2013

Strong Anthony: Stepping out 2013 [Digipack / CD]

The great British jazz singer Norma Winstone once again casts her net wide for source material for this third ECM album with Italian pianist Glauco Venier and German clarinetist / saxophonist Klaus Gesing. Alongside new pieces by Winstone/Gesing and by Venier, the trio covers tunes by singer-songwriters Nick Drake, Fred Neil and Tom Waits. They take a fresh approach to Madonna's "Live To Tell", and to Dave Grusin's "It Might Be You", as well as Ralph Towner's "A Breath Away" (now with lyrics by Norma) and "Bein' Green", a children's song elevated to jazz standard status by Sinatra, Stan Kenton, Ray Charles and many more. "As Winstone moves ever farther from the Great American Songbook," All About Jazz observed, "it's certain that, with band mates as sympathetic as Gesing and Venier, there's precious little she can't do."

Jonas Holgersson, drums<br/>Mattias Landaeus, piano <br/>Johnny Åman, bass <br/>Hans Ulrik, tenor saxophone<br/>Gerard Presencer, trumpet, flugelhorn <br/><br/>With strong influences by the 50's and 60's Blue Note Jazz this super quintet makes their entrance. The repertoire consists of classics such as Idle Moments, Driftin ', Blakey's Deciphering the Message and Ellington's Sonnet for Caesar. It's groove, energetic, dynamic and pure jazz joy! <br/><br/>Jonas Holgersson is one of Sweden's foremost musicians. His famous for his dynamic and melodic drum playing, a real brush master with technique and musicianship of the highest order. Jonas Holgersson recently won the Manifesto Award for his debut CD "Snick-Snack". Now he takes his playing to a whole new level with the new super group 4003. The band members belong to the top level in Scandinavia and has qualifications from Sting, John Scofield, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, and others.<br/><br/><br/>.

Baker Chet: Chet Baker sings 1954 [CD]

En av tidernas största och mest säljande jazzskiva på vinyl i ett snyggt, klassiskt utförande.<br/>180 gram audiophile vinyl.

Red Mitchell är känd för att vara en av de mest innovativa basisterna inom jazzen. Han turnerade bland annat med Billie Holiday, en turné som tog honom till Sverige på 50-talet, ett land som han sedan kom att flytta till 1968 och bli folkkär på kuppen då han tog över basen efter Simon Brehm i Hylands Hörna. På "What I Am" får vi inte bara lära känna Red som basist utan också som pianist, kompositör, textförfattare och sångare. På plattan finns Reds hitlåt "The Sun and the Water" som kanske mest blev känd genom Alice Babs. Musikerna på "What I Am" är Bosse Broberg (tp), Rune Carlsson (dr), Nisse Sandström (ts), Göran Strandberg (p) och Sture Nordin (b). Alla utom Sture ingick i Reds grupp Communication.

Landgren Nils: Teamwork 2013 [Digipack / CD]