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ECM is particularly pleased to present this two-disc set by one of the most outstanding groups of its era, the group often referred to as 'Belonging' or Keith Jarrett's 'European Quartet', heard here in a previously unreleased concert recording from 1979. After more than three decades in the archive, this "sleeper" now awakes, sounding thoroughly alive and of the moment. <br/><br/>"Sleeper" is a significant addition to the group's small discography, until now comprised of the albums "Belonging" (1974), "My Song" (recorded 1977, released 1978), "Nude Ants" (recorded 1979), and "Personal Mountains" (1979, released 1989). The pieces performed by the quartet on April 16, 1979, at Tokyo's Nakano Sun Plaza were Jarrett compositions - "Personal Mountains", "Innocence", "So Tender", "Oasis", "Chant of the Soil", "Prism" and "New Dance" - all written for this ensemble (in later years, "Prism" and "So Tender" would be reinterpreted by the "Standards" trio), all delivered with enormous verve. This was a group that could play very freely, and joyously, inside the melodic and rhythmic structures set up or implied by Keith Jarrett's writing, with an extraordinary and unforced sense of flow. As Jarrett said at the time: "I myself, as a so-called leader, wish very, very often to blend with the other three musicians and that situation [the Belonging band] allows that, because no one is fighting with anyone else. Everyone is just trying to make the thing transparent and clear and feeling good."

Garbarek Jan/Bobo Stenson: Dansere 1971-75 [3 CD]

Den svenska jazzens "Nationalencyklopedi"<br/>Totalt elva boxar med svensk jazz från 1899 fram till 1970. Från tiden då jazzen först fick fotfäste i Sverige över swing och bebop till Jan Johanssons folkmusikjazz och Radiojazzgruppens nyskapande i slutet av 60-talet! Mängder av unika foton och illustrationer. Affischer och skivomslag. Djuplodande intervjuer med centrala artister som Thore Jederby, Alice Babs, Arne Domnérus, Putte Wickman, Bengt Hallberg, Jan Allan, Georg Riedel, Bernt Rosengren och Bosse Broberg. Svenska jazzklassiker från privata samlingar, radioinspelningar och skivor - allt i renoverat skick och med bästa ljudkvalitet.<br/><br/>Vol. 2 Hot-epoken 1931-1936 <br/>Här återfinns orkestrar och artister som Håkan con Eichwald, Arne Hülphers, Helge Lindberg, Charles Redland, Nisse Lind, Thore Erling, Thore Jederby och Gösta Törner.

Lars Danielssons drömprojekt släpps nu äntligen på skiva! Dubbelalbumet innehåller dels hans "Konsert för engelskt horn och kontrabas" som han skrivit på beställning från Göteborgssymfonikerna, med Carolina Grinne samt tonsättaren själv som solister, dels älskade Liberetto-låtar i nya orkesterarrangemang, allt under ledning av Peter Nordahl. Storslaget!

Nils Landgren Funk Unit: Live in Montreux [CD]

Svensk Jazzhistoria Vol 6 [2 CD]

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: E.S.T. Live in Gothenburg [2 CD]