Thursday, 2007 August 16th, 8 PM
Dzintari Concert Hall
The World’s Best Vocal Group by CASA (Contemporary A Capella Society of America)
The Real Group (Sweden)
Johanna Nyström
Katarina Henryson
Anders Edenroth
Peder Karlsson
Anders Jalkéus

"At the core of this quintet's repertoire are the standards on which every jazz artist, foreign or domestic, eventually must prove his mettle. To hear the Real Group swing their own transcriptions of big-band Basie classics, to hear them dispatch their harmonically plush version of Bill Evans' 'Waltz for Debby' [is] to marvel at their understanding of the nuances of this music." -Chicago Tribune
To our way of thinking The Real Group is the current jazz standard by which other groups must be judged. They are that good. Each of the members was admitted to The Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm where they met. The five formed the group in 1984. Since the beginning of their professional career they have sold more than 500,000 albums, performed more than 3,000 live shows and worked with great musicians like George Martin, Bobby McFerrin, Barbara Hendricks and Toots Thielemans. Generally they perform a cappella, but they have performed with symphony orchestras, big bands and choirs as well as other well-known musicians.
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