A unique document of the halcyon days of modern jazz in the Swedish capital. Featuring Monica Zetterlund and her contemporaries including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans. Monica Zetterlund is Sweden's best known jazz singer and a national institution. She dared to sing the American standards in her native language and brought to the recording studio zest and an alluring intimacy; rare qualities on full display throughout the five early years covered by this edition. During those times she worked with the crème de la crème of Swedish jazz; pianist Jan Johansson, the arranger George Riedl on acoustic bass and the velvet-toned baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin. Monica's rise ran parallel with the ascendancy of modern jazz in Europe. Stockholm was a destination where American musicians were met with hospitality, appreciation and respect without any of the racism and bigotry the black artists sometimes encountered in the United States. Among them, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans; jazz giants either at or approaching their creative peak. Davis and Coltrane were together in Stockholm in the wake of the monumental 'Kind of Blue'. Coltrane would return the following year with a quintet expanded by the inclusion of the multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy whose long, sensual flute solo on the raga-like 'My Favorite Things' is typical of the thrilling new dimension he brought to the group. 'Once Upon A Time in Stockholm' is a unique document of the halcyon days of modern jazz in the Swedish capital. The protagonists are cultural icons; the wonders of their art are with us today and will continue to resonate.

Track List

1. Hallelujah I Love Him So
2. I Want To Be His Girl
3. It's All Right
4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
5. Darn That Dream
6. I'll Take Romance
7. The Things We Did Last Summer
8. Easy Living
9. I Loves You Porgy
10. I Could Write A Book
11. Med Andra Ord (Fly Me To The Moon)
12. Detour Ahead
13. Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me
14. Sakta Vi Gå Genom Stan (Walkin' My Baby Back Home)
15. När Min Vän
16. I New York (Take Five)
17. Säg Några Vackra Ord (Baltimore Oriole)
18. Du Måste Ta Det Kallt (Stockholm Sweetnin')
19. Så Tyst (Speak Low)
20. Vilse Valsen (Lost Waltz)
21. Vart Tar Vinet Vagen? (Where Does The Wine Go?)
22. Katten Felix
23. En Gang I Stockholm (Once Upon A Time In Stockholm)
24. Lars Gullin Quartet -Danny's Dream
25. My Foolish Heart Miles Davis And John Coltrane
26. So What
27. On Green Dolphin Street
28. All Blues / Theme
29. The New Gerry Mulligan Quartet
30. What Is There To Say ? Sonny Rollins Trio
31. St. Thomas
32. Modern Jazz Quartet
33. Vendome
34. The Cylinder
35. Bags' Groove Thelonious Monk
36. Body And Soul
37. My Favorite Things
38. Naima
39. Blue Train
40. Impressions
41. Mr P.C. Eric Dolphy
42. Miss Ann
43. God Bless The Child
44. Don't Blame Me Annie Ross
45. Jackie Albert Ayler
46. Rollins' Tune - The Stopper

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