Jan Lundgren - Blue Lights

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 136,1 MB
Art: Front

(6:19) 1. Take Me In Your Arms
(4:35) 2. Blue Lights
(5:53) 3. Love Of My Life
(5:10) 4. Easily Found
(5:33) 5. Stranger In Paradise
(4:59) 6. Winter Moon
(6:47) 7. A Sunny Rain
(5:34) 8. Fair Weather
(4:51) 9. Skylark
(4:57) 10. Out Of The Past
(4:13) 11. We could Make Such Beatiful Music Together

Lundgren, born in Kristianstad in southern Sweden on March 22nd 1966, and raised in Ronneby, Blekinge, had his first piano lessons at age five. He was soon discovered to have an exceptional musical talent. After a long period of classical training, he discovered jazz more or less by chance in the late 1980’s. He was instantly hooked, rapidly absorbed the jazz piano tradition from Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner to Bud Powell and Bill Evans, and acquired a depth of knowledge of the Great American Songbook like possibly no other European jazz pianist.

While sailing through his studies at the renowned Royal College of Music in Malmö, he also took up a busy schedule as a professional musician that quickly helped to build his reputation in Sweden. Discovered by Swedish bebop legend Arne Domnérus, he frequently played with other Swedish stars like Putte Wickman and Bernt Rosengren.

Lundgren’s debut album “Conclusion” was released in 1994, and propelled his career firmly forward. The following year saw the formation of the Jan Lundgren Trio with long time student associates Mattias Svensson (bass) and Rasmus Kihlberg (drums), who was replaced in the beginning of the year 2000 by the Dane Morten Lund. This steady band recorded seven well-received and commercially very successful albums for the Swedish label “Sittel” in the period up to 2003.

The album “Swedish Standards”, released in 1997 even became a bestseller and reached a place in the Swedish pop charts. But the album “Landscapes” (2003) sold comparably and both releases soon became classics due to their linking Swedish folk music and jazz. The band’s intense tour schedule founds a temporary peak in a concert at Carnegie Hall as part of “Swedish Jazz salutes the USA”.

As a sideman, Lundgren has accompanied such greats as Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Herb Geller, James Moody, or singer Stacey Kent. He has also shared the stage with ACT-artist Ulf Wakenius a number of times.

Jan Lundgren has been awarded a number of prizes since the early 90’s: In 1997 “Swedish Standards” became “best jazz album of the year”. He was nominated for the “Swedish Grammy” in 1995, 1997 and 2008 and the “Swedish Django d’Or Prize” in 1998, 2001 and 2002.

Having visited a long list of European territories and venues, Lundgren has also been on extended tours of Australia and Japan. He has visited the USA about 15 times and recorded some well-received albums for the label “Fresh Sound”.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/jan-lundgren

Personnel: Piano – Jan Lundgren; Bass – Jesper Lundgaard; Drums – Alex Riel

Blue Lights

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Bernt Rosengren - Live At Jazzcup

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:13
Size: 145,2 MB
Art: Front

(12:31) 1. Autumn Leaves
(11:39) 2. I'm Old Fashioned
( 9:09) 3. Body & Soul
(11:53) 4. There Will Never Be Another You
( 9:24) 5. Lover Man
( 8:34) 6. Jazzcup Blues

Since the Jazzkæelderen struck again, Jazzcup is Copenhagen's best jazz shop, but also a good venue. During the season, regular concerts are given there on Saturday afternoons. At one of these, last December, Bernt Rosengren performed accompanied by pianist Ole Kock Hansen, bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Niclas Campagnol.

The concert is now available on disc. Lundgaard has produced, and he reserves himself against shortcomings in the sound quality. But as he also says: many of jazz's best records were recorded under simple conditions.

The group plays five standards (Autumn leaves, Body & soul and Lover man among others) and a blues. The atmosphere is laid-back, Bernt Rosengren plays relaxed and with the choice-free immediacy that half a century of first-class musicianship provides. The rhythm section is compliant, and Ole Kock Hansen excels with seemingly simple means. Everything becomes obvious, but the music is also unceasingly vital. And more probably doesn't need to be said.https://www-lira-se.translate.goog/skivrecension/live-at-jazzcup/

Personnel: Bernt Rosengren, tenor sax; Ole Kock Hansen, piano; Jesper Lundgaard, bass; Niclas Campagnol, drums

Live At Jazzcup

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Jan Lundgren Trio - Charade

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:24
Size: 125,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:31) 1. Cocktail for Two
(4:36) 2. Charade
(3:12) 3. Nature Boy
(5:09) 4. I'm in the Mood for Love
(5:43) 5. Hush Bye
(5:12) 6. Moonlight in Vermont
(4:04) 7. Blue Skies
(5:52) 8. I Don't Know What Time It Was
(7:31) 9. Secret Love
(7:30) 10. Lullaby of the Leaves

Lundgren, born in Kristianstad in southern Sweden on March 22nd 1966, and raised in Ronneby, Blekinge, had his first piano lessons at age five. He was soon discovered to have an exceptional musical talent. After a long period of classical training, he discovered jazz more or less by chance in the late 1980’s. He was instantly hooked, rapidly absorbed the jazz piano tradition from Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner to Bud Powell and Bill Evans, and acquired a depth of knowledge of the Great American Songbook like possibly no other European jazz pianist.

While sailing through his studies at the renowned Royal College of Music in Malmö, he also took up a busy schedule as a professional musician that quickly helped to build his reputation in Sweden. Discovered by Swedish bebop legend Arne Domnérus, he frequently played with other Swedish stars like Putte Wickman and Bernt Rosengren.

Lundgren’s debut album “Conclusion” was released in 1994, and propelled his career firmly forward. The following year saw the formation of the Jan Lundgren Trio with long time student associates Mattias Svensson (bass) and Rasmus Kihlberg (drums), who was replaced in the beginning of the year 2000 by the Dane Morten Lund. This steady band recorded seven well-received and commercially very successful albums for the Swedish label “Sittel” in the period up to 2003. The album “Swedish Standards”, released in 1997 even became a bestseller and reached a place in the Swedish pop charts. But the album “Landscapes” (2003) sold comparably and both releases soon became classics due to their linking Swedish folk music and jazz. The band’s intense tour schedule founds a temporary peak in a concert at Carnegie Hall as part of “Swedish Jazz salutes the USA”.

As a sideman, Lundgren has accompanied such greats as Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Herb Geller, James Moody, or singer Stacey Kent. He has also shared the stage with ACT-artist Ulf Wakenius a number of times. Jan Lundgren has been awarded a number of prizes since the early 90’s: In 1997 “Swedish Standards” became “best jazz album of the year”. He was nominated for the “Swedish Grammy” in 1995, 1997 and 2008 and the “Swedish Django d’Or Prize” in 1998, 2001 and 2002.

Having visited a long list of European territories and venues, Lundgren has also been on extended tours of Australia and Japan. He has visited the USA about 15 times and recorded some well-received albums for the label “Fresh Sound”. In 2006 Lundgren becomes part of the ACT family: Initially he was featured as a sideman on the Ida Sand album Meet Me Around Midnight (ACT 9716-2). In July 2007 he released his first ACT album Fresu – Galliano – Lundgren: Mare Nostrum (ACT 9466-2), followed by Magnum Mysterium (ACT 9457-2), which will be released in November of 2007.

In 2008 Lundgren could reap the fruits of his labour, and his Mare Nostrum was performed in front of sold out houses on prestigious stages throughout Europe (Salle Gaveau – Paris, Tonhalle – Zurich, Victoria Hall – Geneva, Teatro Dante Aligheri – Ravenna, S. Caecilia – Rome …) as well as at Jazz Baltica, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Istanbul Jazz Festival. There are many good reasons why the band has been called “the first European super group”.

In the same year Lundgren was honoured with the Swedish Django d’Or, and began a collaboration with the classical trumpet player H?kan Hardenberger and the Swedish writer Jacques Werup an exiting melange of modern classical and free music, of jazz and compositions of Jan Lundgren.

Lundgren also brought the Jan Lundgren 3io back to life in 2008, albeit with a new drummer, Zoltan Csörsz Jr who proved to be a truly lucky catch for the trio. A new repertoire has resulted in the new ACT album European Standards (ACT 9482-2) which will be released in Mai 2009 together with the re-release of Swedish Standards (ACT 9022-2) from the ACT Jazz Classics series.

Lundgren is part of a remarkable and long tradition of innovative pianists from Sweden like Jan Johansson who passed away early, and in more recent times Bobo Stenson and Esbjörn Svensson. Lundgren has never made life easy for himself, and has always tried to utilize his phenomenal technique to enhance his musicality. His ability to integrate the most disparate musical influences into a fascinating whole is unique in itself. Whether its contemporary classical music, the inexhaustible northern folk tradition or the pulsating groove of jazz, deeply rooted in Afro-American music: Lundgren has a unique way of leading the listener on a voyage of discovery sometimes relaxed, sometimes utterly invigorating through his highly individual soundscapes.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/jan-lundgren

Personnel: Jan Lundgren (piano); Jesper Lundgaard (bass); Alex Riel (drums)

Charade

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Jan Lundgren Trio - Plays Cole Porter Love Songs

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:52
Size: 158,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:27) 1. I Love Paris
(5:15) 2. When Love Comes Around
(5:52) 3. You´re Be So Nice To Come Home To
(5:46) 4. So In Love
(5:36) 5. At Long Last Love
(7:33) 6. What Is This Thing Called Love
(8:06) 7. Everytime We Say Goodbye
(7:23) 8. Love For Sale
(5:48) 9. Easy To Love
(3:23) 10. True Love
(6:38) 11. I Love You

Lundgren, born in Kristianstad in southern Sweden on March 22nd 1966, and raised in Ronneby, Blekinge, had his first piano lessons at age five. He was soon discovered to have an exceptional musical talent. After a long period of classical training, he discovered jazz more or less by chance in the late 1980’s. He was instantly hooked, rapidly absorbed the jazz piano tradition from Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner to Bud Powell and Bill Evans, and acquired a depth of knowledge of the Great American Songbook like possibly no other European jazz pianist.

While sailing through his studies at the renowned Royal College of Music in Malmö, he also took up a busy schedule as a professional musician that quickly helped to build his reputation in Sweden. Discovered by Swedish bebop legend Arne Domnérus, he frequently played with other Swedish stars like Putte Wickman and Bernt Rosengren.

Lundgren’s debut album “Conclusion” was released in 1994, and propelled his career firmly forward. The following year saw the formation of the Jan Lundgren Trio with long time student associates Mattias Svensson (bass) and Rasmus Kihlberg (drums), who was replaced in the beginning of the year 2000 by the Dane Morten Lund. This steady band recorded seven well-received and commercially very successful albums for the Swedish label “Sittel” in the period up to 2003. The album “Swedish Standards”, released in 1997 even became a bestseller and reached a place in the Swedish pop charts. But the album “Landscapes” (2003) sold comparably and both releases soon became classics due to their linking Swedish folk music and jazz. The band’s intense tour schedule founds a temporary peak in a concert at Carnegie Hall as part of “Swedish Jazz salutes the USA”.

As a sideman, Lundgren has accompanied such greats as Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Herb Geller, James Moody, or singer Stacey Kent. He has also shared the stage with ACT-artist Ulf Wakenius a number of times. Jan Lundgren has been awarded a number of prizes since the early 90’s: In 1997 “Swedish Standards” became “best jazz album of the year”. He was nominated for the “Swedish Grammy” in 1995, 1997 and 2008 and the “Swedish Django d’Or Prize” in 1998, 2001 and 2002.

Having visited a long list of European territories and venues, Lundgren has also been on extended tours of Australia and Japan. He has visited the USA about 15 times and recorded some well-received albums for the label “Fresh Sound”. In 2006 Lundgren becomes part of the ACT family: Initially he was featured as a sideman on the Ida Sand album Meet Me Around Midnight (ACT 9716-2). In July 2007 he released his first ACT album Fresu – Galliano – Lundgren: Mare Nostrum (ACT 9466-2), followed by Magnum Mysterium (ACT 9457-2), which will be released in November of 2007.

In 2008 Lundgren could reap the fruits of his labour, and his Mare Nostrum was performed in front of sold out houses on prestigious stages throughout Europe (Salle Gaveau – Paris, Tonhalle – Zurich, Victoria Hall – Geneva, Teatro Dante Aligheri – Ravenna, S. Caecilia – Rome …) as well as at Jazz Baltica, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Istanbul Jazz Festival. There are many good reasons why the band has been called “the first European super group”.

In the same year Lundgren was honoured with the Swedish Django d’Or, and began a collaboration with the classical trumpet player H?kan Hardenberger and the Swedish writer Jacques Werup an exiting melange of modern classical and free music, of jazz and compositions of Jan Lundgren.

Lundgren also brought the Jan Lundgren 3io back to life in 2008, albeit with a new drummer, Zoltan Csörsz Jr who proved to be a truly lucky catch for the trio. A new repertoire has resulted in the new ACT album European Standards (ACT 9482-2) which will be released in Mai 2009 together with the re-release of Swedish Standards (ACT 9022-2) from the ACT Jazz Classics series.

Lundgren is part of a remarkable and long tradition of innovative pianists from Sweden like Jan Johansson who passed away early, and in more recent times Bobo Stenson and Esbjörn Svensson. Lundgren has never made life easy for himself, and has always tried to utilize his phenomenal technique to enhance his musicality. His ability to integrate the most disparate musical influences into a fascinating whole is unique in itself. Whether its contemporary classical music, the inexhaustible northern folk tradition or the pulsating groove of jazz, deeply rooted in Afro-American music: Lundgren has a unique way of leading the listener on a voyage of discovery sometimes relaxed, sometimes utterly invigorating through his highly individual soundscapes.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/jan-lundgren

Personnel: Piano – Jan Lundgren; Bass – Jesper Lundgaard; Drums – Alex Riel

Plays Cole Porter Love Songs

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Doug Raney - The Doug Raney Quintet

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:37
Size: 150,8 MB
Art: Front

(11:26) 1. Fata
( 8:02) 2. Fee-Fi-fo-Fum
( 6:37) 3. Good Morning
( 8:24) 4. Star Eyes
( 8:12) 5. Speedy Recovery
(11:33) 6. God Bless the Child
(11:19) 7. The Parting of the Ways

This LP was originally released in the summer of 1989 with Doug Raney at age 33. He released during his rather short life (1956 - 2016) 17 leader albums for SteepleChase including this 13th piano-less horn-featured recording which won accolades from critics all over the world. https://www.prestomusic.com/jazz/products/9246173--the-doug-raney-quintet

"Doug Raney is an elegant player even when he's attacking, as he does here on most of the content...Certainly recommended if you enjoy your jazz slightly in advance of bebop, but with all of that basic feel still there." ~ Martin Richards, Jazz Journal International

"No doubt, another in the string of successful Raney releases."~ Paul B. Matthews, Cadence

Personnel: Doug Raney (guitar), Bernt Rosengren (tenor saxophone), Tomas Franck (tenor and soprano saxophone), Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Jukkis Uotila (drums)

The Doug Raney Quintet

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Kirk Lightsey - Isotope

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1983
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:02
Size: 126,5 MB
Art: Front

( 7:00)  1. Isotope
( 5:03)  2. Oleo
( 9:51)  3. Pee Wee
( 8:03)  4. Witch Hunt
( 5:34)  5. A Monk's Dream
(12:49)  6. Little Daphne
( 6:40)  7. I'll Never Stop Loving You

Kirk Lightsey has long been an underrated modern mainstream pianist. He has a fine workout on this trio set with bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Eddie Gladden from 1983. Of the six selections, Sonny Rollins' "Oleo" and Joe Henderson's "Isotope" are best known, but the other four tunes (by Johnny Griffin, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and the obscure Rudolph Johnson) are rarely performed. The strong interplay between the musicians and the interesting material uplift the set above the average trio date. 

~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/isotope-mw0000100262

Personnel: Kirk Lightsey (piano), Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Eddie Gladden (drums).

Isotope

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Horace Parlan - Glad I Found You

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1986
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:29
Size: 98,0 MB
Art: Front

( 4:54)  1. Monday Morning Blues
(10:08)  2. Hip Walk
( 6:03)  3. Oblivion
( 7:50)  4. Something for Silver
( 7:00)  5. Glad I Found You
( 6:31)  6. Afternoon in Paris

Expatriate pianist Horace Parlan and a couple of fine Scandinavians (bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Aage Tanggaard) welcome Thad Jones (heard exclusively here on flugelhorn) and the great tenor Eddie Harris to this spirited set. Jones was making a successful, if short-lived comeback, and at two years before his death, this was one of his final high-quality small-group recordings. Harris is heard throughout in top form. The quintet performs two Parlan originals (including "Something for Silver"), a couple of obscurities, John Lewis' "Afternoon In Paris" and Bud Powell's "Oblivion." Parlan sounds inspired by the other musicians on this spirited hard bop set. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/glad-i-found-you-mw0000196134

Personnel:  Horace Parlan - piano; Thad Jones - flugelhorn; Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone; Jesper Lundgaard - bass; Aage Tanggaard - drums

Glad I Found You

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Arne Domnérus - Happy Together! Disc 1 And Disc 2

 Album: Happy Together! Disc 1

Styles: Saxophone And Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:08
Size: 99,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:46)  1. Fine and Dandy
(8:43)  2. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
(6:56)  3. That Old Black Magic
(6:39)  4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
(6:30)  5. I Have the Feeling That I Have Been Here Before
(8:32)  6. Moanin'

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Album: Happy Together! Disc 2

Time: 45:28

Size: 104,9 MB

(8:46)  1. Broadway

(8:37)  2. Topsy

(6:15)  3. Barney Goin' Easy

(5:00)  4. Move

(5:40)  5. Three and One

(5:22)  6. Don't You Know I Care

(5:45)  7. S.A.S.

A pair of major Swedish veterans (clarinetist Putte Wickman and altoist Arne Domnerus) join forces with the talented young pianist Jan Lundgren, guitarist Rune Gustafsson, bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Aage Tanggaard to perform two CDs full of straight-ahead music. Although Wickman and Domnerus (who switches to clarinet on "Barney Goin' Easy") sound fine during these live performances (which have announcements in Swedish), the emphasis is generally on slower tempos, and the interpretations are not as fiery or competitive as one might hope. Pleasing but not essential music, with some of the brighter moments occurring on "Fine and Dandy," "Moanin'," "Broadway" and "Move." ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-together%21-mw0001004133

Personnel: Putte Wickman - Clarinet; Arne Domnerus - Saxophone; Jan Lundgren - Piano; Rune Gustafsson - Guitar;  Jesper Lundgaard -Bass;  Aage Tanggaard - Drums.

Happy Together! Disc 1 And Disc 2

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Thad Jones - Three And One

Styles: Cornet Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:53
Size: 135,7 MB
Art: Front

( 5:28)  1. Instant blues disinstant
( 8:03)  2. My one and only love
( 8:13)  3. But not for me
( 5:40)  4. Night mist blues
( 6:41)  5. My romance
( 8:58)  6. Three and one
(10:20)  7. But not for me
( 5:26)  8. Instant blues disinstant

Thad Jones was 61 at the time of this recording and had made a full-fledged recovery after some health problems, although he was only two years away from his death. He is showcased on cornet throughout the quartet date with pianist Ole Hansen, bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Ed Thigpen, and is heard in very good form. Jones plays two of his originals, Ahmad Jamal's "Night Mist Blues," "My Romance," "My One and Only Love" and "But Not for Me." This date is reminiscent in ways of Jones' Debut session from 29 years earlier, which also found him taking harmonically sophisticated solos in a quartet. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/three-and-one-mw0000647320

Personnel:  Cornet – Thad Jones; Bass – Jesper Lundgaard; Drums – Ed Thigpen; Piano – Ole Kock Hansen

Three And One

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Doug Raney - Lazy Bird

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:21
Size: 121,0 MB
Art: Front

( 3:43)  1. Walking the Duck
( 7:56)  2. Reggie of Chester
( 6:53)  3. Feo's Waltz
( 9:08)  4. Lazy Bird
( 7:50)  5. Beatrice
(14:06)  6. Theme for Ernie
( 2:42)  7. Walking the Duck - Alternate Take

Starting in 1977 and continuing into the mid-1980s, guitarist Doug Raney's career was extensively documented by the SteepleChase label. Influenced by his father Doug Raney, Tal Farlow, and Jim Hall, Raney pretty much had his style together from the start, so his evolution since the beginning is pretty logical. This quintet outing matches Raney with a European quintet whose best-known members are tenor saxophonist Bernt Rosengren and bassist Jesper Lundgaard. Raney performs two originals (including "Walking the Duck"), "Theme for Ernie" and numbers by Benny Golson, John Coltrane and Sam Rivers ("Beatrice"). Excellent modern mainstream straight-ahead jazz. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/lazy-bird-mw0000186398

Personnel: Doug Raney – guitar; Bernt Rosengren – tenor saxophone; Ben Besiakov – piano; Jesper Lundgaard – bass; Ole Jacob Hansen – drums

Lazy Bird

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Chet Baker - I Remeber You

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1985
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:23
Size: 138,9 MB
Art: Front

(14:40)  1. But Not For Me
(11:57)  2. Broken Wing
(10:14)  3. Nardis
(12:36)  4. You Go To My Head
(10:54)  5. Just Friends

Recorded live at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen in 1985, this is the second in a series of posthumously released Chet Baker concerts on Enja Records. Performing with a quartet, Baker nails another electrifying concert appearance. With the set's lengthy opening tune "But Not For Me," Baker establishes the musical tone for the rest of the evening an amazing blend of solid rhythm against Baker's free sense of space and lyricism. Baker sings in his trademark style of scattered, whispery phrases and he even plays some piano in a single-note style that reflects his approach to trumpeting. His mature trumpet work is clear, emotionally charged, natural, and personal, and his lines are often unpredictable. The set also includes a haunting and strangely sad "You Go To My Head," which features Baker's hushed, seductive vocals. This recording was never intended for commercial release, so the sound quality is not perfect and there is some audience noise, but it never gets in the way of enjoying this wonderful evening of Chet Baker at the top of his form. https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-remember-you-the-legacy-vol-2-mw0000592803

Personnel:  Jesper Lundgaard (double bass), Aage Tanggaard (drums), Doug Raney (guitar), Chet Baker (trumpet), Chet Baker (piano)

I Remeber You

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Doug Raney & Thorgeir Stubo - Everything We Love

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1983
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:16
Size: 94,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:12)  1. Just Friends
(7:27)  2. We'll Be Together Again
(6:22)  3. Half Nelson
(5:56)  4. So Do It!
(6:34)  5. Love Letters
(5:07)  6. Get Out of Town
(5:35)  7. Everything I Love

Everything We Love is a live album (LP) by Norwegian guitarist Thorgeir Stubø and American guitarist Doug Raney released 1984 in Oslo, Norway by Hot Club Records – HCR 19). This is the third album by Thorgeir Stubø released in 1984, and presents an interaction with the famous American guitarist Doug Raney, son of the legendary pioneer bopgitar, Jimmy Raney. Raney was at this time living in Denmark, and on this album Stubø made Doug Raney bring along the Danish top bassist Jesper Lungaard and drummer Ole Jacob Hansen. It was an elegant and perhaps more easily swinging quartet than the previous quintet from Jazz Alive. This time the repertoire also was a bit more conservative with the older standard songs and bop tunes like "Everything I Love" (Porter), "Half Nelson" (Miles Davis), "Love Letters" (Young), "Get out of town" (Porter) Just Friends (Klenner/Lewis), "We'll be together again" (Fisher/Lane) and "So do it" (Montgomery). The two guitarists clearly shows that they have some of the same influences, and they are relatively similar in style. Anyway, it's inequities and Stubø is rougher and a bit more angular in the performance than Raney's slightly smoother style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_We_Love

Personnel:    Doug Raney – guitar;  Thorgeir Stubø – guitar;  Jesper Lundgaard – double bass;  Ole Jacob Hansen – drums

Everything We Love

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Duke Jordan - As Time Goes By

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:34
Size: 134.1 MB
Styles: Bop, Piano jazz
Year: 1989/1994
Art: Front

[6:47] 1. In A Mellotone
[3:07] 2. Lady Dingbat
[6:34] 3. A Foggy Day In London Town
[3:35] 4. Answer Me
[4:41] 5. Layout Blues
[3:37] 6. Glad I Met Pat
[2:58] 7. W'utless
[5:06] 8. As Time Goes By
[2:41] 9. Jordanish
[6:47] 10. Drawers
[5:32] 11. Lush Life Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[3:56] 12. When You're Smiling
[3:07] 13. Mellow Mood

Bass – Jesper Lundgaard; Drums – Billy Hart; Piano – Duke Jordan. Recorded July 29, 1985.

A most agreeable set that is both eminently listenable and very enterprising. …Jordan was always a fleetly swinging but subtle pianist whose all-round musicianship has never got the recognition it merits. This fine trio deserves to sell well and spared his name further afield . ~Richard Palmer

As Time Goes By mc
As Time Goes By zippy

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Bob Rockwell - Shades of Blue

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:08
Size: 149,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:54)  1. Shades of Blue
(7:06)  2. Someday You'll Be Sorry
(7:41)  3. Wonder Why
(8:30)  4. Mr. Syms
(5:42)  5. Blue Tones
(7:34)  6. Pannonica
(6:54)  7. Let's Call This
(8:09)  8. Maids of Cadiz
(7:34)  9. On a Misty Night

Intense yet warm-toned tenor and soprano saxophonist Bob Rockwell ( born May 2, 1945 in Oklahoma) put together a dream quartet here on his 7th leader album having invited drummer Copeland to his highly successful trio (“ Born To Be Blue). “ These nine tracks constitute formidable evidence of Bob Rockwell’s exceptional ability and unswerving commitment to the music in which he believes …”

Personnel:  Bob Rockwell - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone;  Andy LaVerne - piano;  Jesper Lundgaard - bass;  Keith Copeland - drums 

Shades of Blue

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Jan Lundgren Trio - Perfidia

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:08
Size: 140,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:36)  1. Russian Lullaby
(5:24)  2. Perfidia
(4:45)  3. Med Ogon Kansliga for Gront
(4:59)  4. Carnival
(5:28)  5. Dat Dare
(6:01)  6. Alfie
(3:28)  7. Don't Cha go 'Way Mad
(6:13)  8. Jordu
(5:31)  9. More than You Know
(5:23) 10. Star Eyes
(6:14) 11. Long Ago and Far Away

Lundgren, born in Kristianstad in southern Sweden on March 22nd 1966, and raised in Ronneby, Blekinge, had his first piano lessons at age five. He was soon discovered to have an exceptional musical talent. After a long period of classical training, he discovered jazz more or less by chance in the late 1980’s. He was instantly hooked, rapidly absorbed the jazz piano tradition from Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner to Bud Powell and Bill Evans, and acquired a depth of knowledge of the Great American Songbook like possibly no other European jazz pianist. While sailing through his studies at the renowned Royal College of Music in Malmö, he also took up a busy schedule as a professional musician that quickly helped to build his reputation in Sweden. Discovered by Swedish bebop legend Arne Domnérus, he frequently played with other Swedish stars like Putte Wickman and Bernt Rosengren. Lundgren’s debut album “Conclusion” was released in 1994, and propelled his career firmly forward. The following year saw the formation of the Jan Lundgren Trio with long time student associates Mattias Svensson (bass) and Rasmus Kihlberg (drums), who was replaced in the beginning of the year 2000 by the Dane Morten Lund. This steady band recorded seven well-received and commercially very successful albums for the Swedish label “Sittel” in the period up to 2003. The album “Swedish Standards”, released in 1997 even became a bestseller and reached a place in the Swedish pop charts. But the album “Landscapes” (2003) sold comparably and both releases soon became classics due to their linking Swedish folk music and jazz. The band’s intense tour schedule founds a temporary peak in a concert at Carnegie Hall as part of “Swedish Jazz salutes the USA”.

As a sideman, Lundgren has accompanied such greats as Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Herb Geller, James Moody, or singer Stacey Kent. He has also shared the stage with Act-artist Ulf Wakenius a number of times. Jan Lundgren has been awarded a number of prizes since the early 90’s: In 1997 “Swedish Standards” became “best jazz album of the year”. He was nominated for the “Swedish Grammy” in 1995, 1997 and 2008 and the “Swedish Django d’Or Prize” in 1998, 2001 and 2002. Having visited a long list of European territories and venues, Lundgren has also been on extended tours of Australia and Japan. He has visited the USA about 15 times and recorded some well-received albums for the label “Fresh Sound”. In 2006 Lundgren becomes part of the ACT family: Initially he was featured as a sideman on the Ida Sand album Meet Me Around Midnight. In July 2007 he released his first ACT album Fresu – Galliano – Lundgren: Mare Nostrum followed by Magnum Mysterium (ACT 9457-2), which will be released in November of 2007. In 2008 Lundgren could reap the fruits of his labour, and his Mare Nostrum was performed in front of sold out houses on prestigious stages throughout Europe (Salle Gaveau – Paris, Tonhalle – Zurich, Victoria Hall – Geneva, Teatro Dante Aligheri – Ravenna, S. Caecilia – Rome …) as well as at Jazz Baltica, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Istanbul Jazz Festival. There are many good reasons why the band has been called “the first European super group”.

In the same year Lundgren was honoured with the Swedish Django d’Or, and began a collaboration with the classical trumpet player H?kan Hardenberger and the Swedish writer Jacques Werup an exiting melange of modern classical and free music, of jazz and compositions of Jan Lundgren. Lundgren also brought the Jan Lundgren 3io back to life in 2008, albeit with a new drummer, Zoltan Csörsz Jr who proved to be a truly lucky catch for the trio. A new repertoire has resulted in the new ACT album European Standards  which will be released in Mai 2009 together with the re-release of Swedish Standards from the ACT Jazz Classics series. Lundgren is part of a remarkable and long tradition of innovative pianists from Sweden like Jan Johansson who passed away early, and in more recent times Bobo Stenson and Esbjörn Svensson. Lundgren has never made life easy for himself, and has always tried to utilize his phenomenal technique to enhance his musicality. His ability to integrate the most disparate musical influences into a fascinating whole is unique in itself. Whether its contemporary classical music, the inexhaustible northern folk tradition or the pulsating groove of jazz, deeply rooted in Afro-American music: Lundgren has a unique way of leading the listener on a voyage of discovery – sometimes relaxed, sometimes utterly invigorating - through his highly individual soundscapes. http://www.janlundgren.com/bio

Personnel:  Jan Lundgren (piano),  Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Alex Riel (drums).

Perfidia

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Horace Parlan - My Little Brown Book

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:10
Size: 147,3 MB
Art: Front

( 6:56)  1. Little Esther
( 9:36)  2. My Little Brown Book
( 7:48)  3. Party Time
( 8:33)  4. Things We Did Last Summer
( 6:36)  5. Quietude
( 6:42)  6. Everything Happens To Me
( 7:53)  7. Fran Dance
(10:03)  8. Lotus Blossom

Pianist Horace Parlan is literally at home during the three sessions which make up My Little Brown Book. Joined by bassist Jesper Lundgaard (a frequent collaborator) and alto saxophonist Christina von Bülow, he is in great form throughout these intimate performances, consisting of originals, standards and jazz compositions by other greats. His jubilant "Little Esther" and saucy blues "Party Time" feature Lundgaard's walking bass with von Bülow taking center stage with her mellow solos while Parlan playfully detours into a Monk-like dissonance on the latter piece. The leader sounds very relaxed playing old favorites like the bittersweet standard "Everything Happens to Me" and Billy Strayhorn's lush "Lotus Blossom." His loping treatment of "Fran Dance" revives a gem from the '50s that has only been sporadically played since it was recorded by Miles Davis. Highly recommended! ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/my-little-brown-book-mw0000488757

Personnel: Horace Parlan (piano); Christina Von Bülow (alto saxophone); Jesper Lundgaard (bass instrument, double bass).

My Little Brown Book

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Joe Bonner Quartet - The Lost Melody

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 53:21
Size: 86,9 MB
Art: Front

(7:14)  1. You And The Night And The Music
(9:11)  2. Easy Living
(7:57)  3. Vibeke
(4:57)  4. Have You Met Miss Jones?
(7:22)  5. The Lost Melody
(7:25)  6. The Song Is You
(9:12)  7. Manuella

A fine pianist who was originally heavily influenced by McCoy Tyner, Joe Bonner is an excellent interpreter of modal-based music and advanced hard bop. He studied music at Virginia State College and early on played with Roy Haynes (1970-1971), Freddie Hubbard (1971-1972), Pharoah Sanders (1972-1974), and Billy Harper (late '70s). Bonner, who recorded as a leader for Muse, Theresa, and most prominently Steeplechase, has been based in Colorado since the 1980s and remains a talented improviser. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-bonner-mn0000785721/biography

Personnel: Joe Bonner (piano); Bob Rockwell (soprano & tenor saxophones); Jesper Lundgaard (bass); Jukkis Uotila (drums).

The Lost Melody

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Paul Bley Trio - Questions

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1985
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 47:42
Size: 76,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:16)  1. Lovely
(2:11)  2. Adventure 1
(2:32)  3. Adventure 2
(1:35)  4. Adventure 3
(3:18)  5. Adventure 4
(5:08)  6. Beautiful
(4:10)  7. The Pause Is Not Rhythmic
(2:41)  8. Questions
(4:47)  9. Here And Gone 1
(2:19) 10. Here And Gone 2
(3:38) 11. Here And Gone 3
(2:00) 12. Here And Gone 4
(7:02) 13. Fanfare

A February 1985 recording in a Copenhagen studio, Questions finds Canadian free jazz pianist Paul Bley paired with the Danish rhythm section of bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Aage Tangaard. For a one-off recording session assumedly recorded with a minimum of rehearsal, the three mesh quite well, although the interplay between Bley and Lundgaard in the middle section of the opening "Lovely" probably was not meant to sound as hesitant and atonal as it does. Wisely, the album then moves into a series of solos by Bley, "Adventure" parts one through four. Melodic but abstract, with long pauses and unexpected glissandi, these solos sound almost like Bill Evans might have after heavy exposure to Brian Eno. The rhythm section comes back in for the gently swinging "Beautiful," then lays out again for another pair of Bley solos. Returning for the first three sections of the four-part "Here and Gone," Lundgaard and Tangaard seem perfectly attuned with Bley's fragmented, impressionistic style. (Part two of this composition has nearly as much silence as it does music.) The rhythm section's restrained, subtle support on these tracks is a perfect setting for Bley, who moves even further into quasi-ambient soloing on the seven-minute closer, "Fanfare." The more normal sounding trio recordings towards the front of the disc sound almost out of place, but the rest of Questions is Bley at his tranquil but never placid best. ~ Stewart Mason http://www.allmusic.com/album/questions-mw0000192601

Personnel:  Paul Bley (piano); Jesper Lundgaard (bass); Aage Tanggaard (drums).

Questions

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Bob Rockwell Trio - Born To Be Blue

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:34
Size: 148,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:55)  1. Bye-Ya
(9:26)  2. Born To Be Blue
(6:13)  3. Gaslight
(6:02)  4. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(6:18)  5. Bye Bye Baby
(8:09)  6. Jitterbug Waltz
(7:04)  7. The First Song
(8:02)  8. While We're Young
(6:22)  9. Dizzy's Business

Bob Rockwell (born May 1945, Miami, Oklahoma) is a jazz saxophonist. He was born in the United States but emigrated to Denmark in 1983, where he has lived since. Rockwell was raised in Minneapolis, and in his early career he toured the U.S. in various rock and rhythm and blues bands. He worked in Las Vegas in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then moved to New York City, where he played with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Tito Puente, Ben Sidran, Freddie Hubbard, Ray Drummond, Billy Hart, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis, Ron McClure, Tom Harrell, Chuck Israels, John Hicks, Al Foster, Anthony Cox, Bill Dobbins, Keith Copeland, Clint Houston, and Richie Beirach. After settling in Copenhagen, Rockwell released a large number of albums on jazz label SteepleChase Records. He has also worked in Europe with Ernie Wilkins, Kenny Drew, Alex Riel, Marilyn Mazur, Kenny Wheeler, Jan Kasperson, and Jesper Lungaard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rockwell

Personnel:  Andy LaVerne (piano), Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Bob Rockwell (tenor sax, soprano sax)

Born To Be Blue

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Bob Rockwell & Jesper Lundgaard - Light Blue

Styles: Saxophone Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:23
Size: 150,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:22)  1. Bird Feathers
(5:53)  2. Tea for Two
(5:22)  3. Nobody Else But Me
(5:56)  4. Squeeze Me
(5:28)  5. Love Walked In
(5:33)  6. Caravan
(8:02)  7. Sweet Lorraine
(7:04)  8. Three Little Words
(6:04)  9. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
(5:23) 10. Crazy Rhythm
(3:05) 11. Light Blue
(3:05) 12. After You've Gone

Bob Rockwell (born May 1945, Miami, Oklahoma) is a jazz saxophonist. He was born in the United States but emigrated to Denmark in 1983, where he has lived since. Rockwell was raised in Minneapolis, and in his early career he toured the U.S. in various rock and rhythm and blues bands. He worked in Las Vegas in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then moved to New York City, where he played with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Tito Puente, Ben Sidran, Freddie Hubbard, Ray Drummond, Billy Hart, Rufus Reid, Victor Lewis, Ron McClure, Tom Harrell, Chuck Israels, John Hicks, Al Foster, Anthony Cox, Bill Dobbins, Keith Copeland, Clint Houston, and Richie Beirach. After settling in Copenhagen, Rockwell released a large number of albums on jazz label SteepleChase Records. He has also worked in Europe with Ernie Wilkins, Kenny Drew, Alex Riel, Marilyn Mazur, Kenny Wheeler, Jan Kasperson, and Jesper Lungaard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rockwell

Personnel: Bob Rockwell (soprano & tenor saxophones); Jesper Lundgaard (bass).

Light Blue

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