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Lars Lillo-Stenberg - Synger Prøysen
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 303 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Philips # 602498771983 | Country/Year: Norway 2006
Genre: Pop, Rock | Style: Acoustic, Singer/Songwriter

…To all Prøysen Friends I would say that the author has never heard finer Prussia Interpretations on the plate than Lars Lillo-Stenberg perform here. A renewal of Prussia tradition and a welcome boost to Lars Lillo's career. My warmest recommendations.

Swedish bassist/cellist Lars Danielsson is a master improviser, who completely engages listeners by taking them on journeys of both pleasure and wonder, with themes which are always expressive and song-like. He is far too classy and refined a musician to indulge in superficial virtuosic display. Danielsson's well-honed, naturally lyrical improvisational lines remain at the service of the flow of the music, something particularly noticeable when he steps forward and takes on the role of soloist. These core traits are also there in his extensive and much-praised work as arranger, composer and bandleader.

"Four top-league jazz musicians who just enjoy playing and who love good pop music," was how ZDF Heute Journal (German national TV news) introduced a feature about 4 Wheel Drive. “A jazz Olympics four," wrote the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. The group’s studio album spent four months at the top of the official German jazz charts, and now a new live album is being released.

"Sweden posesses incredible gems in Lars Jansson and the Bohuslan Big Band. The Bohuslan Big Band is a true ensemble, playing in a way that is rare these days as more and more large ensembles fall by the wayside. Thank godness this wonderful group has managed to survive. They've done well to choose Lars Jansson to compose this project. His playing and writhing exude beauty - inviting you in with melody, line, warmth and power. It is performed here in such a lovely way - with a perfect blend from these marvelous musicians whose long experience in playing with one another allows the spirit of the music to float freely to our ears." ~ Maria Schneider

Some people talk a lot, whereas others keep hold of what is important, and only need a few words to get to their point. The same is true in music. Lars Danielsson and Paolo Fresu, who have now teamed up, are two musicians who choose the notes they play with extreme care. “Summerwind”, their first joint studio project, brings the Swedish master bassist/cellist’s gorgeous sound on both instruments and his fine sense for simple and haunting melodies into a partnership with the bright, airy tones of one of Europe's most lyrical trumpeters whose way of “playing it cool” has such distinctive expressiveness.

The music on this album is very communicative, melodic, easy-to-listen. Songs comprise original comnpositions but also improvisations on medieval song, Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit or Komeda's Svantetic. The music is very coherent, rewarding and delivered with best possible quality. And in Poland it sold like hell reaching in a span of weeks double platinium status. Excellent proposal for all who like beautiful music that has true jazz heart, free and improvising, but still is closer to popular tastes rather than avant-garde. (Source: kochamjazz.blogspot.com)

Catchy melodies - particularly from the Impressionist period - in fresh new arrangements that bridge the gap between jazz, pop and classical music. Featuring Bugge Wesseltoft and Lars Danielsson.

Raphaël Sévère releases a new album dedicated to Mozart's concerto and quintet, in collaboration with the Modigliani Quartet and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris conducted by Lars Vogt.