Carin Lundin
Born in 1966 and grew up in Växjö.
The music teachers Allan Rogers, Birgitta Jöneteg and Anette Riel provided inspiration and desire for further music studies.
The Ballet Academy's Musical Line
in Gothenburg 1985-87.
KMI, Stockholm 1987-88.
Birkagården Folkhögskola in Stockholm in 1988-89, where the teacher Janne Sjöblom recorded the entire Real Vocal Book on cassettes, inspiring further jazz singing studies.
Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm
1989-93.
The best teachers were: Iréne Sjögren, Ola Bengtsson, Göran Lindberg, Ragnhild Sjögren and Bengt-Arne Wallin.
In 1990, received the Academy of Music's travel grant to go to Holland and take singing lessons with the jazz singer Deborah Brown.
Started singing jazz with bassist Sture Nordin
at "Bolaget" in Sthlm in 1989.
Continued with Lennart Nyhlén, Bengt Hansson, Janne Sjöblom, Roger Palm and Calle Lundborg at Mosebacke, Skansen, as well as with Maffy Falai and Bernt Rosengren at Lilla Maria in Stockholm.
Sung with Leif "Ös-Loffe" Norman and the Riksjazzbandet at Stampen, and in SVT's "Striptease" New Year's Eve 1991.
Worked as a show waitress at the pub Wallmans Salonger, 1991-94.
Duet with Peter Jöback at the Cole Porter concert at Chinateatern, Stockholm.
Tour with Arne Domnérus, Svante Thuresson, Leif "Smokerings" Andersson and Gösta Hägglöf's Royal Blue Melodians in 1993.
Sung at the Stockholm Jazz and Blues Festival on Skeppsholmen in 1993 with Johan Hörlén, Lennart Nyhlén, Janne Sjöblom, Bengt Hansson, Johan Dielemans. Broadcast in SR.'s P2.
Soloist with Jan Slåttenäs Glenn Miller Orchestra at the Konserthuset in Stockholm, sang among others.
A duet with Carli Tornehave.
Started singing with Kjell Fernström, Ronnie Gardiner, Arne Wilhelmson, toured with trumpet legend Roffe Ericson in 1994.
Jazz club gig with Ken Peplowski, Roffe Ericson, Sture Åkerberg, Kjell Fernström in 1995.
Received Föreningen Jazz i Växjö's prize JazzOskar in 1995 with the justification: " because with his singing, Växjö was on the Jazz map."
Entertained in SVT's "Entré" spring 1995 with Pekka Heino, sang among others. A duet with Svante Thuresson.
Driven and played guitar, behind Rebecka
Törnqvist in TV3's "Roland" in 1995.
Performed with Chilean jazz musicians at El Club de Jazz, Santiago, South America in 1996.
Showed in several programs of SVT's
"Sommarnöje" from Örebro in 1996.
Released debut album "From dusk to dawn" (PCD032) on Prophone Records in March-97.
Participants: Magnus Lindgren,
Martin Östergren (also arranger), Johan Löfcrantz-Ramsay and others. Roger Krieg, produced and recorded.
Performed with Arne Domnérus, Rune Gustafsson and Jan Lundgren at Skansen's Jazz and Blues Festival in 1997.
Tour with Gösta Rundqvist trio in 1998.
Gothenburg's concert hall with Putte Wickman and Jan Slåttenä's Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1999.
In 1998, received Nalen's Friends' scholarship "Topsy's Thousand Crown" for activities in the spirit of Nalen and Topsy.
Live concert in SR's P2 in May 1999, which eventually led to the formation of the Carin Lundin Quintet.
Carin Lundin Quintet's album "Babble"
(SITCD9267), was released in 2000.
Participants: Johan Setterlind - trumpet, Mathias Algotsson - piano, Mattias Welin -
bass, Jonas Holgersson - drums.
SR's P2 Live broadcast our concert from Malmö Konsthall.
Sang behind Lasse Berghagen in SVT's "Allsång på Skansen" in the summer of 2000.
The Carin Lundin Quintet performed live in SVT's "Go'kväll" in 2000.
Received the Kronoberg County Council's Cultural Scholarship in 2000.
Received the Artists' Association's Work Scholarship for authors in 2001.
Soloist with the chamber orchestra Musica Vitae and jazz trio in 2001.
Tour with Karlskrona Marine Corps and Nisse Sandström in 2002 and 2003. Guest at Ronnie's Room, Nalen.
Carin Lundin Quintet at Jazzfest Vienna, Austria 2002.
Åland Cruise and Jazz Festival with Arne Domnérus, Claes Crona, Petur Island Östlund, Karl Olandersson, Klas Lindqvist and jam with Kjell Öhman and Hasse Backenroth in 2002.
Tour with Putte Wickman and Claes Crona Trio, duo gig with Berndt Egerbladh, jazz club gig with Janne "Loffe" Carlsson in 2003.
Pub show at Blue Moon Bar in Västerås 2003.
Carnival gig with Ulf Adåker.
Held a masterclass in jazz singing as a guest teacher in TV3's Fame Factory.
Third album "Songs that we all recognize"
(PCD078) was released in 2005.
Participants: Jan Lundgren - piano, Mattias Welin - bass, and Daniel Fredriksson - drums.
Guest artist with Arne Domnérus at Skansen's "Blue Monday", 2005.
Concert in memory of Monica Zetterlund at Fasching together with Uffe Andersson, Rigmor Gustafsson,
Lina Nyberg, Jeanette Lindström
and Sofia Pettersson in 2005.
SvD's Sven Malm named "Songs That We All Recognize" as one of the year's best jazz records in 2005.
Received the Arts Council's Work Scholarship for musicians and singers in 2005.
Live concert in SR's P2 from "Norrland tour" with Jan Lundgren in 2006.
Festijazz, Musik i Glasriket, Jazz i Swaben, Jazzens Museum: festivals 2006.
Live concert in SR's P2 with Elise Einarsdotter Ensemble and Växjö Vokalensemble in 2006.
Was awarded the Stiftelsen Jazzens Muséum's Anita O'Day prize in 2007, with the justification:
"Carin Lundin is the musicians' favorite singer and she manages well the jazz musical heritage from the great singers Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and of course Anita O'Day with one for Swedish singers completely unique timing and jazz feel.”
The fourth album "Smulor och parafraser" (PCD095) came out at the end of 2008 and received glowing reviews, among others.
By Dan Backman in SvD and Jan Gradvall in Dagens Industri.
Participants: Erik Södelind – guitar, Johan Setterlind – trumpet/arr, Mathias Algotsson – piano,
Mattias Welin – bass & Daniel Fredriksson
- drums. The album ended up in 5th place in Orkesterjournalen's Golden Record poll.
Liseberg's Jazz Days with Sven-Eric Dahlberg.
Jazz club tour with Gilbert Holmström in 2008.
Concerts with Hacke Björksten, as well as participation in the performance "Let the Good Times Roll" with Jocke Wickström, Björn Elmgren, John Martin Bengtsson and XL Big Band in 2009.
Tour under the auspices of Rikskonserter with the sextet from "Smulor och parafraser". SR's P2 broadcast a live concert from Umeå in 2010.
Soloist with the Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra and with the Växjö Big Band in 2010.
Blidösund and the Jazz Museum with Sweden's Jazz Band and Eddie Bruhner in 2011.
Complementary pedagogy studies at Stockholm University 2011-2013 in order to finally obtain a teaching license and permanent employment as a music teacher at Rytmus Musikgymnasium, Stockholm.
Nalen's Friends with Hasse Kahn. Jazz on a cruise to France, Spain, Portugal with Göte Wilhelmsson in 2013.
Guest with Frank Vignola/Vinny Raniolo and Terese Lien Evenstad at Tyresö Jazz Club, Gävle Jazz Club with Nisse Sandström, Jesper Kviberg, Filip Augustsson and Kjell Fernström in 2014.
Release for the fifth album "What Now My Love" (PCD157) at Fasching.
Several gigs with Nisse Sandström and Krister Andersson.
Received cultural grant from Lions and Tyresö Municipality in 2015.
Bangens Jazz & Blues with Jan Allan and Mathias Algotsson. Performance at NK record department with Nisse Landgren in 2016.
Tribute to singer, pianist, composer Blossom Dearie at Fasching with Lina Nyberg, Tessan Milveden, Mathias Algotsson, Svante Söderqvist, Cornelia Nilsson 2017.
Soloist with Växjö City Symphony Orchestra and Växjö Jazz Orchestra at Växjö Konserthus 2018.
Jazz at Mornington, Stockholm with Klas Toresson - sax, Anna Gréta Sigurdardottir - piano and
Ilaria Capalbo - bass, 2019.
Concert at Academic Högtid, Linnaeus University, Kalmar with Carin Lundin Quintet and Tobias Wiklund, trp. Gig with Fredrik Lindborg in 2020.
Completed and published my father Göran Lundin's book "Ett rent nöje" in 2021, available for purchase e.g. here:
https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789180205313/ett-rent-noje/
Composed the commissioned piece "Spetsamossen" which was arranged by Hans-Erik "Holger" Holgersson and premiered in 2022 by the Växjö City Symphony Orchestra.
Gave a lecture on jazz singers 1920-2020 at the Senior University.
Starts the Ronnie Gardiner/Carin Lundin Quintet:
Ronnie Gardiner – drums, Carin Lundin
– vocals, Klas Toresson – sax/flute, Mathias Algotsson
– piano & Hasse Larsson – bass, 2023.
Norrland tour and Stockholm Jazz Festival with Karl Olandersson, Kjell Fernström, Hasse Backenroth and Ronnie Gardiner.
The live album "A Heart Full Of Rhythm" (PCD34) will be released in 2024.
