About
Clara Fornander is a Swedish jazz singer based in Stockholm. She is involved in different projects and loves to perform in a variety of constellations. She’s played in both bigger concert halls and smaller jazz clubs, and has been regarded a fresh addition to the Swedish jazz scene. Since the fall of 2021 she is singing in the Swedish a capella group The Real Group.
Clara grew up in the south of Sweden. During her upbringing Clara spent most of her free time playing the violin, piano and singing. In her teens her interest and work in jazz music started growing. Prior to university she was studying jazz music at the pre-colleges Sundsgårdens folkhögskola and Fridhems folkhögskola in southern Sweden, as well as Clayton State University outside of Atlanta, GA. In 2020 she finished her jazz bachelor studies at the Royal College of Music (KMH) in Stockholm.
Nowadays she spends a majority of her working time on The Real Group and she also continues composing and performing her own music where she takes inspiration from all of the improvisational genres including folk and neosoul.
Layers
…is Clara Fornander’s latest EP release which was released digitally in 2019. The four songs are written by Clara Fornander and were recorded the year before. It is available on all major digital music platforms.
Vocals & composition : Clara Fornander / piano tr. 1-3: Britta Virves / piano tr. 4: Manne Skafvenstedt / guitar tr. 1-3: Mattias Olofsson / guitar tr. 4: Gustav Renberg / bass tr. 1-3: Tomas Sjödell / bass tr. 4: Malte Byström / drums: Jonas Bäckman / backing vocals tr. 4: Ester & Rakel Thunander / mixing: Samuel Lundh, Pål Svenre & Markus Sjöberg / mastering: Gabriel Lundh
“Clara Fornanders låt Layers är en sådan låt som sätter sig direkt. Den är omedelbar, medryckande, engagerande – första gången du lyssnar på den har du älskat den i hela ditt liv, så att säga. Samtidigt – dessutom! – är Layers en mångfacetterad låt. Dess högintressanta text behandlar faktumet att alla människor består av olika ”livs-lager” (”I’m full of layers/from each moment I’ve lived”, som Fornander inlevelsefullt sjunger på ett ställe) och dess Nai Palm-, Gretchen Parlato- och Becca Stevens-influerade toner är genomgående fascinerande. Både femtiosjunde och tvåhundratolfte gången du lyssnar på Layers kommer du alltså att upptäcka något nytt i den. Stor kärlek.”