Langendorf, Lina

Lina Langendorf is an award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist from the northeast of Sweden, currently based in Stockholm.
With curiosity as her life long companion in music she has been collaborating with many different artists in different genres throughout the years. From jazz to reggae to Mali blues, Ethio-jazz, pop, rock and balkan music. Her music and musicianship has received praise from Songlines Magazine, Aquarium Drunkard, Lira Magazine and dr. Mulatu Astatke among others.

“Just as you thought the Ethio jazz revival had died down along comes one of Sweden’s leading sax exponents, Lina Langendorf, with her own funktified, psychedelic Ethio-jazz fusion… This is going to be a live show and a half.” - The Slow Music Movement

“…a dynamic fusion of global sounds, pushing the boundaries of jazz with a bold, rhythmic exploration.” - Rhythm Passport

“Lina Langendorf sounds as if she has been raised in Addis Ababas night club life during early 1970-tal. Magic, cosmic jazz.” - Jan Gradvall chooses 3 favorits in the Swedish paper DI

“The golden recipe for her music is the variety of melodies, futuristic sounds and traditional music.” 3fach