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Sunniva Brynnel Group
All members of this group met as masters students at the New England Conservatory in Boston in August 2016, and have played together ever since.
Their debut album The Letter, recorded in New York, was released in March 2019.
Consisting of songs written by Sunniva in England, Sweden and the US, this album is a fitting match for this international quartet; some of the lyrics are penned by Sunniva herself, and some are texts from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet as well as by Swedish poet Karin Boye.
The Letter can be found on all major digital platforms.
Sunniva Brynnel (SWE) – voice & accordion
Nathan Reising (US) – alto saxophone
Andrew Boudreau (CAN) – piano
James Heazlewood Dale (AUS) – double bass
Press/comments about Sunniva Brynnel Group – The Letter:
” Sångerskan Sunniva Brynnel hör till de svenska jazzmusiker som utbildat sig utomlands och blivit kvar – i Brynnels fall i Boston. Bandet på hennes nya skiva består av folk hon studerade med vid New England Conservatory: kanadensaren Andrew Boudreau på piano, amerikanen Nathan Reising på altsax samt australiensaren James Heazlewood-Dale på kontrabas.
Brynnel har bland annat tonsatt (översatta) texter av Karin Boye, som alltså sammanflätas med hennes egen historia. Det hörs att hon är skandinav, dels genom ett tydligt folkmusikaliskt inslag, dels på en mer subtil nivå som säkert framstår som än tydligare i öronen på till exempel en amerikan.
Oavsett vilket går det rätt lugnt till; Brynnel jobbar med en form av lågmäld dramatik, där ord och stämningar ges både tid och rum.”
– Johannes Cornell, Dagens Nyheter (4-star review)
“Sunniva Brynnel Group continues to develop and evolve, with a new album that marks a further step along the road from the Blue Ejder album and its settings of poems by Karin Boye. The album was recorded in NYC and features jazz musicians from Canada and the U.S., including Nathan Reising on alto sax. There are a couple of new Boye settings here. In general the tracks in the album present an interesting blend of folk style and post-Coltrane improvisation and harmony, where voice and lyrics are fused with the work of the instrumental ensemble.”
– David McDuff, translator and freelance editor, England
“This music is wonderfully understated and compelling. Sunniva’s songs are poetic with Scandinavian mystic overtones, and there is a vulnerability that draws the listener in.”
– Jerry Bergonzi