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Digipack.<br/><br/>As individual musicians, Katarina and Svante Henryson have carved out quite extraordinary careers: Katarina touring internationally as a member of the highly successful Swedish vocal ensemble The Real Group, and Svante appearing in the most varied collaborations - on the cello, double bass and electric bass, and as performer, arranger and composer - with musicians as diverse as Elvis Costello, Anne Sofie von Otter, Chico Freeman and Martin Fröst. The duo they form together, on the other hand, has been a more private affair, performing for their relatives at christenings and weddings, at birthdays and funerals. One reason for this has been the fact that they don't only share a surname, but also two children, and when one of them toured professionally the other would have to be at home. Their duo repertoire has grown from zero to CD at the same pace as their children - and now the time has come to 'go public'. Representing their own broad musical tastes, the repertoire is as varied as it gets: it is truly 'High, Low or In Between', with pop songs by Elton John and George Harrison rubbing shoulders with Prince's funk hit Kiss, Bill Evans's jazz classic Waltz for Debby and Tom Jobim's bossa nova Chega de Saudade. These last two Katarina performs in the versions made immortal by the Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund, while a third song to a Swedish text, Det växer från Edens tider, also displays its Swedish origins proudly through its folk-like idiom. A handful of tracks consist of original material by the performers themselves - Eyes of a Child they wrote together after the birth of their son - including three cello improvisations and Svante's instrumental piece Green. In these, Svante's cello - and his very special treatment of it - steals the spotlight, but in fact it plays such a major role throughout the programme that it becomes a third, equal partner of the duo!

Peter Asplund har fört samman sin hyllade grupp Aspiration och gästande pianisten Lars Jansson med en av Sveriges främsta blåsensembler, Göteborg Wind Orchestra, på ett storslaget album där Asplund låter sin romantiska sida blomma ut. Odödliga jazzhits varvas med egna låtar, i arrangemang av Mats Hålling som även dirigerar.<br/><br/> Bra betyg i Dagens Nyheter! "På 'Out of this World' lossar Peter Asplund förtöjningarna fullkomligt, kastar sig ut i smäktande och storslagna tolkningar av klassiska sånger från 1900-talet. Tillsammans med bandet ser de till att liksom skapa den största och gräddigaste semlan på hela bageriet. Med extra florsocker på toppen." (Magnus Säll, DN)

Isabella Lundgrens och Musica Vitaes kärleksförklaring till en av jazzhistoriens giganter, Dorothy Fields - nu även på vinyl!<br/><br/>"Fenomenal vokal bedrift når in i hjärtat" (Mats Hallberg, Kulturbloggen.com)<br/><br/>Isabella Lundgrens kärleksförklaring till en av jazzhistoriens giganter: Dorothy Fields (1904-1974) som skrev texter till över 400 låtar, 15 Broadwaymusikaler och 26 filmer. Vi vågar lova att du känner igen de flesta på detta album som Isabella Lundgren spelat in med Musica Vitae, i underbara stråkarrangemang av Carl Bagge.

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)

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