Feb 11, 2012

The best of what?

Universal has published a three cd box called Jazz – The Best 1950–2011 (Jazz – Det Bästa 1950-2011) with tunes by Melody Gardot, Dinah Washington, Norah Jones, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Madeleine Peyroux, John Coltrane, Diana Krall, Miles Davis, Jan Johansson, Alice Babs, Billie Holiday... Most artists appear once but there are three tunes by Lars Gullin: Fine together, Happy again and Night in Tunisia and he appeares also on Stan Getz' Speak Low.
Don't ask me how they reasoned at Universal, igonore it or buy it.

Jul 25, 2011

Metronome 60 years

Metronome Records celebrated it's first 50 years with a double cd album with jazz sessions. Ten years later a four cd album appared: "Metronome Records 60 år". The one cd dedicated to jazz contained many of the classics from the prevoius one: The Midnight Sun, Rolf Ericson's Flight to Jordan, Moody's Mood for Love and Stan Getz' Dear Old Stockholm.
This time the pieces featuring Lars Gullin were: Danny's Dream and Ma, Whisky Sour (Hallberg) and Stockholm Sweetnin' (Clifford Brown/Art Farmer.
Gerard Hoogeveen helped me fill this gap in the discography.
Warner 505186569642 published 2009.

Jun 7, 2011

Stan Getz Stockholm Sessions encore

Not Now Records(E) NOT2CD393 "The Cool Sound Of Stan Getz", containing tracks of 2 LP's : The Steamer (with Quintet) and Imported From Europe (ex Verve MGV-8331) with band incl. LG (session 58-06 a-c, 58-07 c, f and 58-08 a, c, 7 master takes in total).
Found by Gerard Hoogeveen.

Jun 6, 2011

Sax Appeal reissued

CD & Vinyl: CD-Digipack 6-Page (+4 Bonus Tracks)/
Limited Vinyl-LP/ MP3

THE SWEDISH MODERN JAZZ GROUP - “SAX APPEAL”
SWEDISH FOUR BROTHERS-SOUND 1960
(Sonorama C-58/ L-58)

American jazz with a beautiful Swedish accent: Legendary and highly sought after album for four saxes and rhythm section recorded 1960 in Stockholm. High class ensemble led by composer, arranger and pianist Nils Lindberg, feat. Lars Gullin and Sture Nordin, playing own pieces unmistakably rooted in the characters of Swedish folk music, as clearly heard in “Curbits”, “Brand New” or “Zodiac”. Recorded from the master tapes, original cover art, comes as 1:1 vinyl reissue LP, while CD includes four bonus tracks from the lost vinyl EP “Jazz in TV Time” by “Nils Lindberg TV-Orkest” from the same year:

Nils Lindberg och TV:s Jazzorkester: Maffy Falay tp, Åke Persson tb, Allan Lundström ts, Torsten Wennberg bars, Nils
Lindberg p, Sture Nordin b, Conny Svensson dr. Oct 31, 1960
COTTON TAIL, TABOO, BLUES FOR BILL, MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT (Col SEGS74)

Mar 29, 2011

Wax offers booth Sonya tracks

Sonya Hedenbratt recorded two tracks 1951 with Gunnar Svensson's septet – in fact the regular Ericson–Domnérus band. Perdido is already available on DRCD 381 and Dedicated to You on Invision's Godbitar med Sonya. The new cd from Wax records, Sonya Hedenbratt, CD 1031, contains booth tracks.

Aug 26, 2009

Dragon hits eleven


Volume 11 is here – Lars Gullin; After Eight p.m. 1954/56 Dragon DRCD 410 – with seven unissued takes. The complete contents are:
After Eight P.M .- Mean To Me (take 2) - Medley: (Just Friends -Someone To Watch Over Me - Lover Man) - Half Nelson - Primula Veris (take 1) - Laburnum Vulgare (take 1) - Lotus Corniculatus (take 1) - Galium Verum (take2) - Perntz (take 1) - Perntz (take 2) - Jeepers Creepers (take 1) - Mean To Me (take 1) - Lover Come Back To Me (take 1) .

May 26, 2009

Another Esquire LP


This LP is not included in my discography: British Esquire 320: Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, James Moody; Tenor Contrasts. It contains Yellow Duck (session 50-01) with Zoot Sims and the James Moody tracks (51-03) The man I love, Again, Embraceable you and How deep is the ocean. It was reissued in 1986 in the Treasure Chest series. Thanks Ben!
Esquire Records was founded in 1947 by Carlo Krahmer. He recorded the new, modern British jazz and exchanged recordings with Dial and Prestige. Thus, Swedish musicians as Gullin, Domnérus and Hallberg were introduced in England with their own recordings as well as in sessions with guest like Stan Getz (Esquire 309), Clifford Brown (Esquire 322) and George Wallington (323). Read more about his company on this site that, alas, only lists the records made by Brits.