Lisa Ekdahl

Most widely known in Scandinavia on her behalf 1994 strike “Vem Veterinarian, ” Lisa Ekdahl became among the best Swedish pop performers from the 1990s but additionally information and performs straightahead jazz. Ekdahl’s pop albums have been around in Swedish, while her acoustic jazz albums possess favored English-language criteria. The thin-voiced vocalist was created and elevated in Stockholm, where in 1990, she began singing jazz using the trio of pianist Peter Nordahl. In 1994, her self-titled debut record arrived in Sweden, and it had been that calendar year that her one “Vem Veterinarian” (that is Swedish for “Who Understands”) produced her a superstar in Scandinavia at age 23. Ekdahl’s following pop albums in Sweden included Med Kroppen Mot Jorden in 1996 and Bortom Det Bla in 1997. The singer’s initial English-language work, When Do You Keep Heaven, was also her initial jazz record and the initial Ekdahl record to turn out within the U.S. When Do You Keep Heaven was a big vendor in Sweden, however the record (which arrived on RCA Victor within the U.S.) received its talk about of negative testimonials from American jazz critics, who sensed that Ekdahl’s slim, very girlish tone of voice was incorrect for criteria and straightahead jazz and argued that she should adhere to pop. Her following jazz recording, Back again to Earth, arrived in 1999.