Dec 9, 2012

Lars on Youtube

A few movie/video moments with Lars Gullin have been uploaded on Yotube.
Here is All the tings you are with Chet Baker in Italy November 8,1959:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6UM1-atfI

From the concert at Moderna museet in Stockholm: Stella by Starlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RnBZt3jaVw
and Milestones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnLYkmKU5ms

Plus Nils Linbergs Symfoni nr 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLEN-VVSiQ


Nov 26, 2012

More tracks on Membran

Another 10 CD box, European Jazz; New Sounds From The Old Continent, contains two of Gullin's tracks: Lotus Corniculatus and Half Nelson. In addition the entire "Sax Appeal" session with Curbits, Play for love, Birdland, Zodiac and Just a take. Plus Blues for Bill and Nils Lindberg's group recordings (sans Lars) from October 1960.
The box also gives us Franco Cerri's Flavio's Blues (with Lars, Flavio Ambrosetti and George Gruntz).
Listen to the Blues and Just one of those things (the latter without Lars) on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQR9VoxtGnU
Apart from that, the box offers a nice mix of wellknown and forgotten singers as Cleo Laine, Alice Babs, Rita Reys (who sings jazz in Dutch), Inge Brandenburg, Lita Roza and Jula de Palma.
Plus groups led by Krysztof Komeda, Bobby Jaspar, Jutta Hipp, Tubby Hayes, Bernard Pfeiffer, Sacha Distel, Basso-Valdambrini and Martial Solal and Dizzy Reece.

Nov 10, 2012

Don't Get Scared vocalesed on YouTube

Jon Hendricks wrote the lyrics to Getz' and Gullin's solos on Don't Get Scared and has recorded it a number of times with Annie Ross and King Pleasure. You can hear them on YouTube along with a more recent take with Kurt Elling and Jon Hendricks:

There is also a much differnt, more modern recording of the tune by Errick Johnson .

Flamingo Spotting

The two Getz–Gullin duets from 1951, Flamingo and Don't Get Scared, keep reappearing. The other day I saw a 10 CD box from Membran (232755) titled Stan Getz: Master of the Sax. It also includes the six quartet tunes Getz recorded the day before and eight tunes recorded in Stockholm in December 1955. All with Bengt Hallberg. Plus Getz' sessions with Silver, Brookmeyer, Hampton, JJ Johnson, Gillespie, Oscar P and Mulligan.

Apr 13, 2012

Sax Appeal reissued

Berlin-based Sonorama Records has reissued the rare 1960 Sax Appeal; The Swedish Modern Jazz Group both in vinyl and CD formats. Nils Lindberg's session (with Gullin, Billberg, Bäcklund and Lundström on saxes) was issued in small quantities on Swedish Barben and Telestar labels and in Britain on the Tempo label – plus a Swedish issue on phono tape by Europafilm that is exceptionelly rare.
The CD contains four bonus tracks from another Lindberg session, alas without Gullin. You can order them from Sonorama (link above) when they get their e-shop opened. The CD is €14, the LP €16. You can also shop on ebay.de. The prices at cdon.se are 199 and 179 SEK.
A simpler and cheaper way is to buy the Dragon CD Nils Linberg: Sax Appeal and Trisection (DRCD220) for 99 SEK at Ginza.

Mar 1, 2012

Universal fills the gaps

The classic album Fine Together – The Artistry of Lars Gullin from 1958 was reissued on a CD by Universal in 2004 along with tracks from additional sessions, recorded by Sonet and Philips. Now, Universal has published a double CD album – Lars Gullin; Good Day to You –with the same content as the previous plus some unissued alternative takes plus the entire album Lars Gullin With Strings from 1980 ( the live session from 1964).
Great recordings from 1957–58, the years before the 1959 Italian exile plus the legendary homecoming concert at the Museum of Modern Art 1964. An indispensable compilation, well executed by veteran producer Jan Bruér.

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.