SUSANNA LINDEBORG'S MWENDO DAWA is always an adventure listening to. They were a bit of pioneers when the group was formed in the 70th when it came to combining expression of Jazz and traditional instruments together with the possibilities given by new instruments of the time. And they still are. Musically MWENDO DAWA is now working with improvisation in serial technique with electro acoustical backgrounds but with a strong rhythmical approach.

SUSANNA LINDEBORG £¨pianist, composer£©

Susanna Lindeborg started playing the piano at the age of 5. She started with a classical training. What you first think of together with Susanna Lindeborg is her virtuouso play on the piano mixed with electronic instruments, which is mostly known from the group Mwendo Dawa, which she is leader of together with tenor player Ove Johansson. Today she also is performing solo doing an improvisational performance together with her computers doing electro acoustical backgrounds. Susanna Lindeborg writes her own music and some of this got profiled when she released her first solo CD 1989.

OVE JOHANSSON (tenor saxophonist, composer)

His musical work stretches all the way from straight ahead, free form and electronic jazz to the acoustic and electro acoustical mix of today. He has produced more than 27 albums with his own material and with the group Mwendo Dawa. The style of Ove Johansson has always been very personal with a powerful and intense performance and a rare sound and technique. Contrary to a lot of other players, he has not got caught in the style he began to play in, but has during the years all the time been renewing his own playing and musical expression. He is always in the frontline according to new music.

JIMMI ROGER PEDERSEN (Danish double bassist, composer)

He has been touring a lot both as an accompanist and a member of different groups in Sweden, Germany, France, Portugal, England, Italy, USA, Canada and recorded radio and television broadcasts plus music documentary film.

DAVID SUNDBY (Drums)

He is Norwegian and a multi-instrumentalist. David is a great creative musician whose playing is very spontaneous. His is one of the most significant players of Scandinavia today, and his playing stretches all the way from total technical and theoretical control to completely free playing. He has been a member of Mwendo Dawa for a long time and has been touring internationally with the group. He has also a dramatic side and is doing solo performances where his lively expression is deeply appreciated.