Björn Dahlberg

Music Transcription Service

Björn — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:38:43 +0000

I just added a new item at the top menu – Music Trancription Service. If you need sheet music of any kind, of any song, transposed into any key feel free to contact me. I’ve written hundreds of arrangements from lead sheets to big band and everything in between.

FishBulb – Björn Dahlberg Quartet live at the Brighton Blue Note

Björn — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:47:09 +0000

Here’s my tune FishBulb from the gig yesterday. Awesome playing by my friends I have to say!

Björn Dahlberg Quartet at the Brighton Blue Note

Björn — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:43:03 +0000

I’m super excited! Tonight I will be playing all my saxophones and clarinets at the Brighton Blue Note together with Paul Richards – Guitar, Jim Whyte – drums and Terry Pack – bass. Since I moved to the UK I haven’t really found an outlet for this material. The jazz I play have mostly been swing with the Magic Numbers and others and standards at the jam sessions. I love doing that and it’s been great exploring the earlier styles but to be able to play some of my own favourite compositions will be something extra. We will play several tunes from my old project Boogaloo B – A Technicolor soundtrack of twist and New Orleans funk and more. It’s 11pm-1am (jazz hours!) underneath the Greenhouse effect, 63 Church Rd, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BD.

Read more about it at Paul Richard’s site You can hear some of the music at my old MySpace site

“Brighton Boy” released!

Björn — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:12:34 +0000

Finally Maria McAteer’s debut single “Brighton Boy” is here! I’m especially proud since I wrote the music and plays a bunch of instruments on the track. Maria of course wrote the beautiful lyrics and sings with her gorgeous voice. Here is the video.

During a limited time you can get the single for free at mariamcateer.com

Made Up at Soho Theatre

Björn — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:43:45 +0000

I’m doing such an amazing show at the Soho Theatre at the moment. It’s an improvised play by three actors who call themselves Cartoon De Salvo and a four-piece band called the Adventurists. The title is given by the audience and then we as a band improvise the score and the actors improvise the story. It’s complete magic. You can book tickets here and read a great review here.

David Myhr UK release!

Björn — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:36:08 +0000

My old friend David (who used to be in a band called The Merrymakers) has been busy recording his Beatles-tinged power pop during the last couple of years. Finally it’s time for the release! I’m really proud to say that he asked me to play keyboards at his London date. Come along to Borderline 31st March and enjoy the Soundshine!

CD release – the Swing Ninjas

Björn — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:49:31 +0000

The Swing Ninjas second album “Stop Killing The Jazz Man” is out and I’m on it! The release was yesterday at the Mesmerist in Brighton and it was jam packed with swing lovers and lindy hoppers.

Check out the Facebook gallery from the night.

Lele Lele playing one of my old songs

Björn — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:42:40 +0000

My old balkan-indian world fusion band Lele Lele are still going strong, even after I left them. Here they are playing my composition “Cogs And Gears”

If you’d like to hear this song in it’s original form (with me instead of the trumpet and clarinet) you can listen on Spotify or get it from CD Baby or iTunes.

Review of Fred Kinbom’s EP

Björn — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:53:47 +0000

Fred Kinbom’s new EP “Quit My Job” has been released and I’m on it. Both musically and photographically. For some reason all of the bands I’ve played have chosen not to have a band pic on the cover so this is actually the first time my face is used to sell something. Well apart from ABBA the Show of course but then it’s my face just because it looks a bit like Benny’s. Anyway, the EP got a really brill review at whisperinandhollerin, go check it out!

Great review of Nybakat’s Torfaen gig!

Björn — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:01:47 +0000

The Jazz Mann has written about Nybakat! before and it was a great pleasure to meet him at the gig we did at the Torfaen Jazz Society in July. He wrote a detailed review of the gig so if you weren’t there you can almost hear the music through his writing. Check it out here!