Walk and Talk Karl Olandersson

• 1 Mr. B 10:06
• 2 Tell Me Now 05:27
• 3 Go Ahead 03:44
• 4 Blow 06:33
• 5 Linnea 07:19
• 6 Cleaning the Sink 06:04
• 7 Walk and Talk 04:20
• 8 Another One 07:31
• Total Runtime 51:04

Info for Walk and Talk

"Walk and talk" is Karl Olandersson´s fourth album on Stockholm Jazz Records. It contains 8 songs, all composed by Karl. We get to experience a wide range from vulnerable and fragile to confident and powerful, all delivered with swing, dynamic range, melodic accuracy and interaction of the highest class.

Karl Olandersson is originally from Hedemora and is one of Sweden’s most popular jazz trumpet players. In addition to his own quartet, he frequently appears as a soloist on various jazz stages, and also does work for TV productions such as Let’s Dance, Idrottsgalan and Allsång på Skansen. As a trumpet player, Karl is inspired by the greats of jazz history, from Armstrong to Marsalis. His personal musical style is rich with spontaneity, technical and rhythmic finesse, melody, and plenty of variation when it comes to register and dynamics.

Karl Olandersson, trumpet
Magnus Hjorth, piano
Martin Sjöstedt, double bass
Daniel Fredriksson, drums

Karl Olandersson
was born in 1978 in Hedemora, Dalarna, Sweden. Moved to Stockholm in 1997 and studied four years at the Royal College Of Music. Karl has been working as a freelance musician since then and he is now one of the top trumpet players in Sweden.

His first album, ”Introducing”, was released in 2003. The second is called ”I Like The Way You Shake That Thing”, but this album was only released in Japan, in 2005. Karl’s third album, ”Plays Standards”, was released in August 2010.

He is now releasing his sixth album in his own name, "Walk And Talk" on the Stockholm Jazz Records label. Participants on the disc are Karl's quartet: Magnus Hjorth (piano), Martin Sjöstedt (bass) and Daniel Fredriksson (drums). This time the song material consists entirely of Karl's self-composed music.

Karl plays with his own quartet Karl Olandersson Kvartett (KOK), Trinity, Stockholm Swing All Stars, Walk Tall (Martin Sjöstedt), Apocalyptic Brass Collective, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Klas Lindquist Nonet, Ronnie Gardiner Quartet, Ekdahl/Bagge Big Band, Beat Funktion and Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra.

He also often appears in commercial contexts such as Let's Dance, Idrottsgalan and Allsång på Skansen and has collaborated with many Swedish artists for several years in the Christmas Gala. He was in Tommy Körberg's show "Sjung tills du stupar" at Intiman and Chinateatern and "Elvis, Cash, The Killer And Me" with Brolle at Göta Lejon. In autumn 2018, Karl participated in Peter Jöback's show "Med hjärtat som insats" at Cirkus in Stockholm.

Karl also often plays trumpet in the studio on various artists' discs, for example, he has been involved in songs with famous international artists such as Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and Anastacia as well as many Swedish artists.

From 2008 to 2011, Karl was head teacher of trumpet at the jazz programme at the Royal College of Music, but decided to quit to focus solely on playing.

This album contains no booklet.