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.