Cancó del Paó

On February 8th 2010 the group Paavo releases its second record Cançó del Paó (Song of the Peacock in Catalan). On the 26st of January the group start an extensive tour in Sweden. – There is nothing I want more than to spread the Paavo word, says Sofia Jernberg, one of two bandleaders. – The music Sofia and I write is in constant change, I can hear movement in different directions in every tune, says Cecilia Persson, who is the other bandleader. The band then makes the music become Paavo with everything that that implies, particularly when it comes to improvisation, energy and sound. On Cançó del Paó, the seven-piece band Paavo – backed by three guests – for the first time makes a cover: O virgo

– Jazz meets music of the middle age in Paavo's way, says Sofia.

When Paavo’s debut record was released in 2007, the word was spread about an unknown bird that flew in the Swedish jazz sky. Record label director and professor Joakim Milder had previously claimed the band to be ”by far the brightest new appearance on the Swedish Jazz scene”.

The much spoken of debut record with handsewn and numbered covers received many and great reviews and was chosen as jazz record of the year by Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet.

Reporters from near and far catched on with cameras, notebooks and pencils. Paavo received Swedish national radio’s award ”Jazzkatten” in 2008, in the category "Group of the Year", and Sofia has received the Royal Musical Academy’s jazz award.

Paavo thanked the Swedish establishment and took off out into the world. Besides clubs and festivals in the Nordic countries, Paavo visited festivals in France, Belgium, Holland, Finland and Ireland.

With help from the other musicians in the band, the group sound has further been developed and Sofia and Cecilia have written new material.

That the record’s title is in Catalan is no coincidence, parts of the music on Cançó del Paó accompanied a theater play in Barcelona.

 

Sofie Jernberg - Voice

Cecilia Persson - Piano

Nils Berg - Tenor Saxophone - Clarinette - Bass Clarinette

Thomas Beckman - Alto and Baryton Saxophone - Clarinet

Marcelo Gabard Pazos - Alto Saxophone

Clas Lassbo - Doublebass

Gustav Nahlin - Drums, Xylophone , Glockenspiel

2010 Found You Recordings