Rebecka Törnqvist

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

Rebecka Törnqvist
Törnqvist in Stockholm, July 2009
Background information
OriginUppsala, Sweden
GenresJazz, pop
Years active1993–present
LabelsEMI, Warner, Kaza, Metronome

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