Emma Denward
"......flerbottnade berättelser om känslor och stämningar, relationer mellan människor, verkliga små händelser i vardagen och mörka och ljusa drömmerier._ Sånger värda att gå in i och låta växa.” Alexander Agrell, Sydsvenskan
Om Emma
Foto Maja Gallstad
New release 5 September!
Emma Denward has in her most recent project Transformation managed to gather some of the finest Swedish musicians to a brand new combo that has never been tried before. Her lyrics are woven into an open sound where lyrics and melodies are tied together, lift each other and discharge in generous improvisations.
The result becomes something new, an addition to the modern, Nordic jazz, where the musicians from different generations, together and each one of them with their vivid expression, give room for Emma’s voice to lead the way.
The band members are Emma Denward vocals, composer and lyricist, Karolina Almgren, saxophone and composer of one song, Maggi Olin piano, Anders Jormin bass and Anders Vestergård drums.
Release concert arranged by Jazz i Malmö at Inkonst, Malmö 5 september 19.30.
About
Emma’s passion for jazz and improvisation started with the love for Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, as can be heard in her first album with the group TWANG!. There she full heartedly performed some of her favorite jazz standards. As time has passed she has developed her own way with improvisation and songwriting. Now she sings mostly original music even though her heart still beats for the beauty of the jazz repertoire.
For the last few years Emma has been touring and doing gigs mostly in the south of Sweden, among other venues at Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival.
Coaching and guiding young people in their development towards greater musical, and maybe other, knowledge has always been a big part of Emma’s professional life. She finds that the musical communication, and that of learning, come from the very same creative source.
Emma has been teaching vocal skills and jazz singing in one of Sweden’s mot renown jazz educations, Fridhems folkhögskola, since 2004.
She has a Master of Fine Arts from Malmö Academy of Music.
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