IN LOVE WITH

The world

“Impressive debutalbum by – and with, the 25 years old bassplayer and composer Ingrid Schyborger” – Marie Vesterholm (OJ)

“The Stockholm based musician Ingrid Schyborger makes her debut with an impressive album ” -Timo Kangas (Lira)

“The music oscillates between playfulness and thoughtfulness. According to Ingrid, the music is about walking alone in the woods, as she did as a child, and listening to the sounds of trees and birds. A musical protest against the ongoing environmental destruction, one might think. Ingrid Schyborger was introduced to the bass as a 17-year-old and the results are impressive, to say the least. An album I will listen to many times.” – Marie Westerholm (OJ)

“Ingrid Schyborger’s compositions on the album are inspired by all the summers of her childhood, spent out in the forests of the Swedish countryside. Chamber music tendencies marry the most relaxing and beautiful jazz. It is not always the double bass that is in the center, it can just as well be the piano or trumpet that gets the light on it there in the greenery of the clearing. Everything and everyone interacts with each other, just like in that forest Ingrid Schyborger dreams herself back to.” – Timo Kangas (Lira)

“In Love With The World” was released on the on the 1st of November 2024 under Prophone Records/Naxos Sweden. It was recorded in Sound on Sound Studios in New Jersey in May 2023 and only recorded in one day, for a full 12 hours. The album contains a quartet combined with a string quartet, a project Ingrid worked on for about three years. Ingrid’s music is lyrical. Her melodies tells the story about humanity, earth and society. Her compositions enchants the listener on a journey through different musical landscapes, while still containing room for interesting improvisational elements.

“In Love With The World” is about reminding ourselves of the beauty in earths nature. During her upbringing, Ingrid spent much of her time in the summer outside in the forests of rural Sweden. The album is a flashback to what it was like to walk alone in the forest, only ten or eleven years old, and hear the sound of the creaking trees and the birds.

Much of the music on the albums has been inspired by these summers, but has also by her reflections on our society today such as; the environmental destruction that is happening worldwide, how some cities are losing their nature completely, and how we humans are losing our love for the earth. 

While in the compositions she combines melodically captivating melodies with rhythmic playfulness and interesting harmonic changes, the musicians’ fantastic skill and communication with each other brings out an exciting high-level spontaneity.

The album features a jazz quartet all whom are based in New York: the virtuoso trumpet player Ian Cleaver, (Netherleands) the award winning piano player Tommaso Perazzo (Italy), and the very well established Rogeiro Boccato (Brazil) on percussion and drums. It also features a guest artist: Yuko Kawasaki (japan) on vocals on one track. The string quartet consists of Thu-An Duong (viola), Mark Chen (violin), Ariana Mascari (viola) and Wick Simmons (cello).

“In love with the world” is a dynamic album that takes the listener on a journey through several musical landscapes. These landscapes tell our story today