Majken Christiansen - The Great Danish Songbook (2024) [Hi-Res]

Welcome to The Great Danish Songbook – a jazz record consisting of Danish classics from the 1930s to the 1960s. The title has a parallel to the term The Great American Songbook and thus a humorous little play on words, which in all modesty equates old Danish songs with the American jazz standards. The goal of the record is to present songs from the “Danish Song treasury” in a re-arranged mainstream swing jazz tradition.

This nostalgic album rewinds time to Copenhagen in the 1930s; a time where there was live jazz music on almost every street corner, and where swing jazz was both entertainment and dance music. Together with the first Danish feature films, a large number of songs were composed, such as ‘Jeg har elsket dig så lenge jeg kan mindes / I Have Loved You As Long As I Can Remember’. In addition, many musical revue songs were popular, such as ‘Man binder os på mund og hånd / They Tie Us Hand And Mouth’, for which the singer Liva Weel became famous. All these songs were quickly considered Danish popular music and soon were an important part of Denmark’s song treasure.