Best known in Scandinavia for her 1994 hit "Vem Vet, " Lisa Ekdahl became one of the top Swedish pop singers of the 1990s but also records and performs straightahead jazz. Ekdahl's pop albums have been in Swedish, while her acoustic jazz albums have favored English-language standards.
A powerful modern tribute to the famous Nubian composer and oud legend Hamza El Din by Bachar Mar-Khalifé, this album centers around the formers Escalay / The Water Wheel.