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Landgren Nils: Teamwork 2013 [Digipack / CD]

Grammy Awards-prisade duon, Magnus Lindgren och John Beasley, bjuder på en intim, musikalisk dialog på nya albumet "Butterfly Effect", som rymmer elva originallåtar samt en skön version av Beatles "Come Together".

En världsnyhet briserade tidigare i höstas, när ACT meddelade att <b>Esbjörn Svenssons</b> änka hittat tidigare okänd solopianomusik som Esbjörn spelat in i hemmet, bara några veckor innan han förolyckades 2008. Nu släpps albumet HOME.S. - en improvisatorisk dröm, signerad en av Sveriges största jazzartister.<br/><br/>The release of HOME.S., the only existing, previously unreleased solo album by pianist Esbjörn Svensson, is nothing less than a sensation. The recordings were made in Svensson's Swedish home - just weeks before his tragic death on June 14, 2008, after which they rested undiscovered on a hard drive in his wife Eva Svensson's personal archive for nearly ten years. HOME.S. consists of nine piano songs, with a combination of written-out fragments and Svensson's unique, melodic style of improvisation. Heartfelt, soulful and deeply personal. A "message smuggled across the border, carried by love, space, time and never-ending creative power." (Eva Svensson)<br/><br/><b>Lira Gillar! </b>"Det hela är oavbrutet intressant. Att höra Esbjörn Svensson efter alla dessa år gör mig både rörd och glad." (Ulf Johansson, Lira)<br/>Esbjörn Svenssons HOME.S. hyllas i världspressen!<br/>"Esbjörn Svensson, utan kompisarna Dan Berglund och Magnus Öström, tar ut svängarna på ett delvis annat sätt. Han låter pianospelet omväxlande svälla ut i något som närmar sig den klassiska musikens pianokonserter, omväxlande vända sig inåt i en vackert jazzig melankoli som, med vetskap om hans bortgång, förlänas en gripande sorgkant." (Dan Backman, SvD)<br/><br/>"Itimacy, serenity and majestic clarity." -Télérama (FR)<br/><br/>"A gift from heaven." -Politiken (DK)<br/><br/>"These inventive deliberations are very much his own, ranging from sublime stillness to eruptive vivaciousness.... A delight" -The Scotsman (GB)<br/><br/>"A real discovery, this solo album by the man who is still regarded as one of the most influential pianists of recent decades.'' -De Volkskrant (NL)<br/><br/>"Buoyant, capricious, sweepingly melodic" -The Guardian (GB)<br/><br/><b>Esbjörn Svenssons "HOME.S." från Actmusic är ett av årets bästa jazzalbum 2022, enligt The Guardian!</b> "Between the mid-1990s and his tragic accidental death in 2008, the Swedish pianist/composer Esbjörn Svensson gave classy piano-trio jazz an enthralling stadium-rock drama and drive. These delicate unaccompanied piano pieces, unreleased until now, show a contrastingly private Svensson - but with just the same vivid imagination and subtlety of touch." (John Fordham, The Guardian)

Magnus Öström anses vara en av sin generations stilbildande trumslagare. Hans 15 år i triosamarbetet med Esbjörn Svensson och Dan Berglund i ett av världens mest framgångsrika band -E.S.T. - har satt oförglömliga spår på den musikaliska kartan. <br/><br/>Hans första solo-album, "The Thread of Life", blev nominerad till en svensk Grammis. Dessutom vann han "Echo Jazz Award - Best International Drummer" (Tysklands motsvarighet till Svenska Grammis). BBC Radio 3 utryckte det så här: " Vilket extremt vackert och tilltalande album det här är. Perfekt spel, kompositionerna är sannerligen inspirerande och arrangemangen är magiska". <br/><br/>På uppföljaren Searching for Jupiter har Öström med sig ett starkt och tight band som består av gitarristen Andreas Hourdakis, basisten Thobias Gabrielson och pianisten Daniel Karlsson. <br/><br/>De har sakta mejslat fram ett starkt och övertygande jazz/rock- och progressivt rocksound - The Moon (And The Air It Moves) tex påminner om Pink Floyd inte bara till namnet och där finns ny spirande optimism. Nu är det melodierna som åter spelar en viktig roll och albumet slutar i hoppets tecken med At The End Of Eternity.

Line up:<br/>Lars Danielsson / double bass, cello, piano intro on 05 & 08, wah-wah cello & guembri on 09<br/>Grégory Privat / piano<br/>John Parricelli / guitars<br/>Magnus Öström / drums & percussion<br/><br/>Music must touch the emotions<br/><br/>For Lars Danielsson, that consummate craftsman of sound on both cello and bass, the power of music resides in melody. It is the heart from which everything else develops, and his Liberetto ensemble has stayed true to this principle again in its third album. The word 'Liberetto' which Danielsson coined for the name of the group also serves well as a descriptor of his art. 'Libretto' is a reference both to Western art music which is the source of his compositions, and to their lyrical, vocal character. But also hidden in the band's name is the Latin adjective 'liber' (free). That stands for improvisation, for how individuals can take lines and shapes and adapt them, but above all it refers to Danielsson's musical understanding which acknowledges no boundaries.<br/><br/>This third edition of "Liberetto" transcends more of those boundaries than ever before. The opening track of the album looks heavenward: "I wrote 'Agnus Dei' for my mother," Danielsson explains. "She sang in a choir - as I did later too. The spirituality and the ceremony of liturgical music left their mark on me." Following on from this gentle, almost classical hymn is "Lviv", a tune which is very differently wired: it's brisk, based on a simple poppish melodic hook and it has an uncommon sense of rhythmic forward propulsion. What follows is many-sided: "Sonata in Spain" the band toys with Spanish folklore, "Taxim By Night" has a waft of Turkish-Arabic scent, and "Gimbri Heart" has African charm and warmth. By contrast, "Mr Miller" is a touching ballad with a 'Nordic Sound' aesthetic.<br/><br/>All twelve tracks are compositions by Danielsson, and they sum up what 'Liberetto' is all about: through keeping structure and freedom in such a fine balance, the musical expression acquires an almost weightless sense of poise and easefulness. And binding it all together is the wonderful interaction of the musicians. Whether they are playing unison lines, solo-ing and accompanying, or engaging in interplay, the ball is generously and deftly passed from one player to another.

Tolstoy Viktoria: Stealing moments [Vinyl LP]

180 gram vinyl.