Linda Fredriksson shares their debut solo album "Juniper” on We Jazz Records. Linda has been working on the compositions heard on the album for several years, composing them mostly on guitar, keys and by singing. Only later have they been arranged for the band heard on the album, including Fredriksson on saxes and various instruments, Tuomo Prättälä on Rhodes, Moog and piano, Minna Koivisto on modular synth, Moog and OP, Olavi Louhivuori on drums, and Mikael Saastamoinen on bass, plus featuring Matti Bye on piano.

At heart, "Juniper" is a "singer-songwriter album", performed by an instrumental jazz band. The album is a world unto itself, and Fredriksson describes the process of making "Juniper" as one of isolation and of learning slowly to do new things. The influence list for the album name checks the likes of Feist, Neil Young, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Dolphy and Fever Ray, yet the number one inspiration for Fredriksson prior to making the album was "Carrie and Lowell", the 2017 album by Sufjan Stevens.

The album has been made in two different studios, three homes, two summer cottages and four working spaces. It was recorded with professional studio equipment but also with an iPhone and on a basic built-in laptop speaker.

All songs composed by Linda Fredriksson.

Linda Fredriksson: alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, guitar, piano, voice, Rhythmic8 synth
Tuomo Prättälä: Rhodes, Moog synthesizers, Juno 106, Prophet 8, piano
Olavi Louhivuori: drums
Mikael Saastamoinen: double bass & effects
Minna Koivisto: modular synthesizer, Moog, OP-1
Matti Bye: piano (on "Nana")
Joonas Saikkonen: granulator (on "Pinetree song")

Recording
Joonas Saikkonen: band, sax and guitar recordings at Lammaskallion audio and E-studio
Linda Fredriksson: sax, bass clarinet, guitar, voice, keys and field recordings at various houses, homes, cottages, working spaces and locations during 2019-2021
Minna Koivisto: modular synth, keys, sax and field recordings at Vallila, autumn 2020
Tuomo Prättälä: keys recording at Sonic Pump, November 2020
Tari Doris: field recording at Töölö, August 2020
Matti Bye: piano recording at Barnängen studio, Stockholm, February 2021

Produced by Linda Fredriksson and Minna Koivisto
Executive producer Matti Nives
Mixed by Joonas Saikkonen
Arranged by Linda Fredriksson, Olavi Louhivuori, Tuomo Prättälä, Mikael Saastamoinen
Mastered by Jarno Alho
Illustration by Sanna Hellikki Turunen
Artist photos by Iiris Heikka
Design and plant scans by Matti Nives
Artistic advisers and supporters along the way: Stina Koistinen and Kerkko Koskinen