# Bjorange’s quintet is very much a jazz group that includes a singer: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/02/03/bjoranges-quintet-is-very-much-a-jazz-group-that-includes-a-singer-video/
- Published: 2018-02-03T11:06:18+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**“Bullret Jazz Club,” in the “Kuben” space at Malmo Live hosted an appearance by
the Lisa Björänge Quintet on January 29, 2018. The group offered two sets filled
with youthful energy and risk taking.**

Bjorange’s quintet is very much a jazz group that includes a singer, and while she
writes much of the material the group plays, there is more emphasis on improvisation
and exploration than on “playing the tunes.” Bjorange is an aggressive, sometimes
feral scatter, fond of inserting high-pitched squeals and leaps into her performances
that galvanized the music but were sometimes over-used. Her original songs include
introspective material, but the band’s willingness to stretch out in unexpected 
directions on every performance lessened the emotional impact of some tunes. The
group covered ABBA’s “Lay Your Love On Me” and the Beatle’s “Help” with completely
retooled melodies and harmonies. Who says jazz doesn’t have a sense of humor? All
lyrics were sung in English.

Keyboardist Fabian Kallerdahl played excellent piano, but resorted to a tinny-sounding
synthesizer too often. There’s nothing wrong with incorporating electronics into
improvisation—it just didn’t make aesthetic sense in this case. Jon Falt’s drumming
was excitable and interventionist and Ola Landin’s bass playing anchored the group.
The tenor player appearing does not seem to be an official part of the quintet. 
Lacking Swedish, I can only relate that he played forceful, broken phrases that 
enhanced the music and that he looks a little like David Lynch’s younger brother.
If you have a chance to see this group live, do so – they are brimming with the 
spirit of adventure and about as far from the Diana Krall supper-club vibe as a 
singer-led group can get.

![Lisa Bjorange at Bullret Jazz Club](https://i0.wp.com/s3.amazonaws.com/allaboutjazz/
photos/a_large/0bbc9ad35fd7aa49c06ea2eac9bbc084.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

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