Dear Old Stockholm

Dear Old Stockholm is a jazz title, Stan Getz wrote in 1951 based on a traditional Swedish folk song. The title became the Jazz Standard.

Genesis of the song

Getz held in 1951 for a long time in Sweden, where he " like a star celebrated " was. He wanted to thank us in his concerts for the hospitality with a Swedish title and therefore asked for a popular Swedish melody. One suggested that he Ack Värmeland, you sköna. He walked from the song, renamed it new, as Dear Old Stockholm, and carried it off with his accompanying trio with only 18 -year-old Bengt Hallberg; Metronome Records released the song. It was the first time that a Swedish folk song was jazzy; the recording was successful not only in Sweden but also in the United States.

Ack Värmeland, you sköna

The song Ack Värmeland, you sköna (also Värmlandssången or Värmlandsvisan ) has been known since 1822 and is based on a traditional folk melody; the original text is written by Anders Fryxell for the Singspiel Wermlandsflickan (1822 ); 1846 wrote Fredrik August Dahlgren another text when he introduced the song in his comedy Värmlänningarna. The song is a slow waltz; the melody rises in worn quarter notes up and down and acts " very archaic " and " pretty stiff ". The theme of this Värmland anthem was probably picked up by Bedřich Smetana and ( My Country ) is used for its description of the Vltava River. The melody is found similarly in the Italian song La Mantovana, a Spanish manner and in the Zionist anthem Hatikvah, which is the national anthem of Israel since 1948; they can therefore be characterized as a "European songs ."

Musical characteristics

Getz worked the folk song largely: " The main section was extended by a reef four measures, however, the bridge remained as in the original four strokes short, in the final part of a small swan song evolved from the same reef, and the whole thing finally had the irregular and quite tricky form of 12 12 4 15 bars. "

More reception

In the above described processing of Stan Getz Dear Old Stockholm found its way into the jazz scene. Miles Davis took over the song in 1952 in a recording with JJ Johnson ( Young Man with a Horn ) and grabbed the piece in 1956 ( with John Coltrane ) back on ( 'Round About Midnight ). Together with Getz also played Chet Baker song and kept it long in the repertoire. John Coltrane also used the piece as a starting point for his improvisations at one of the meetings to impressions. Paul Chambers played the song in 1957 with Kenny Burrell and Hank Jones a; also exist recordings of Jutta Hipp, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones ( with Patti Bown, 1961), Kenny Barron and John Lewis, with guitarist Sacha Distel and saxophonist Barney Wilen

Monica Zetterlund, Bengt Arne Wallin, Jan Johansson and other Swedish musicians attacked for their versions back to the original melody back, which was presented outside of jazz by Esther & Abi Ofarim and became internationally known. 2010 has interpreted the Swedish folk song, a quartet Ekkehard Jost.