Rebecka Törnqvist

Rebecka Törnqvist
Törnqvist in Stockholm, July 2009
Background information
Origin	Uppsala, Sweden
Genres	Jazz, pop
Years active	1993–present
Labels	EMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome

Musical artist

Rebecka Törnqvist (born 26 April 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist.

Her debut album A Night like This was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies.^[1] This was followed by Good Thing in 1995.^[2]

Most of the albums by Rebecka Törnqvist are sung in English, with the exception of Vad jag vill (2001).^[2] She helped to increase "interest in young female jazz vocalists in Sweden in the 1990s, though her solo albums weren't pure jazz, but rather pop with heavy jazz influences".^[2]

Discography

1993 - A Night Like This
1995 - Good Thing
1996 - Stockholm Kaza Session (featuring Per 'Texas' Johansson)
1998 - Tremble My Heart
1999 - Gloria with the band Gloria
2001 - Vad Jag Vill ("What I Want")
2003 - People Like You and Me with the band Gloria
2004 - Travel Like in Songs
2006 - Melting into Orange
2006 - Fire in the Hole – Sara Isaksson & Rebecca Törnqvist Sing Steely Dan
2008 - The Cherry Blossom and the Skyline Rising from the Street
2011 - Scorpions

References

^ "Rebecka Törnqvist 46 år" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls tidning. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lovén, Lars. "Rebecka Törnqvist". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2020.