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Reviews”Happy Traditional Jazz” Concert Four stars (of five) Jazzin’ Jacks Crescendo, Norrköping, Sweden Wednesday April 2 2003 ”The traditional jazz has many performers especially in Gothenburg and Stockholm with the New Orleans style as source of inspiration. But Helsingborg has one of the best and most travelling trad jazz bands with Jazzin’ Jacks, who played at Crescendo last Wednesday…. With trumpeter Jack Andersson the sextet started powerfully with Ole Miss Rag and the fast running Wolverine Blues. By his side during all the years he has the trombon player Hans Ingelstam and Lasse Karlsson on clarinet. New in the band is Gunnar ”Caesar” Andersson who supremely interpreted Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You. He sang with a blues feeling and took the opportunity to praise the fine grand piano who really inspired him. Lasse Karlsson often played in the lower register of the clarinet and sang amusingly in amongs others Don’t Forget Our Monday Date backed up by Gunnar Nilsson double bass and Anders Lagerlöf drums. The second set had an amusing start when Lasse and Jack sang a duet in the Armstrong classic I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You. Powerful trombone solo and swinging rythm section. Caesar presented a splendid song, often performed by indians at the New Orleans Heritage Festival. And he played the piano with lots of bright ideas. The musicians’ playful talk between the melodies spread a joyful feeling both on stage and among the audience. Of the Eighteen melodies during the concert St. Louis Blues was one of the hottest. Here Jack Andersson, as so often, really played in the spirit of Louis Armstrong. ”The Jacks” planned to end the concert with ”We’ll Meet Again” but it didn’t work. Because the extra numbers are always as fun for the band as for the audience!” Bozze Möller Norrköpings Tidningar April 4 2003 Review 2004-11-12 ”Jazzin’ Jacks in great condition” Last Friday “The Jacks” visited Höör Inn Jazz Club with their swinging happy jazz. In three generous sets they offered the crowded and exhilarated audience lots of festive music, mixed with their unpretentious and amusing presentations. The utmost well ensemble-playing “noble-musicians” in Jazzin’ Jacks are encouraging and supporting each other all the time and they seem to enjoy it just as much as the audience. This is a major part of the secret behind the solid popularity and the high musical level of the band. The ensemble, the communication, both within the band and with the audience, is impressing and all the six “Jacks” are worth listening to… …Jazzin’ Jacks model 2004 is better than any previous edition. Now the band is “complete”. Thanks to Caesars’ entry (2002) and the superb and very stable rhythm duo Kronqvist-Lagerlöf on bass and drums the band does itself credit anywhere in the jazz world. Here at home in Sweden the sextet is, as far as I understand, “outstanding” in its genre. Jan Olsson in Skånska Dagbladet 2004-10-18 ... ”The temperature went up” Papa Bue’s Viking Jazzband, Mr Acker Bilk, Jazzin’ Jacks, DomNiVet, Björn Ingelstam among others on Palladium, Malmö, Sweden 2004-10-30 When Jazzin’ Jacks entered the stage the temperature went up several degrees. The three horn-blowers in the front line played excellent. The clarinet player Lasse Karlsson attacked vividly and sung with festivity, the trombonist Hans Ingelstam was as usual the reliability and the elegance personified and the trumpeter Jack Andersson made you repeatingly believe that Louis Armstrong himself were hiding somewhere back stage. A magnificent band – professional, fresh and spontaneous. All at once. The evening was still the “Altmeister” Arne Jensen’s, Papa Bue’s, and his guests… …The guests, the only 14 years old trumpeter Björn Ingelstam and the 61 years older clarinet player Acker Bilk, were the main experiences of the evening. We have said it before and it is worth repeating: young Björn is a giant promise. His “On the Sunny Side of the Street” pulled down the longest and kindest – and most well earned – applause of the evening. Although Mr. Acker Bilk was not too far behind. He showed that he still is an excellent musician with lots of feeling left for the proud New Orleans tradition… Jan Olsson in Skånska Dagbladet 2004-11-01 ”Catching music of joy at the jazz club” Concert, Just Jazz Club, Örebro 4/11 Basically there are two things that characterize the sextet Jazzin’ Jacks. One is a solid and genuine musical knowledge and the other is an irresistible joyfulness when playing…. … Even if the joyfulness is an important ingredient, it is above all the musical quality that is conclusive. The three frontmen Lasse Karlsson, clarinet, Jack Andersson, trumpet, and Hans Ingelstam, trombone, are allthe three of them brilliant instrumentalists. They are backed up by a superb pianist with the artist name ”Caesar” and Anders Lagerlöf on drums and Karl Kronqvist on bass… … Jazzin’ Jacks attracted quite a big audience to the jazz club and nobody was likely to be disappointed. It turned out to be a vivid and joyful event with melodic and rythmic jazz of the best sort. Kjell Stockhaus in Nerikes Allehanda 2004-11-06 
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