Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra (Official Audio)

Taken from the album "Jazz på svenska" - Track 1 of 12 - © 1964 Heptagon Records
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Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 - 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist. He is little known outside Scandinavia, and his records are not widely available, though Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, and is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden.

[@connynoren]

Tänk, så många gånger vi hört Georg Riedels bastoner ljuda. Idag kom beskedet, nu finns han inte mer, men hans musik lever vidare!

[@user-kn8ug5qk4r]

Tack för musiken ni gav oss Jan Johansson och Georg Riedel

[@mariannelenk644]

Så sant. Fantastiska musiker. Sorgligt att mista mina ungdoms musiker. Leonard Cohen är en till.

[@sandras2624]

åh det visste jag inte. som sagt, hans musik lever vidare. ❤‍🩹

[@LarzGustafsson]

En stor musiker och kompositör.

[@lagemalmsten4668]

Tack Georg Riedel och Jan Johansson för all underbar musik!!!❤ Den kommer alltid att finnas!!!❤

[@Gurrehable]

Ten years. I've been trying to find the name of this piece for ten years, and I finally found it.

[@haykalatas]

congrats then

[@jaojao1768]

Congrats, I found it now after it had been played on my grandfather's funeral

[@espenorstad5994]

The bliss to find it, right? It is a true gem, this!

[@sallylee1685]

This song is a traditional Swedish folk song. :)) And congratulation for you find this song! Jan Johansson was a swedish pianist.

[@christinekrol7191]

me too

[@Darkfatheroftheuniverse]

Sitter i ett café ovanför Stockholms hamn, lyssnar till den här låten, förstår den svenska själen. Hälsningar från Tyskland

[@lenasvn]

🤗❤️

[@tomasnordin9778]

Det Svenska tungsinnet.

[@prydin]

Sitter i New Jersey i USA och känner precis samma sak!

[@OTRaihalaMusic]

Lyssnar på det här i Helsingfors och njuter av varje liten nyans i Jan Johanssons och Georg Riedels mästerverk. 👍🏽

[@Darkfatheroftheuniverse]

@@OTRaihalaMusic Jag tackar....😁

[@Jens-tc5yz]

Jan och Georg...underbar musik. R.I.P båda två 😢😢😢😢

[@Blodstucken]

To me, this song perfectly encapsulates the swede It's a lonely, melancholic melody with a bass line that somehow offers promises of hope and brighter days. But the piano itself seems hesitant to offer such dreams and just stays the course with its solitude

[@theneutralplatform4834]

Totally agree with your sentiment. Its kind of low key but majestic at the same time. Only the Swedes know how to do this. LOVE THE MUSIC!!

[@MrWildcountry]

Sentimentality and melancoly,, Stay COOl and Listen; and BEHAVE, Dag

[@jokervienna6433]

Exactly. I am a Swede and I cry to this. There is some hope and bright moments, but life in general is hard. I remember my old folks, and what they endured. I remember folks from my family that emigrated to the US. I remember the nature. I no longer live in Sweden, but this is my heritage.

[@michaelrantzow6390]

Bullseye! 🙂

[@mariahelenajarvenpaa8834]

Alldeles sant 😊

[@why772]

Gör detta till Sveriges nationalsång

[@jeanetteorre9604]

Mycket bra förslag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@claussaunte2303]

Jeg kender ingen pianist med et anslag som Johanssons, og hans musik råber til mig om storslået svensk natur og skove.

[@srenhansen4549]

Ja svensk natur og skove jer 64 år første gang jeg hørte Jan Johanson var jeg 9 år gammel og det gik rent ind i mit hjerte og det gør det stadig den dag idag

[@claussaunte2303]

håber du har det godt købmandssøn, skovene hvor vi er vokset op er nu heller ikke dårlige

[@Aughal]

This music is Sweden in waves, this is what it sounds like

[@jokervienna6433]

Som svensk, det finns ingen sång som fångar den svenska själen som denna. Men för mig är det inte storslagen natur, sången beskriver ett hårt liv och mestadels massor med sorg. Svensk melankoli. Jag växte delvis upp i en bondefamilj i Dalarna. Livet var inte ens då särdeles enkelt. En massa arbete för att enbart överleva. Tar jag in svensk historia, den stora utvandringen, svälten och alla som dog där... jag blir gråtmild. Min familj var där, en del dog, en del utvandrade (och överlevde). Några var vad man kallade bergsmän. Jobbade i gruvor, men även i skogen. Morfar kunde fortfarande mila (att göra kol genom långsam förbränning).

[@stettan1]

Det skulle väl vara Glenn Gould i så fall...

[@srenhansen9111]

Når jeg lytter til Jan Johanson Jazz på svenska , breder der sig en salig ro i mig , sådan har det været i 57 år, nu er jeg 60.

[@TaraTheAndroid]

Janne var grym men Agnes Obel mosar honom i allt

[@lars-eriklarsson8067]

hans musik skapar lugn i själen

[@magnusf8354]

Den första melodi som min son någonsin lyssnat på. Så vacker, rogivande och harmonisk.

[@EnergyCuddles]

Swedish melancholy with an old beautiful varnish of hope in solitude. Detta är något av det bästa jag vet. R.I.P. Jan Johansson.

[@juanpabloyanez5350]

+Herr Treecko Obviosuly you're from Sweden ;) I know all the songs in "Jass pa° venska" are rearrangements of Swedish folk songs. Could you point to the names (or actual songs) of the original folk songs? If you know them or some of them... Thanks!

[@EnergyCuddles]

If you haven't heard it already, check out the version of Visa från Utanmyra of the famous jazz singer, Monica Zetterlund. :)

[@juanpabloyanez5350]

+Herr Treecko tak sa mycket! I'll check it immediately ;)

[@philipsquire9056]

Search for her version of "vindarna suckar uti skogarna" too. Sublime.

[@EnergyCuddles]

I had completely overlooked that one. Thanks!

[@robbie2awesome]

My friend from Norrköping Christina Sogren bought me this many moons ago, it always reminds me of her, I really do hope she is happy. Lots of love from Scotland.

[@fredrikalmqvist6700]

Vila i frid, Georg ❤ 🕯 Tack för all oförglömlig musik

[@Wizzy88]

Låten som verkligen sätter ton på det svenska vemodet, vackert ♥️

[@salesman687]

Intressant att du tar upp ordet "vemod" med tanke på att det är en av de mest svårdefinierbara orden i svenska språket, alltså rent känslomässigt. Perfekt ord att beskriva den här musiken dock.

[@billieseyelashes]

verkligen.@@salesman687

[@ToastedCigar]

Jag älskar den här skivan så jävla mycket. Hälsingar från Finland!

[@andreaseriksson8803]

🤗

[@BananaLair]

This was used as the intro theme for a now 12 years old Dutch radio show about protestantism... that's how I found it.

[@jaojao1768]

That's interesting

[@keithwardonline]

I'm a jazz clarinetist in the US and just found out about Johansson from a Swedish friend, because his father listens to him. What a tasteful jazz group. Really enjoying this playlist. Thanks for sharing.

[@ebbelille]

Jan Johansson is probably the single greatest jazz musician that Sweden has ever produced. I myself rank him as among the greatest musical minds ever from my small, cold and dark country. :)

[@rebeccasjodal9769]

The original of this song is a part of the swedish folkmusic. His version of it is a masterpiece👍🏻

[@aleksanderh.5407]

@@ebbelille Also check out swedish Bo Kaspers orkester , & norwegian Motorpsycho (that has 3-4 jazz tunes like Jacques Tati and Theme de Yoyo)

[@ebbelille]

@@aleksanderh.5407 Thanks! I am well aware of Bo Kaspers Orkester, in fact Bo Kasper himself once worked as a substitute teacher for my father.

[@PerpetuallyTiredMusician]

If you want more of the same Esbjörn Svenssons trio or simply E.S.T Thats more actual Jazz like this rather than some of what other people here has recommended. As a fellow musican I cant recommend it enough. Peace

[@henriknykvist]

This is Sweden in musical form.

[@melf9361]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJS9Zahvj8d2Y5Y

[@rmir2]

This WAS Sweden in musical form.

[@soleher]

@@rmir2 is

[@johnforsbergbarrett923]

@@rmir2 How right you are, this music reflects a Sweden that dissapeared sometime in the 1960's or 70's - A Sweden gone with the wind...

[@sirdjorgostarcopper8735]

Agreed

[@nils-hakanstensprange2648]

Piano and contrabass, only piano and contrabass. No more, no less. Less IS more. Magnificent.

[@wielandt88]

I listen to this almost every night before I go to sleep.

[@juliemariegrnn694]

+Kasper me three

[@nobodysuspected]

Yep

[@lwh2113]

You still listen to it?

[@wielandt88]

@@lwh2113 Not every night - but still often.

[@aleksandranykowska1094]

aww

[@claussaunte2303]

This is the Best of skandinavia, jan Johansson captures the essence of the melancoly but also the deep humanisme that run deep in all of the scandinavian cultures, and i Think we will prevail eventually!

[@LarzGustafsson]

Agreed.

[@atleabelsen]

Today, September 16 2021, Jan Johansson would have celebrated his 90th birthday. Happy birthday, Big Chief!

[@JohannesKMedia]

Possible the best jazz that ever came from Sweden...

[@1blalalalala]

Johannes Carlsson E.S.T ain't that bad jazz band from Sweden.

[@Barbodo]

***** RIP

[@1blalalalala]

Barbodo Yeh unfortunately. Pretty terrible what happened.

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

+Johannes Carlsson Check out Bo Hansson, if you haven't already :)

[@1blalalalala]

Erwin Woodedge Svarte riddaren är en riktig favorit bland proggen

[@birkedal1973]

Musikken til mit liv og eftermæle. Jazz på svenska, er uden sammenligning den bedste nordiske jazz udgivelse igennem tiden og man kan ikke lade være med at tænke over hvad han (Jan Johansson) kunne have bedrevet af genialiteter såfremt han ikke var blevet taget fra verden i så ung en alder.

[@MrWildcountry]

Det er vel den største sorg man på jorden måste baera, at man må miste sin aller beste kjære ( litt etter hukommelse, denne visan finnes OG i Norge. REGARDS From Dag

[@piabrostrombrostrom2292]

Vacker musik ❤❤❤❤❤en av mina favoriter alltid kramar pia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Zosiac6]

Jan Johansson är en av våra nationalskatter som likas med Carl Michael Bellman Evert Tabue och Cornelis Vreeswijk

[@MrLandale]

Sannerligen!

[@stigb56]

Absolut utan tvekan

[@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet]

no offends med det där var ett hån mot Bellman som var ett universalgeni som skrev den bästa klassiska musiken i världen och därtill skapade det moderna svenska språket

[@MrLandale]

@@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet Bellman skrev ganska få sånger själv, han satte främst text på kända melodier. Han skrev heller ingen "klassisk musik". Något universalgeni var han inte. Däremot en av de främsta trubadurer och diktare vi haft i Sverige. En nationalskatt.

[@juliaknudstrup9191]

Back then when my grandma still lived in Sweden some friends came to visit her once and he was with them. He then played on her piano she told me. She had the chance to experience him live. That is awesome I think!

[@CaesarNeptuneStudios]

What an interesting story! I would have given anything to hear Jan live...

[@juliaknudstrup9191]

@@CaesarNeptuneStudios Yeah I think so, too! :) She's so lucky!

[@Klas13Klas13]

That’s an amazing story. Jan Johansson is a musical legend here in Sweden. Your grandmother was very lucky. May they both rest in peace.

[@Pellkot]

Grymt häftigt!

[@walden1618]

My first unforgettible moment of real music.

[@tomc2681]

I first listened to this song when I was 19.. I'm now 38, and I've yet to hear any jazz, that can top this piece. This is just a layman's point of view

[@nobody3431]

I was at a funeral, and was able to keep my composure pretty well. Then they played this on the church organ (not the Jazz version), and that’s when I lost it

[@tjokolat]

The Swedish melancholy that this song delivers, together with the text "lycklig resa" bring tears to my eyes! Lovely!

[@Martinshobbies]

This is so VERY swedish :-) i feel proud!

[@inretorisk]

This in my opinion is the swedish national anthem.

[@StiffenStorm]

I heard a wonderful story about Jan. When this song broke big in Sweden, he was quite fed out of playing it live. But did it because the crowd demanded it. The touring arrangements wore very simple and he couldn't (of course) bring his own piano. So when he arrived at some "folkpark", somewhere in Sweden, he discovered that the piano was out of tune. The director of this "folkpark" refused to pay to get the piano in shape so Jan payed someone to fix it out of his own pocket. He did his thing and afterwards he payed the same guy to "restore" the piano into it's previous shape. I can't guarantee that this story is true, but it seems possible. I discovered this record in the subway in Sthlm. Some stranger had make a bargin at some second hand store and had put his hands on this record on a original vinyl. He was very pleased. I overhead him and searched for the song on Spotify. I realised that I head this hundreds of time before, not knowing who made it. Now I also have the vinyl. Not original pressing thou. Still looking :) I bow my head to you Jan! You wore truly great.

[@jejeoops2156]

Haha awsome background story.. I just scored Jazz på svenska on vinyl today in my local record shop.. Really glad been havin my eyes on that one for a long time.. =)

[@zlopy]

Great story

[@ssirfbrorsan]

Do not know the story true, BUT, Jan, as Bengt Hallberg, tuned the pianos themselves, as far as I know. Have played with Bengt. In my world the best. Jan sadly died in a car accident, to yung. Jan was the one who made swedish in general listen to jazz. /Flyn Hoting / FB

[@pilsner2b]

Kan nog lika lite sanning i det ......

[@tottathureson2609]

Utomjordiskt...

[@umbertoistanbul4530]

perfection is this.

[@nadjah5911]

Vackert. På något vemodigt nordiskt vis.

[@jeanetteorre9604]

❤❤❤kärlek till Dalarna för evigt😊😊😊

[@j.t.5876]

My mother had a cassette of this album that she played to me and my brothers regularly to help us fall asleep from around the ages of 5-10 or so. My grandfather gave it to her, a double bass Jazz musician from Denmark. He died not too long ago and I find myself listening to this again and thinking of the times we spent together and pondering existence. How life flickers.

[@Copenhagendreamer]

My swedish ancestors and family how I miss them all, and how I miss Sweden and my childhood

[@erikrayray5795]

Ha, I like you.

[@Bengtedvard]

These notes hits every Viking heart hard...

[@sigvardronnholm]

ÄlskarJans variationer/. Varje gång/.

[@ulfingvar1]

Sooo swedish, sooo natural, sooo splendidly arranged, sooo... sooo.. lovely.

[@carlos-bt4dt]

this piano playing is magic. sad that he died so Young

[@liegebricking]

This piece of music has followed me since early 60s Never get tired of it.Timeless.❤❤❤

[@steenmelchiorsen2580]

Den dejligste musik i verden. Jeg håber at finde en pianist der kan og ønsker at spille.

[@torsten4660]

From denmark dette er der yderste klaver musik i nyere tid mange tak Johan ,hilsen Torsten

[@andersvuopiosaygon9356]

Wonderful. Great 👍 big artist

[@traceymuldowney861]

Today is my birthday and I had to give myself a treat. This album has played an important role in my life. Best wishes from Rodger from Brisbane Oz.

[@ftanizaki4455]

Magnifique. Un pur chef d'œuvre.

[@brassbandchannel]

A true masterpiece of an album. One of musics biggest milestones. Thanks Jan Johansson

[@mjarsel]

Vanligt folk: Underbart pianostycke, och komposition. Bandet LOK, på konsert till sin publik: "VI ÄR LOK - FRÅN GÖTEBOOORG!!!"

[@cantehondo]

Same here..I had a cassette of this album given to me by a friend - I listened to it constantly for about ten years, when eventually it fell out of the car. I am grateful for finding it here....thank you much.

[@musikerman52]

FYI - this song became such a hit, that Jan and his group had to play it every evening, sometimes twice. Jan finally got enough, so one night he announced: "tonight we are going to play for the last time "Visa från Utanmyra". So they played it - and he never returned to it with his group (the great Jan Allan with trumpet, and he told this story).

[@psk1461]

Its wonderful when he blend in the blues licks. The piece is the most beautiful thing. Its out of this world. Im gonna learn this piece even if I die on the way..

[@GRUNGELEOPARD]

You want die he’ll be watching❤️

[@thomasakerberg6765]

Det är utanför min fattning hur någon kan ogilla denna musik!

[@sastiadhikary3292]

Sounds great. Love from 🇮🇳

[@stjarnstofts-ros6532]

Fenomenal musikbegåvning Jan Johansson. Jag lyssnar nästan varje dag numera på en, eller flera tolkningar utav hans fingertoppskänsla. Vila i fred ni fantastiska karl.

[@MrWildcountry]

My First LP, 1964 and I bought It BY Myself From Dag

[@nasralmaghout9402]

Tack vare varldens och Arbogas bästa lovisa som rekommenderat den här fantastiskt låt till mig.. Nu har jag låt som gör det lätt att sova.. 😊

[@bolonnbom5315]

Denna (musik)skatt är den enda skatt jag gillar! Fantastisk musik, enkel som går direkt till hjärtat.

[@Marmaleide]

Love this! My roommate had this vinyl in Berkeley back in the 80's! more than 25 years later I was craving it and all I remembered was the title: Jazz Pa Svenska and found the CD! Now it's here, so great!

[@globalklaus]

Stephen King wrote, "The heart of a man is stonier". The heart of a swede is lonelier. This is the soundtrack of our souls.

[@perseepassacaille]

l have discovered Jan's music by formerly listening to his sons (Anders & Jens) music projects and Jazz på Svenska has been one of my favorite album since then. Swedish jazz can't get any better than that !

[@Captain-Nostromo]

And on double bass is the fantastic musician Georg Riedel 😎

[@TrekkieGrrrl]

Visa Från Utamyra has been used SO much in TV every time something is "Swedish" - and I didn't know WHAT song it was. Until now. THANK YOU. My Earworm now has a name :D

[@ivonebuhler81]

WOW. Just amazing !

[@purerider]

Beautiful in so many ways.

[@sakarias88]

[blur-yoor] [ein neiveh blaw-bair]

[@Edenshex_official]

+sakarias88 [ein mehd-vehtslurs pangshoonair] [feewra ee fewra] [aum-vendh urd-fewljdh]

[@rams6702]

WHAT

[@thearvid123456789]

[hehstkap-lurpning] [sheu klaird-newpoor]

[@hetzz]

rams just let it go, it will all be fine in a short moment.

[@KingKong-os7iv]

Snub-churp

[@karinmaegaard5224]

jag købte denne plade tilbage i 1970erne...tror jeg, en af mine kæreste klenodier:-)

[@pechblendae]

This is by far one of the best things I’ve heard in the last year. Don’t know how I missed this masterpiece... thanks Seb, you Swedish Music Hero!

[@matsblidh6844]

Helt fantastiskt.

[@japperkot6149]

Legend, and from my city!

[@mvd3517]

When someone ask me what Swedish culture is I play this ❤️

[@mlberg2327]

I´ve been listening to Scandinavian jazz lately (Bobo Stenson, Tord Gustavsen, Helge Lien, Espen Eriksen, Esbjörn Svensson), and I´ve tried to put my finger on the sound. It sounds like a mix between American jazz (of course), Swedish folk songs and some kind of latin rythm (bossa nova?). When I listen to Jan Johansson, it feels like a concentrated version of Scandinavian jazz, like the source. Could it be that Jan Johansson is the origin of this style of jazz you hear in Scandinavia to this day?

[@ovekkjlstad7703]

Jan Johansson started the Scandinavian quite sound of jazz. Listen also to Bugge Wesseltoft (Snowing on my piano) and Solveig Slettahjel.

[@kategibbs6729]

I've watched a concert of e.s.t. today, where Esbjorn Svensson mentioned Jon Johansson after playing "Car crash". 5 years later Esbjorn died in a diving accident. How unfair life is :-(

[@ZahhibbDev]

I was searching through some old pictures in the 1890-1960 of my birth home and just now found out that Jan Johansson grew up in the house next door to where I grew up (though he grew up there 60 years before me, haha).

[@uweboll8833]

Amazing piece by a gorgeous artist! Greetings from Germany

[@thomasskjold]

What a wonderful piece of music !

[@bjartestre5519]

Eg har elska denne musikken heilt sidan 70- talet.

[@jankawiorski]

One of the best melodies in general.

[@MsHilding]

Jan Johansson satt in hos Arne D då hans orkester spelade för oss i realskolan i Söderköping i mitten av 1960-talet. Spelningen väckte mitt intresse för jazz. En tid efteråt omkom Jan i en trafikolycka.

[@jonandcathygailmormurphy5218]

Reserved, tasteful brilliance!

[@musicprostitute]

Dette er ypperligt og yndefuldt i al sin elegance. Tak for musikken og de fantastiske stemninger, den bringer mig i! (-:

[@jesshansen6487]

The big master jan johansson

[@jeanetteorre9604]

❤❤❤😊Sverige beskrivet i en låt.

[@ylvaeliaeson4593]

Fortfarande en av mina favorites!🌺

[@tuesdayjames5470]

Swedish blues. The best blues.

[@not_dot]

My cat love this music♡ Endast enn gong såg jag den mann, mina ögon blev som forändrad ☆☆☆☆☆

[@robertklouse7301]

Hehehe

[@jimmyahrman4747]

Så trösterik musik.

[@tarikeld11]

1:02 I love the baroque counterpoint. The whole album has a pretty baroque character, love it!

[@Greyberet]

I love this one

[@HerrNilssom]

Wonderful. No more words.

[@Nahuel_ARG]

Jan Johansson, Geniuusss!!!!!

[@kaia16]

hilsen til verdens beste Onkel Bjørn. Jeg savner deg! Vet vi møtes igjen....

[@dubstebz]

Fantastiskt!

[@ylvaeliaeson4593]

I love it!🌺

[@jflax]

Jan Johansson and Ingmar Bergman. The two masters of Swedish angst and melancholy.

[@herrfriberger5]

Lars Norén!

[@usmh]

While this is certainly gloomy and Jan does it well, I don't think angst and melancholy define Jan Johansson's career or expression.

[@kallenordvall]

jflax Bergman was a genius when it came to directing movies but in private he was a swine who mentally abused his housekeeper, calling her “slut” among other insults.

[@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet]

discover Di Leva he's a god Martin Gore's only equal

[@skunknightjahsound5484]

love that song su much thank you jan greatest pianist ....

[@windmaze8735]

Den perfekte låten å sette på en kald høstdag. :-)

[@carinaviiolofberg7226]

Så vackert,😘