Bäckbrothers are very proud to present Alexander Lövmark at the Cafe Blå Time. Alexander Lövmark (born in Stockholm 1985) is a Swedish jazz vocalist and composer currently based in Gothenburg on the Swedish West Coast. He is winner of the Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2017 and just recently was awarded the Monica Zetterlund Scholarship 2021.
His latest music to come out is the album LITTLE BIRD out January 13 2023. A tribute to the world of standards! Alexander is together with the band presenting their take on, more or less, well known jazz standards. Newer and older ones.
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Bäckbrothers are very proud to present Alexander Lövmark at the Cafe Blå Time. Alexander Lövmark (born in Stockholm 1985) is a Swedish jazz vocalist and composer currently based in Gothenburg on the Swedish West Coast. He is winner of the Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2017 and just recently was awarded the Monica Zetterlund Scholarship 2021.
His latest music to come out is the album LITTLE BIRD out January 13 2023. A tribute to the world of standards! Alexander is together with the band presenting their take on, more or less, well known jazz standards. Newer and older ones.
The band PERFECT STORM is where he mainly presents his own music, but he also works a lot with the jazz standard repertoire where he is profiled as a charming, dynamic and playful vocal-improviser within the more modern areas of this music.
But it all started somewhere else. Coming from a musical family, Alexander was at a young age fascinated with music and had his mind set on a musical career. He took to the stage at a young age with a solopart in Mozarts "The Magic Flute" at the Royal Swedish Opera House in Stockholm, and he went on studying double bass within the jazz-genre.
Later, he switched bass playing for singing, and in the year of 2006 Alexander entered the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg under professor Anders Jormin, studying to become a jazz vocalist.
After having taken part in the Scandinavian jazz-scene in a number of different constellations, Alexander decided to take a step forward as a soloist.
In July 2017, he won the Shure Montreux Jazz Festival Voice Competition, competing against jazz vocalists from all over the world. Alexanders debut full length album ”Perfect Storm” was released not long after in January 2018, produced and arranged by Vanessa Liftig. The album consists of original music by Lövmark himself, and it features rising star tenor sax player Melissa Aldana.
In the summer of 2018, Lövmark was invited back to Montreux to perform with his band in the big Montreux Jazz Club, sharing the evening with artists Robert Glasper and Alfredo Rodriguez, among others.
Alexanders influences stretch over a wide field, all the way from the Pat Metheny Group’s cinematic compositions, Kurt Ellings groundbreaking modern vocal jazz, to Michael McDonalds soulful vocals. You may also hear glimpses of E.S.T, Allan Holdsworth I.O.U and Kurt Rosenwinkel in his music. He is currently composing music to follow up his debut ”Perfect Storm”, and he can be heard in several different musical contexts, one being the jazz vocal group Stockholm Voices which released their debut album ”Come Rain Or Come Shine” (2015).
Bäckbrothers er meget stolte af at kunne præsentere Alexander Lövmark på Cafe Blå Time.
Alexander Lövmark (født i Stockholm 1985) er en svensk jazzvokalist og komponist, der i øjeblikket er baseret i Göteborg på den svenske vestkyst. Han er vinder af Montreux Jazz Voice Competition 2017 og er for nylig blevet tildelt Monica Zetterlund Scholarship 2021.
Hans seneste musik, der er udkommet, er albummet LITTLE BIRD, der udkommer 13. januar 2023. En hyldest til standardernes verden! Alexander præsenterer sammen med bandet deres bud på mere eller mindre kendte jazzstandarder. Nyere og ældre.
Bandet PERFECT STORM er hvor han hovedsageligt præsenterer sin egen musik, men han arbejder også meget med jazz standardrepertoiret, hvor han bliver profileret som en charmerende, dynamisk og legende vokal-improvisator indenfor de mere moderne områder af denne musik.
Men det hele startede et andet sted. Alexander kom fra en musikalsk familie, og var i en ung alder fascineret af musik og havde tankerne rettet mod en musikalsk karriere. Han gik på scenen i en ung alder med en solopart i Mozarts "Tryllefløjten" på det kongelige svenske operahus i Stockholm, og han fortsatte med at studere kontrabas inden for jazzgenren.
Senere skiftede han bas til sang, og i 2006 kom Alexander ind på Akademiet for Musik og Drama i Gøteborg under professor Anders Jormin, hvor han læste til jazzvokalist.
Efter at have deltaget i den skandinaviske jazzscene i en række forskellige konstellationer besluttede Alexander at tage et skridt fremad som solist.
I juli 2017 vandt han Shure Montreux Jazz Festival Voice Competition, der konkurrerede mod jazzvokalister fra hele verden. Alexanders debutalbum "Perfect Storm" udkom ikke længe efter i januar 2018, produceret og arrangeret af Vanessa Liftig. Albummet består af original musik af Lövmark selv, og det byder på den stigende stjerne tenorsaxspiller Melissa Aldana.
I sommeren 2018 blev Lövmark inviteret tilbage til Montreux for at optræde med sit band i den store Montreux Jazz Club, hvor han delte aftenen med blandt andre kunstnerne Robert Glasper og Alfredo Rodriguez.
Alexanders indflydelse strækker sig over et bredt felt, hele vejen fra Pat Metheny Groups filmiske kompositioner, Kurt Ellings banebrydende moderne vokaljazz til Michael McDonalds soulfulde vokal. Du kan også høre glimt af E.S.T, Allan Holdsworth I.O.U og Kurt Rosenwinkel i hans musik. Han er i øjeblikket ved at komponere musik for at følge op på sin debut ”Perfect Storm”, og han kan høres i flere forskellige musikalske sammenhænge, blandt andet jazz-vokalgruppen Stockholm Voices, der udgav deres debutalbum ”Come Rain Or Come Shine” (2015).
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