https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbwuN-nb4Kg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYNcOxI4es
The beginning
Music was a part of my life very early on. I began to sing
in a choir when I was five years old. My family moved from Sweden to Kitwe,
Zambia for a couple of years before continuing to Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. There
I started playing the piano, an instrument I've always returned to through the
years. Haile Selassie was deposed by a military junta so my parents quickly
decided to take us children back to Sweden where I began taking classical
guitar classes. I continued playing the guitar for more than a decade before
realizing that my voice was my main instrument! I was 20 years old and studying
at the Academy of music in Malmoe, Sweden when it became clear to me.
Since my graduation as Master in fine Arts I've been working
on a freelance basis as an artist, conductor and as a teacher. The projects
through the years have been many and varied; some of which you can find amongst
the records at sale.
01 - Almaz Yebio - Merry go round – M.Godée/A. Yebio
02 - Almaz Yebio - Further to fly – P.Simon
03 - Almaz Yebio - Hearts and bones – P.Simon
04 - Almaz Yebio - En dag var hon borta – K.Jonsson/J.Willén
05 - Almaz Yebio - Dancing – M.Ingvarsson/A.Yebio
06 - Almaz Yebio - Down to earth – P.Gabriel,T.Newman/P.Gabriel
07 - Almaz Yebio - Have a good time – P.Simon
08 - Almaz Yebio - The little things – F. Lundin/T-L.Væring
09 - Almaz Yebio - Solsbury hill – P.Gabriel
10 - Almaz Yebio - Washing of the water – P.Gabriel
The latest recording "Down to earth" is the
project closest to my heart at the moment! A sort of Almaz Yebio trio project
that expanded towards more musicaians; an urge to give every song it's own
sound within the record. I'm the producer of this record together with Mats
Ingvarsson and it's also the first release on my own label!
Member of Stroman/Jönsson vocal project, a Sweden/England
collaboration discovering a suite written for five singers and five
instrumentalists: Lena Willemark, Linda Pettersson-Bratt, myself, Scott
Stroman, Cleveland Watkiss, all singers, and Maggi Olin-piano, Lisbeth
Diers-percusion, Mattias Hjorth-bass, Cennet Jönsson-saxophones, Henrik Frisk-
saxophones. A highly interesting and lovely piece of music with a lot of space
for improvisations.
Guest soloist on the latest record by Kjeld Lauritsen trio
"In the zone". Kjeld is an institution all by himself in the Danish
jazz community with his swinging Hammond organ playing!
Since the release we have done quite some gigs together and
it's really a thrill for someone like me who needs an injection of soul/jazz
once in a while, that Hammond provides a sound to jump off of, every single
time! In the trio you also find: Per Gade-guitar and Sören Frost-drums.
Anna Weister-Andersson is one of Sweden's most acclaimed
gospel singers and choir leaders. She is passionate about black american gospel
music, and is putting her work as a composer, teacher and choir conductor into
spreading and sharing this music throughout the country. 2011 Anna gathered a
choir of ten singers and fie musicians to do the first recording entirely with
her compositions, "One in Christ". I was invited to take part in this
fantastic project, and we still do concerts when there is a possibility to
gather the whole gang. Quite an undescribable feeling to be singing together
with people like Samuel Ljungblahd, Malin Övrell, Ingela Olsson, Frank Ådahl, Malcolm
Chambers, Martina W Möllås, Per Ankarberg, Kristina Talajic and Anna of course!
Almaz Yebio: Vocals
Krister Jonsson: Guitars and backing vocals
Mats Ingvarsson: Basses, backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Fredrik Lundin: Saxophones
Björn Jönsson: Drums
Christian Glass: Percussion
Dan Svensson: Backing vocals
