Lina Langendorf is an award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist from the northeast 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.
As a special guest or as a regular member of the band Lina has been heard live with artists such as Mulatu Astatke, Toumani Diabaté, Eek-A-Mouse, Vieux Farka Touré, OK Star Orchestra, James Yorkston & Nina Persson with Second Hand Orchestra, Robert Forster, Andreas Mattsson, Jenny Wilson, Stefan Sundström, Peter Morén, Marit Bergman, Tibble Transsibiriska, Samuel Yirga, Alemayehu Eshete, Ras Kimono, bob hund and Alabaster Deplume.
”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
”The golden recipe for her music is the variety of melodies, futuristic sounds and traditional music.” 3fach
”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