Meta Roos & Nippe Sylwéns Band – Here We Are Falling In Love Again
Meta Roos and Nippe Sylwéns Band must have been the hippest jazz outfit in all of Sweden back in 1978. And not just because of Meta’s feathered bangs, which were considered cutting-edge fashion at the time. Or because of these highly-covetable headphones:
There’s not a lot of information in English about Meta Roos, unfortunately. All I know is that many years later she would sing the theme song “A World Full Of Life” in the Swedish dubbed version of The Lion King, and provide the voice of the mother weasel in… well, some movie that has a mother weasel.
The mystery is still out on Nippe. Swedish translation sites seem to indicate that either the word nippe or sylwén means “jewelry”, from which we can conclude only one of two things: that his ancestors were the makers of fine quality gemstone necklaces, or his parents were a tad kooky in choosing “Jewelry” as the first name for their baby boy. But we mustn’t worry ourselves over these petty details when there is music to enjoy. For now let’s venture back to 1978 for a cozy evening at the Gyllene Cirkeln jazz club in Stockholm…