, songs I have not been singing in many many years, along with the beautiful Carol King cover "Natural Woman". I will perform at the Stockholm Jazz Festival this year aswell, with the same wonderful Band, on June 10th. Bringing in a bit of Jazz in my life can only be a good thing. I realize there is something I have lost along the way. Most people know me as a pure pop singer, but, when I started my career I sang in various constellations of bands singing only soul and jazz/blues tunes. Always doing a " Georiga on my Mind" or a " God Bless the Child" when I didn´t get into the Little Milton groove or singing Signed Sealed Delivered by the god himself, Stevie Wonder. So...if feels like i´m on to something, or rather, returning to something I have missed. Singing the jazz....blues....soul...from another place in my heart. This is the magic with music. It brings me to explore new sides of myself constantly. For this I am forever thankful.