2017

1977 Album featuring the songs "The Musician", "Hello Again", "Musicmagic", "So Long Mickey Mouse", "Do You Ever" and "The Endless Night".

Digipack.<br/><br/>"Jag låter min musik frodas i den nordiska melankolins tonspråk. Där vill jag varsamt förvalta arvet efter några av de mest älskade namnen inom svensk jazz och visa. Musiken hedrar en tradition men tar den in i en samtid med de infallsvinklar en 90-talist upptäcker i sig själv och andra."<br/>Amanda Ginsburg<br/><br/>"Albumdebuterande sångerskan Amanda Ginsburg har redan låtit tala om sig; i våras släppte hon en singel, i höstas ännu en, och till på köpet nominerades hon till P2:s Guldkatten i kategorin Årets nykomling. <br/>Fullängdaren "Jag har funderat på en sak", som innefattar båda singlarna, rör sig mellan jazz och visa, med texter på svenska. Det är musik som vinner mycket på just språket, men tilltalet är också musikaliskt okonstlat och direkt. Andra har gått före i samma spår - Sarah Riedel, till exempel. Men Ginsburg har sin egen timbre och en närhet till sin musik och sina texter som känns distinkt personlig. En viss poppighet smyger sig osökt på, samtidigt som musiken ekar av samma gammelsvenska traditioner som Jan Johansson och andra utvecklade på 60-talet".<br/><br/>- Johannes Cornell - DN

Tropiques är Goran Kajfes nya grupp. En kvartett med lika delar jazz och minimalism som leker med vårt tidsbegrepp och försätter oss i musikalisk hypnos. Musiker förutom Goran är Johan Berthling, klaviaturgeniet Alexander Zethson och Johan Holmegard (Dungen). Skivan är inspelad i legendariska Atlantis-studion och mixad av Andreas Werliin (Fire!, Tonbruket).

1992 släppte Nils Landgren Funk Unit sitt första album Unit. Nu, 25 år senare, släpper de sitt elfte album - Unbreakable - och de är tajtare än någonsin.<br/><br/>Efter 25 år tillsammans, 10 album i ryggen och otaliga turnéer över hela världen är det tydligt att Funk Unit har en passion för att göra avtryck och sprida glädje. Unbreakable är ett album sprunget ur bandmedlemmarnas genuina kärlek till musiken och till varandra.<br/><br/>Musiken på Unbreakable är en del funk, en del jazz och rakt av en oemotståndlig partyplatta.<br/><br/>Denna gång gästas Funk Unit av musiklegendarerna Ray Parker Jr. (soloartist, låtskrivare, producent och musiker åt bla Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Barry White), Randy Brecker (trumpetare som bland annat spelat med Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius) och Tim Hagans (trumpetare och grammisnominerad musiker som bla spelat med Dexter Gordon, Yellowjackets och Norrbotten Big Band).<br/><br/>Medlemmarna i Funk Unit är var och en för sig tongivande musiker med en mängd sidoprojekt vid sidan om och med världen som arbetsplats. Detta är troligtvis den bidragande orsaken till att bandet låter mer sammansvetsat idag än någonsin förr. Dynamiken och det oemotståndliga groovet på Unbreakable är svår att stå emot.<br/><br/>"Vår musik är en egen symbios av influenser och egna infall blandat med en god portion improvisation på ett sätt som jag tänker mig är unik. Funk Unit har alltid arbetat som ett kollektiv; när vi skriver, när vi reser och när vi står på scen. Jag må vara grundaren och ansiktet utåt, men alla medlemmar i bandet har en egen stämma, en egen röst. När vi spelar in våra album i studio, spelar vi ALLTID tillsammans, live, i studion. Det du hör är rakt av det vi spelade, när vi spelade. Vi är Unbreakable - vi är Funk Unit." säger Nils Landgren. <br/><br/>Unbreakable opens with the title song, Nils Landgren's own composition. It begins with an unmistakeable guitar intro by Detroit funk legend Ray Parker Jr. (for the occasion an "Honorary Funk Unit member") a funky riff that sets the pace for what's to follow; a nonstop funk blowout.<br/><br/>Mr Redhorn, Nils Landgren would never, ever mess with a good recipe.Unbreakable opens with the title song, Nils Landgren's own composition. It begins with an unmistakeable guitar intro by Detroit funk legend Ray Parker Jr. (for the occasion an "Honorary Funk Unit member") a funky riff that sets the pace for what's to follow; a nonstop funk blowout. The Funk Unit rhythm section is tighter than ever before and lays down a groove like no other band. The horn arrangements (by band member Jonas Wall) are exquisitely precise and the process of arranging, mixing and performing they have developed over the years is unique and totally their own. If you add to that an outstanding trombone player/lead vocalist you have one of the most dynamic groups of musicians ever to hit the stage in Europe. Some funk, some jazz and some straight-out par...<br/><br/>line up<br/>Nils Landgren Funk Unit:<br/>Nils Landgren / trombone & vocals<br/>Magnum Coltrane Price / bass & vocals<br/>Andy Pfeiler / guitar & vocals<br/>Jonas Wall / saxes<br/>Petter Bergander / keyboards<br/>Robert Ikiz / drums<br/><br/>Honorary Funk Unit Member - Ray Parker Jr :<br/>Guitar on Unbreakable,<br/>Rockin' After Midnight (& vocals),<br/>Just A Kiss Away, Stars In Your Eyes<br/>& Bow Down<br/><br/>Randy Brecker / trumpet on 06<br/>Tim Hagans / trumpet on 09

Flerfaldigt firade jazzsångerskan och pianisten Diana Krall har på senare år varit mer inriktad på att skapa tidlös popmusik. Nu återvänder hon till jazzen och gör en ny djupdykning i den amerikanska sångboken med albumet "Turn Up the Quiet", som producerats av Tommy LiPuma.

One Father, One Son, Two Guitars<br/><br/>"He plays the guitar like he was born with it already in his hands" was how John McLaughlin once praised Ulf Wakenius. What is true for the father might be even more true for Ulf's guitarist son Eric, who probably was quite literally born with one..<br/><br/>"Eric really is a blessing", says Ulf Wakenius. "We have shared many concerts all over the world and it has always been a pure joy!" So the time is clearly right to document this family saga: "Father And Son" is a virtuoso conversation in the art of contemporary jazz guitar. This duo can launch into swing mode, or strut out towards rock, they are capable of being both lyrical and percussively extrovert, they can dream ballads or go at breakneck speed. And whether they are telling tales of exotic lands or contemplating their native Sweden, the pair - with their instinct for atmosphere, their sensitivity to acoustics and balance - make soul-stirring, affecting and compelling music, in which the listener can detect the closeness of their connection to each other.<br/><br/>The musical backgrounds of father and son are very different. Ulf Wakenius had ten years as a member of the Oscar Peterson Quartet and also worked with the two legends of the bass, Ray Brown and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. He is known for his collaborations with great jazz figures such as Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and Michel Legrand, and of course for his work with the singer Youn Sun Nah. He is not just one of the most busy and in-demand players, but also the most creative jazz guitarists of our era. His son Eric, by contrast was born in 1988 and surrounded as a teenager by the rock and pop music of the nineties. After that, he spent a lot of time in Los Angeles, where he picked up many different stylistic directions from that city's musical melting pot. "He has played a lot of electric guitar", explains Wakenius, "but - like me - he has fallen in love with the acoustic guitar and its many possibilities."

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.