ACT FAMILY BAND — The Jubilee Concerts (2017) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Those who were fortunate enough to secure tickets for the grand ACT anniversary celebration at the Berlin Konzerthaus will not forget the evening. The British Jazzwise magazine said, "Everything pointed to a label at its zenith, embracing the new while respecting the old, nurturing both, and building stars; ACT is growing up—with a smile on its face and a proud pose." For those who missed this unique family gathering live, they can at least listen to it on CD now. ACT
Tracklist :
1        Send In The Clowns 5:12
Piano – Michael Wollny
Trombone, Vocals – Nils Landgren
Written-By – Stephen Sondheim
2        Walk Tall 5:44
Bass – Lars Danielsson
Drums – Wolfgang Haffner
Guitar – Ulf Wakenius
Piano – Michael Wollny
Trombone – Nils Landgren
Written-By – Esther Marrow, James Rein, Joe Zawinul
3        Savannah Samurai 6:25
Bass – Lars Danielsson
Written-By, Bass – Dieter Ilg
4        Suffering 9:25
Bass – Dieter Ilg
Guitar – Nguyên Lê
Piano – Iiro Rantala
Trombone – Nils Landgren
Written-By, Cello – Lars Danielsson
5        Missing A Page 6:43
Saxophone – Emile Parisien
Written-By, Piano – Joachim Kühn
6        Quo Vadis 10:18
Bass – Dieter Ilg
Drums – Eric Schaefer
Piano – Joachim Kühn
Violin – Adam Bałdych
Written-By – Zbigniew Seifert
7        B&H 12:15
Piano – Michael Wollny
Saxophone – Emile Parisien
Voice – Andreas Schaerer
Written-By, Accordion – Vincent Peirani
8        Dodge The Dodo 7:25
Bass – Lars Danielsson
Drums – Noa Svensson
Flute, Arranged By – Magnus Lindgren
Guitar – Ruben Svensson, Ulf Wakenius
Piano – Iiro Rantala
Trombone – Nils Landgren
Violin – Adam Bałdych
Written-By – Dan Berglund, Esbjörn Svensson, Magnus Öström
9        We Are Family 5:34
Accordion – Vincent Peirani
Bass – Dieter Ilg, Lars Danielsson
Drums – Morten Lund, Wolfgang Haffner
Guitar – Nguyên Lê, Ulf Wakenius
Lead Vocals – Ida Sand
Piano – Jan Lundgren, Michael Wollny
Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Joachim Kühn
Saxophone – Emile Parisien, Magnus Lindgren
Trombone – Nils Landgren
Violin – Adam Bałdych
Vocals – Andreas Schaerer, Cæcilie Norby, Viktoria Tolstoy
Written-By – Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers

VIKTORIA TOLSTOY — My Swedish Heart (2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"Viktoria Tolstoy sings with dedication and warmth of heart." - (SPIEGEL) ACT
Tracklist :
1        Grandmas Song 4:08
Arranged By – Möller, Danielsson, Holknekt
Flute, Mandolin – Ale Möller
2        Mind If I 4:30
Written-By – Börje Fredriksson, Per Holknekt
3        From Above 4:30
Arranged By [Strings] – Lars Danielsson
4        Dialogue 3:11
Acoustic Bass – Christian Spering
Arranged By, Written-By – Esbjörn Svensson
Drums – Wolfgang Haffner
Grand Piano – Bror Falk
Vocals, Trombone – Nils Landgren
Written-By – Per Holknekt
5        You Gave Me The Flow 4:23
Written-By – Jacob Karlzon, Per Holknekt
6        Den Första Gang 4:37
 - Traditional
Arranged By – Bengt-Arne Wallin
Orchestra – Bohuslän Bigband
7        Dannys Dreaming 4:21
Written-By – Lars Gullin, Lina Nyberg
8        The Morning Of You 3:24
Written-By – Esbjörn Svensson, Per Holknekt
9        Mayday 3:45
Written-By – Anders Jormin, Lina Nyberg
10        I Hope It's Spring For You 4:41
Written-By – Chan Parker, Lars Gullin
11        Jag Yet En Dejlig Rosa 4:55
 - Traditional
Arranged By – Ulf Wakenius
Credits :
Viktoria Tolstoy – Vocals
Jacob Karlzon - Grand Piano
Lars Danielsson - Accoustic Bass, Cello
Peter Danemo – Drums, Percussion
Ulf Wakenius - Accoustic Guitar
Nils Landgren - Trombone

Special Guests:
Ale Möller – Mandola, Flute
Christian Spering - Accoustic Bass
Wolfgang Haffner – Drums
Bohuslän Bigband

DANIELSSON | DELL | LANDGREN — Salzau Music On The Water (2006) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

"This recording exudes a rare tranquility, with which one can encounter the constraints of everyday life in a beautiful way"-(JAZZTHETIK)

More about the album:
What makes the installation “Music on the Water“ by Ilya Kabakov & Vladimir Tarasov, situated on the palace pond in Salzau so unique, is the way it captures the essence of music. It was exactly ten years ago, that the two artists created their idea of a visual “field of sound” in Salzau, and the pier in the pond that seems so raw and artless, has held a strange kind of magical attraction ever since. In the book about “Music on the Water”, Kabakov himself has said that “notes, sounds create a field of energy, a special ambience.” Music is experienced as something that happens in a space. “The notes arrange themselves in this ambience, and each of us wanders through a space on its energy map.”

What can the visitor expect? The construction itself seems unfinished; time itself seems to have stopped. A scaffolding has been put up, walls are missing, a stone thrown would find no windows. The distinction between inside and outside has been rendered meaningless. The place provides no cover. Steel wires span the beams that hold no roof, and from them hang various everyday objects such as knives and forks as well as some metal sound rods. The wind breathes through the pier and draws quiet sounds from the objects touching each other.

In all these years I have rarely experienced a summer festival in which this place didn’t attract visitors, enticing them to stay. It has a melancholy atmosphere; it draws us away from “the inevitability of everyday stress“ (Thomas Deecke in “Music on the Water“).

But not until the festival year 2005 did the JazzBaltica artists discover the installation as a place for their music. The initiative had come from Siggi Loch, who had been a regular visitor to the installation. And he knew about the magical atmosphere of the early morning hours at “Music on the Water“. It was exactly at 6 o’clock on the morning of Monday the 4th of July 2005, and after the festival and the session at the palace, that Lars Danielsson, Christopher Dell and Nils Landgren carried their instruments past the tents of the campers and set themselves up, just as the sun was rising. At first only a few guests were present as they sounded the first hesitant, restrained notes – soft like the morning dew. They were accompanied by birdsong, protesting swans on the pond and the sound of the morning wind in the web of knives and forks above the three musicians.

Rarely has music found its way back to its source in this way. It was an extraordinary example of musical silence. Kabakov und Tarasov would have enjoyed this space filled with sound playing a tangible leading role in their installation.

JazzBaltica itself has never ended more aptly than on this early morning in the Salzau palace gardens. ACT
Tracklist :
Salzau Music On The Water    
1        Part I    9:17
2        Part II    4:51
3        Part III    7:39
4        Part IV    6:54
5        Part V    2:45
6        Part VI    5:53
7        Part VII    6:18
8        Part VIII    1:48
9        Part IX    3:21
10        Part X    3:04
11        Part XI    10:50
Credits :
Lars Danielsson – Bass
Christopher Dell – Vibraphone, Speech
Nils Landgren - Trombone

LANDGREN | WOLLNY | DANIELSSON | HAFFNER — 4 Wheel Drive (2019) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 "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.

Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Wolfgang Haffner and Lars Danielsson – any one of these four with his own band could have filled a concert hall such as the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt or the Philharmonie in Berlin as part of an ACT JazzNights tour organized by Karsten Jahnke. So the combination of the four into a supergroup raised the kind of eager expectations that such encounters do not always fulfil, because great live performance is anything but a theoretical strategy game. Essentially, nothing is proven until it has actually happened in practice. And the extent to which this group really did come into its own in the concert hall can now be heard on "4 Wheel Drive Live", a recording of the last concert of the group’s eleven tour dates, on 19 April 2019, in front of a packed house at the Theaterhaus in Stuttgart.

Thomas Staiber of the Stuttgarter Zeitung was there and wrote: "In Stuttgart the supergroup exceeded all expectations. It was because the four were able to function so solidly with one another and to react with such instinctive understanding, that each of them had all the freedom he needed to stretch out fully as an improviser. [...] This musical four-cylinder engine with its four-wheel drive negotiated the rugged terrain of jazz and was equally at home in enjoyable pop music. They did both sensationally, and unleashed storms of genuine enthusiasm."

"The band just got better and better as it toured," says producer Siggi Loch, explaining the background to the release of this live CD as a follow-up to the original studio album. The original compositions plus cover versions of songs by Sting and Phil Collins took on a whole new identity on stage. As Oliver Hochkeppel from the Süddeutsche Zeitung stated enthusiastically after the Munich concert: "In the live context, the songs from their album gave these top-calibre jazz musicians just the right blank canvas to paint stunning pictures. […] And to witness how each musician picks up ideas from the others in a split second and creates new ones is to reach an understanding of why music is the most beautiful of all languages. Come to a concert like this feeling tired, and you will be enlivened by episodes when ferocity and sheer pace and power take over. And the special flair of these four is really evident in the rests, in the thoughts that are quietly interspersed, in filigree pianissimo tones and the gentlest of contact with the instruments."

When all of this coalesces, one experiences one of those very special concert evenings. And thanks to the live recording now issued as "4 Wheel Drive Live" this fleeting and precious moment will not be forgotten. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Polygon 3:44
Composed By – Michael Wollny
2    Another Day In Paradise 4:33
Composed By – Phil Collins
3    Lady Madonna 4:14
Composed By – John Lennon & Paul McCartney
4    Shadows In The Rain 3:53
Composed By – Gordon Sumner, Sting
5    Lobito 3:34
Composed By – Wolfgang Haffner
6    Maybe I‘m Amazed 3:46
Composed By – Paul McCartney
7    She‘s Always A Woman 5:44
Composed By – Billy Joel
8    Le Chat Sur Toit 5:28
Composed By – Nils Landgren
9    Just The Way You Are 4:00
Composed By – Billy Joel
10    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 3:53
Composed By – Gordon Sumner, Sting
11    That‘s All 4:25
Composed By – Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Banks
12    4WD 3:26
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
Credits :
Nils Landgren - Trombone & Vocals
Michael Wollny - Piano
Lars Danielsson - Bass & Cello
Wolfgang Haffner - Drums

LANDGREN | WOLLNY | DANIELSSON | HAFFNER — 4 Wheel Drive II (2023) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

More about the album:
Four is a winner: that was the unanimous opinion of critics and audiences alike on the first album from German-Swedish supergroup 4 Wheel Drive. The eponymous debut disc from this band of bandleaders went straight to the top spot as best-selling jazz album in Germany for2019. And the media didn’t hold back with their praise either: "Four first-league jazz musicians with pure joy of playing and a love of good pop music", said ZDF's “heute-journal” about this spirited and enjoyable group, which combines trombonist/singer Nils Landgren, pianist Michael Wollny, bassist/cellist Lars Danielsson and drummer Wolfgang Haffner. AllAboutJazz, a leading American jazz website, asked whether this album might be worth adding to a listener's collection, and answered the question succinctly:"4 sure".

The same is manifestly true of the quartet's second studio album (there was also a live concert recording "4 Wheel Drive Live" in between, released in October 2019). In "4 Wheel Drive II", it is evident that things have shifted up a gear right from the start, with the rocky, pulsating opening track "Chapter II", straight from Wollny's compositional workbench. Landgren likes to let his trombone roar like a sports car engine. In similarly dynamic vein are pieces like Danielsson's final track of the album "The Wheelers", which, thanks to Haffner's nimble brushwork, makes you think you're on a high-speed train, or indeed Wollny's powerfully swinging "Spring Dance".

Compared to the first album, there has been another change, an increase in the proportion of original compositions written by all of the participants, as Lars Danielsson, who has contributed a sensitive, poppy ballad to the new album "Just Another Hour", remarks. Interpretations of worldwide hit songs were a factor behind the huge success of the debut album, but the ratio to original compositions here is getting closer to 50:50. That said, the fuel powering 4 Wheel Drive has remained the same: this band is all about creating music from deep within, and with like-minded people whom you can absolutely and implicitly trust to be in the driving seat. "It just flows," enthuses drummer Haffner, "we're a group of close friends with nothing we need to prove, we can just go for it. I've had so many magic moments with this band, it really is incredible!"

4 Wheel Drive was officially born at the end of 2017, at a special winter concert of the Jazz Baltica Festival, and Nils Landgren has described its entire history as having been blessed by "mutual respect and mutual love.". In the new album "4 Wheel Drive II", listeners are treated to several new moments of pure magic, continuing 4 Wheel drive’s illustrious story. For example, their new instrumental version of the Simon & Garfunkel classic "Sound of Silence", has something mysteriously Nordic about it. Or their newly-cast version of the surprisingly infrequently covered Genesis ballad "Hold On My Heart" putting it into a jazz context. If there's anyone who can sing a Phil Collins number without it being embarrassing, it's Nils Landgren. That idea also applies to Elton John's "Your Song" or Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years". The courage to approach pop tunes that have become so ingrained in many people's minds from a completely different perspective pays off in full. Because within 4 Wheel Drive are four originals at work, each of whom can be recognised from the very first note they play or sing.

Michael Wollny doesn't see the playing of popular hits as a burden in any way, but rather as a freeing-up. "Songs that are so well-known give you the opportunity to be completely open to the moment," says the pianist. "In this band, the song selection allows us great freedom. It's like our concerts, where anything can happen. Drummer Haffner agrees: "There's nothing wrong with interpreting a great song in your own way. If you do it with deep conviction, you are always going to connect with people." ACT
Tracklist :
1    Chapter II 3:05
Written-By – Michael Wollny
2    Still Crazy After All These Years 5:26
Written-By – Paul Simon
3    Hold On My Heart 5:17
Written-By – Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Banks
4    The Sound Of Silence 5:43
Written-By – Paul Simon
5    Just Another Minute 3:46
Written-By – Lars Danielsson, Nils Landgren
6    Sunrise 4:14
Written-By – Nils Landgren
7    Spring Dance 3:01
Written-By – Michael Wollny
8    Fields Of Gold 4:46
Written-By – Gordon M Sumner, Sting
9    April Rain 5:22
Written-By – Wolfgang Haffner
10    Your Song 4:41
Written-By – Elton John & Bernie Taupin
11    The Wheelers 4:25
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
Credits :
Nils Landgren - Trombone & Vocals
Michael Wollny - Piano
Lars Danielsson - Bass & Cello & Guitar (on 5)
Wolfgang Haffner - Drums

ULF WAKENIUS — Love Is Real (2008) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The Swedish guitar star Ulf Wakenius, supported by the radio.string.quartet.vienna, surprises with exciting adaptations and metamorphoses of the most beautiful compositions of the successful band e.s.t. Esbjörn Svensson Trio. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Seven Days Of Falling 6:39
Trumpet – Till Brönner
2    Dodge The Dodo 5:50
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Bernie Mallinger, Johannes Dickbauer
Composed By – E. Svensson
Electric Guitar – Eric Wakenius
3    Believe, Beleft, Below (Love Is Real)    4:28
4    Tuesday Wonderland 5:20
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Bernie Mallinger
5    Elevation Of Love    5:52
6    Pavane "Thoughts Of A Septuagenarian" 6:19
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Esbjörn Svensson
7    Good Morning Susie Soho 5:24
Trombone – Nils Landgren
8    Eighthundred Streets By Feet 6:23
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Johannes Dickbauer
9    When God Created The Coffeebreak    6:16
10    Shining On You    4:10
11    Viaticum 6:18
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Bernie Mallinger
Trumpet – Paolo Fresu
Credits :
Ulf Wakenius – Acoustic nylon guitar, Acoustic steel guitar, Electric guitar
Lars Danielsson - Acoustic bass, Cello, Effects
Lars Jansson - Acoustic piano
Morten Lund - Drums, Caron, Percussion
radio.string.quartet.viena

Special Guests :
Till Brönner - Trumpet
Paolo Fresu - Trumpet
Nils Landgren - Trombone
Eric Wakenius - Electric Guitar

YOUN SUN NAH 나윤선 — Same Girl (2010) 2CD | Collector's Edition | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

If one were to listen only to "My Favorite Things," the Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein Great American Songbook standard that opens Same Girl, one might deduce that Korea's Youn Sun Nah is just another cabaret singer with a pretty voice. The kalimba with which she is accompanying herself as she sings -- the sole instrument heard -- lends a sense of purity to the tune, and although the vocalist avoids the usual routes taken with the song, there's no real reason to get excited. Yet. Then things get interesting, fast. As she works her way through material from sources as diverse as Randy Newman, Sergio Mendes, and Metallica -- yes, Metallica; she does a mean "Enter Sandman" -- in addition to two original compositions and a Korean standard, Nah establishes that, in fact, she is incontestably an original, a jazz singer of great range, complexity, emotion, and ideas. Precision timing and sharp diction mark Nah's approach as she traverses the lyrics, but it's not only her technical prowess that makes Same Girl (her second release as a leader on the ACT label, after having spent a decade with a French band) such a delight. For one thing, she is constantly full of surprises. On the Mendes tune, "Song of No Regrets," Nah could have followed the rule book and sung the number as a samba. Instead, she turns it into a near a cappella minimalist dirge, Lars Danielsson's cello bringing to the rendition an unexpected eeriness and majesty. Terry Cox's "Moondog" is something else altogether, all jutting angles and piercing barbs, Ulf Wakenius' guitar and Xavier Desandre-Navarre's drums seemingly flailing willy-nilly behind Nah's warbles, yet somehow making perfect sense in the context of the arrangement, even when Nah breaks the solemnity with a jarring kazoo solo, of all things. For a real taste of her ability to knock a listener out cold, though, Wakenius' "Breakfast in Baghdad" is the place to go: to call Nah a scat singer is like calling John Coltrane a guy who fooled around a bit with the sax. Nah is a wildwoman let loose, treating each syllable as a new adventure in acrobatics, the musicians flying free and fancifully behind her captivating, seriously stunning ravings. Youn Sun Nah doesn't simply interpret; any good jazz signer can do that. She gets to the root of a melody and a lyric, deconstructs it wholly, and then presents it in a way it's never before been heard. Not many around who can do that anymore. Jeff Tamarkin  

Styles and genres may vary from song to song, but it is always the "Same Girl" who transforms the pieces into a sound world that is unmistakably her own: Youn Sun Nah. ACT
Tracklist 1 :
1    My Favorite Things 4:00
Written-By – Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rogers
2    My Name Is Carnival 4:02
Written-By – Jackson C. Frank
3    Breakfast In Baghdad 5:56
Written-By – Ulf Wakenius
4    Uncertain Weather 3:22
Written-By – Youn Sun Nah
5    Song Of No Regrets 3:45
Written-By – Lani Hall, Sergio Mendes
6    Kangwondo Arirang 4:06
 – Korean Traditional
7    Enter Sandman 4:52
Written-By – Metallica
8    Same Girl 4:14
Written-By – Randy Newman
9    Moondog 4:10
Written-By – Terry Cox
10    Pancake 3:36
Written-By – Youn Sun Nah
11    La Chanson D'Hélène 5:07
Narrator – Roland Brival
Written-By – Jean-Loup Dabadie, Philippe Sarde
Tracklist 2 :
1    Bitter Ballad 4:08
Trumpet – Mathias Eick
Written By – Youn Sun Nah
2    Avec Le Temps 5:06
Written By – Léo Ferré
3    Peace 4:02
Written By – Youn Sun Nah
4    Utviklingssang 6:05
Written By – Carla Bley
Video    My Favorite Things    4:10
Credits :
Youn Sun Nah - Vocals, Kalimba, Music Box, Kazoo
Ulf Wakenius - Guitars
Lars Danielsson - Acoustic Bass, Cello
Xavier Desandre-Navarre - Percussion
Special guest on track 11: Roland Brival - Narration

RIGMOR GUSTAFSSON with NILS LANDGREN and THE FLESHQUARTET — I Will Wait For You (2003) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"Her voice touches the heart" - (DER SPIEGEL) ACT
Tracklist :
1    Empty Hearts 3:57
Written-By – McDonald
2    Is It A Crime 4:10
Written-By – Hale, Adu, Matthewman
3    If You Go Away 4:49
Written-By – Brel, McKuen
4    Makin' Whoopee 3:59
Written-By – Kahn, Donaldson
5    Fire And Rain 4:00
Written-By – Taylor
6    It Never Entered My Mind 5:46
Written-By – Rodgers/Hart
7    Fever 3:47
Arranged By, Alto Flute – Magnus Lindgren
Written-By – Cooley, Davenport
8    The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress 4:33
Written-By – Webb
9    I Will Wait For You 4:20
Written-By – Demy, Legrand, Gimbel
10    It's Been So Long 4:42
Guitar – Rigmor Gustafsson
Written-By – Nyberg, Gustafsson
11    Black Coffee 5:21
Written-By – Webster, Burke
12    The More I See 5:07
Written-By – Norberg
Credits :
Rigmor Gustafsson – Vocals
Nils Landgren – Trombone & Vocals
Roberto Di Gioia - Piano
Lars Danielsson – Bass
Wolfgang Haffner – Drums

Guests:
Staffan Svensson - Trumpet
The FleshQuartet - Strings:
Jonas Lindgren, Örjan Högberg, Mattias Hellden, Sebastian Öberg, Chrille Olsson

IIRO RANTALA | VIKTORIA TOLSTOY | ULF WAKENIUS | LARS DANIELSSON | MORTEN LUND — Lost Hero - Tears for Esbjörn (2016) Serie : Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic — V | FLAC (tracks), lossless

Few European jazz pianists have been as influential in recent years as the Swedish musician Esbjörn Svensson, who tragically passed away in 2008. In varying lineups, moods, and interpretive approaches, Iiro Rantala, Viktoria Tolstoy, Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, and Morten Lund pay tribute to some of Svensson's most well-known compositions from his trio, e.s.t., on "Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic." And when the album title "Tears for Esbjörn" is fulfilled with Svensson's perhaps most emotionally charged composition, "Love is Real," no one needs to be ashamed. Neither for tears of sorrow over the irreplaceable loss of Esbjörn Svensson nor for tears of joy over the music he left us. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Tears For Esbjörn 6:27
Composed By – Iiro Rantala
2    Love Is Real 5:22
Composed By – Esbjörn Svensson, Josh Haden
3    Waltz For The Lonely Ones 3:09
Composed By – Esbjörn Svensson, Lina Nyberg
4    Seven Days Of Falling 6:01
Composed By – E.S.T.
5    Elevation Of Love 6:40
Composed By – E.S.T.
6    Shining On You 6:29
Composed By – Emrik Larsson, Esbjörn Svensson
7    Dogde The Dodo 10:27
Composed By – E.S.T.
8    From Gagarin's Point Of View 4:22
Composed By – E.S.T.
9    Imagine 8:19
Composed By – John Lennon
Credits :
Iiro Rantala - Piano
Viktoria Tolstoy - Vocals
Ulf Wakenius - Guitar
Lars Danielsson - Bass
Morten Lund - Drums

LESZEK MOŻDŻER | LARS DANIELSON | ZOHAR FRESCO | ATOM STRING QUARTET — Leszek Możdżer & Friends (2014) Serie : Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic — III | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Together, Możdżer & Friends conjure up a celebrated concert evening that once again demonstrates that the blend of jazz, classical, and folk music provides important impulses for the future of European jazz, with Poland, with Możdżer at the piano, playing a significant role in it. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Etude No 2 4:32
Composed By – Witold Lutoslawski
2    Praying 5:24
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
3    Follow My Backlights 5:48
Composed By – Leszek Możdżer
4    Love Pastas 12:01
Composed By – Leszek Możdżer
5    Na 7 5:31
Composed By – Dawid Lubowicz
6    África 6:04
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
7    Gsharim 7:10
Composed By – Zohar Fresco
8    Eden 8:55
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
9    Hunchback Porn Angel 4:01
Composed By – Leszek Możdżer
10    Winter Song 6:13
Composed By – Krzysztof Lenczowski
Credits :
Leszek Możdżer - Piano
Lars Danielsson - Bass & Cello
Zohar Fresco - Percussion

Atom String Quartet :
Dawid Lubowicz - Violin
Mateusz Smoczyński - Violin
Michał Zaborski - Viola
Krzysztof Lenczowski - Cello

ULF WAKENIUS — Vagabond (2012) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

On Vagabond, the globetrotter Wakenius shows the curiosity he has for all kinds of good music and how versatile he knows how to use his guitar: from the French "Bretagne" and the Nordic-tinged "Psalms" to the Indian sounds of "Witchi-Tai-To" and the Asian-style "Song For Japan" - Wakenius brings musical postcards from all over the world. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Vagabond 5:20
Written-By – Eric Wakenius, Ulf Wakenius
2    Message In A Bottle 6:16
Electric Guitar – Nguyên Lê
Vocals – Youn Sun Nah
Written-By – Gordon Sumner
3    Bretagne 5:01
Written-By – Ulf Wakenius
4    Psalmen 4:36
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
5    Breakfast In Baghdad 6:35
Written-By – Ulf Wakenius
6    Song For Japan 3:21
Written-By – Ulf Wakenius
7    Birds And Bees 4:31
Written-By – Attila Zoller
8    Praying 3:54
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
9    Chorinho 5:07
Written-By – Lyle Mays
10    Witchi-Tai-To 5:24
Written-By – Jim Pepper
11    Encore 2:54
Written-By – Keith Jarrett
Credits :
Ulf Wakenius - Acoustic Guitars, Oud, Chant
Vincent Peirani - Accordion, Accordina, Voice
Lars Danielsson - Bass, Cello
Cover [Cover Art] – Daniel Richter
Guests:
Eric Wakenius - Acoustic Steel String Guitar
Michael Dahlvid - Darbuka, Cajon
Very special guests on “Message In A Bottle”:
Youn Sun Nah - Vocals
Nguyên Lê - Electric Guitar

V.A. : Magic Moments 3 — The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Anthology Vol. VIII (2006) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    Heinz Sauer, Michael Wollny–    Welcome To What You Hear 2:00
Music By – Heinz Sauer
Piano – Michael Wollny
Tenor Saxophone – Heinz Sauer
2    Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, Morten Lund–    Dancing
Acoustic Guitar – Ulf Wakenius
Bass, Cello – Lars Danielsson
Drums – Morten Lund
Music By – Keith Jarrett
3    Viktoria Tolstoy–    From Above 4:24
Bass – Lars Danielsson
Guitar – Ulf Wakenius
Piano – Jacob Karlzon
Vocals – Viktoria Tolstoy
Written-By – Lars Danielsson, Per Holknekt
4    Colin Steele, Dave Milligan–    Don Camillo's Revenge 4:18
Bass – Aidan O'Donnell
Drums – Stu Ritchie
Music By – Colin Steele
Piano – Dave Milligan
Tenor Saxophone – Michael Buckley
Trumpet – Colin Steele
5    Nils Landgren, Joe Sample–    Don't Take Your Love To Hollywood 3:12
Guitar – Ray Parker Jr.
Piano – Joe Sample
Trombone – Nils Landgren
Vocals – Nils Landgren
Written-By – Joe Sample, Will Jennings
6    Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics–    Rainbow Sign 4:11
Music By – Peter Apfelbaum
7    Solveig Slettahjell–    What Is This Thing Called Love 5:03
Band – The Slow Motion Quintet
Vocals – Solveig Slettahjell
Written-By – Cole Porter
8    Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg–    Jämtpelle 4:01
Guitar – Johan Norberg
Music By – Johan Norberg, Jonas Knutsson
Soprano Saxophone – Jonas Knutsson
9    Kevin Hays–    You Are My Sunshine 4:54
Music By – Jimmie Davis
Piano – Kevin Hays
Vocals – Kevin Hays
10    Albert Mangelsdorff, NDR Bigband–    Mood Indigo 2:41
Music By – Duke Ellington
11    Rigmor Gustafsson, The Jacky Terrasson Trio–    Windows Of The World 4:52
Band – The Jacky Terrasson Trio
Lyrics By – Hal David
Music By – Burt Bacharach
Vocals – Rigmor Gustafsson
12    Elbtonalpercussion, Christopher Dell–    African Blues 3:50
Music By – Wolfgang Roggenkamp
Vibraphone – Christopher Dell
13    Muriel Zoe–    Have A Good Time 3:27
Bass – Johannes Huth
Drums – Michael Verhovec
Guitar – Matthias Pogoda
Trumpet – Michael Leuschner
Vocals – Muriel Zoe
Written-By – Paul Simon
14    Young Friends, Michael Wollny, Florian Trübsbach–    Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz 4:02
Alto Saxophone – Florian Trübsbach
Lyrics By – Fritz Löhner, Ludwig Herzer
Music By – Franz Lehár
Piano – Michael Wollny
Trombone – Johannes Lauer
15    Jazzindeed, Michael Schiefel–    Fahrn, Fahrn, Fahrn Auf Der Autobahn
Alto Saxophone – Jan von Klewitz
Piano – Bene Aperdannier
Vocals – Michael Schiefel
Written-By – Hartmut Goetze
16    e.s.t. Live In Berlin–    The Rube Thing 6:26
Bass – Dan Berglund
Drums – Magnus Öström
Piano – Esbjörn Svensson

LARS DANIELSSON — Liberetto (2012) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

New dream duo in European jazz: Together with the Armenian pianist Tigran, Lars Danielsson explores new musical spaces and once again emphasises the freedom of music between chamber jazz, classical music and European folk music. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Yerevan 2:07
Composed By – Tigran Hamasyan
2    Liberetto 4:53
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
3    Day One 2:54
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
4    Orange Market 7:39
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
5    Hymnen 4:46
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
6    Svensk Låt 5:50
Composed By – Tigran Hamasyan
7    Hov Arer Sarer Djan 6:32
– Armenien Folk Song
Arranged By – Tigran Hamasyan
8    Party On The Planet 4:33
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
9    Tystnaden 2:42
Composed By – Danielsson, Tigran
10    Ahdes Theme 3:37
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
11    Driven To Daylight 4:52
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
12    Blå Ängar 4:14
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
Credits :
Cover [Cover Art "Untitles 2010" By], Artwork [Cover Art "Untitles 2010" By] – Martin Noël
Lars Danielsson - Bass, Cello, Wurlitzer piano on #8
Tigran - Piano, Vocals on #7
John Parricelli - Guitar
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet
Magnus Öström - Drums & Percussion

LARS DANIELSSON — Liberetto II (2014) 24-96Hz | FLAC (tracks), lossless

If music has no soul, it is nothing. For the master of harmony on bass and cello, its power lies in the melody; it is the seed, the energy center from which everything unfolds. There are surely only a few bassists on this planet who compose so sensitively and in the truest sense of the word "beautiful," only a few who arrange with such impeccable taste. The masterfully assembled Liberetto ensemble gives Lars Danielsson the greatest freedom to express himself and create music that is, above all, a source of enjoyment. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Grace 3:05
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
2    Passacaglia 4:25
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
3    Miniature 5:01
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
4    África 5:45
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
5    I Tima 4:26
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
6    II Blå 5:50
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
7    III Violet 3:02
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
8    Swedish Song 6:40
Composed By – Tigran Hamasyan
9    Eilat 4:25
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
10    View From The Apple Tree 2:30
Composed By – Lars Danielsson, Tigran Hamasyan
11    The Truth 3:50
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
12    Beautiful Darkness 3:26
Composed By – Lars Danielsson
Credits :
Artwork [Cover Art "Untitled 2010"] – Martin Noël
Lars Danielsson - Bass, Cello, Piano (on 1), Piano Melody (on 3 & 9)
Tigran Hamasyan - Piano, Fender Rhodes
John Parricelli - Guitar
Magnus Öström - Drums, Percussion, Electronics

Special Guests:
Mathias Eick - Trumpet
Dominic Miller - guitar (on 1)
Cæcilie Norby - Voice (on 12)
Zohar Fresco - Percussion & Vocals (on 9)

LARS DANIELSSON — Liberetto III (2017) FLAC (tracks), lossless

For Lars Danielsson, the master of harmony on bass and cello, the power of music lies in melody. It is the seed, the energy center from which everything unfolds. "Liberetto" embodies this approach for the third time. ACT
Tracklist :
1        Preludium    2:10
2        Agnus Dei    4:58
3        Lviv    4:38
4        Taksim By Night    4:16
5        Dawn Dreamer    6:26
6        Orationi    4:04
7        Sonata In Spain    4:08
8        Da Salo    6:05
9        Gimbri Heart    3:56
10        Mr Miller    3:35
11        Affrettando    5:19
12        Berchidda    4:46
Credits :
Lars Danielsson - Double Bass, Cello, Piano intro on 5 & 8, Wah-Wah
Cello & Guembri on 9
Grégory Privat - Piano
John Parricelli - Guitars
Magnus Öström - Drums & Percussion

Guests:
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet on 1, 2, 6, 9, Voice on 6
Dominic Miller - Acoustic Guitar on 10
Hussam Aliwat - Oud on 4 & 7
Björn Bohlin - English Horn on 2, 3, 8
& Oboe d'Amore on 1
Mathias Eick - Trumpet on 10

LARS DANIELSSON & LESZEK MOŻDŻER — Pasodoble (2007) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"A wonderful duo in which virtuosity and musicality go hand in hand: creating beautiful, timeless music that transcends trends"-(Concerto)

More about the album:
Swedish composer, arranger, bassist and cellist Lars Danielsson has to date released three albums on ACT as a leader and plays as a sideman on numerous other ACT releases. He was also producer on the current album of singer Viktoria Tolstoy Pictures of Me.

Lars Danielsson is a musician of astonishing versatility. While he was studying classical cello at Gothenburg Conservatory he was listening mostly to rock: Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Santana. Then he happened to see an Oscar Peterson concert on TV with Danish bassist Nils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen This was the beginning of his conversion, from now on the bass was to take first place in his life.

His latest work, Pasodoble, is an exciting new duo album, with Leszek Możdżer, an artist who is widely regarded as the most successful and versatile pianist of his home country Poland. Możdżer was already featured with a composition on the ACT-compilation Romantic Freedom (ACT 9749-2), which served as an introduction to the series “Piano Works”.

They first met four years ago at a concert in Warsaw. It was musical love at first sight. In the meantime, they have released two successful albums in Poland, “The Time” and “Between Us and the Light” both with Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco, and have toured together with Danielsson’s latest project Mélange Bleu
(ACT 9604-2).

Recording a duo album together was only a question of time. In the resulting well-balanced and ageless work, the intimate quality of the two player’s interaction is spellbinding.

“Leszek is the perfect piano player for me. It feels like we are from 'the same planet' musically. We started to plan this recording after playing some duo tunes on tour. Siegfried Loch then came up with the idea to make a duo-album. There was a strong connection with just the piano and bass. This way of playing feels like a dream to me. With Leszek, I can go in any direction that the music needs to be taken. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.” (Lars Danielsson)

Leszek Możdżer is an exceptional musician and composer, who has won numerous awards in his home country. He has been playing piano since he was five years old, but he only discovered jazz aged 18, when he began connecting jazz and classical music. He was much lauded for his improvisations on themes by Frédéric Chopin. When he is not on tour or in the studio, he collaborates with the two well-known film-music composers Zbigniew Preisner, long-time partner of director Krysztof Kieslowski (“Three Colours”-trilogy), and the Oscar-award-winning Jan Kaczmarek (“Finding Neverland”). He has also worked with acclaimed international jazz musicians, including Pat Metheny, Archie Shepp, Tomasz Stańko, Joe Lovano. And what does Leszek have in common with Pink Floyd? He plays on two tracks of Floyd vocalist/guitarist David Gilmour’s new album “On an island” …

„Since the very first gig I felt that Lars is the bassist I want to play with. I don’t need to think about music when he is around. I just feel it. Believe it or not, I was a little nervous before we went into the studio as a duet. I felt that we would need to have some kind of concept, create some magical, charismatic aura, which would save us from being tedious or too sophisticated. Lars just smiled and said: 'We will play music, that’s all'. This experience gave me such a sense of self-confidence and inspiration that the same night I composed two pieces in my hotel room. They are both on the album. When I perform with Lars, I play much better than usually. I hope this cooperation is going to last.” (Leszek Możdżer)

The two musicians share a lot of common ground. Their mutual admiration becomes very evident on this, their first duo album. Those who were expecting to hear the occasional standard on the album are in for a surprise. Bass and piano have generated so many ideas that all but one of the tracks – the traditional folksong “Eja Mitt Hjärta”, that Danielsson arranged especially for this album – are original compositions by Lars or Leszek. This proves to be a musical liaison that promises a long and fruitful future. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Praying 4:16
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
2    Fellow 6:05
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
3    Entrance 3:25
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
4    Prado 2:51
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
5    Pasodoble 4:47
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
6    Daughter's Joy 4:06
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
7    It's Easy With You 3:43
Written-By – Leszek Możdżer
8    Hydrospeed 3:51
Written-By – Leszek Możdżer
9    Reminder 4:23
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
10    Innocence 91 3:35
Written-By – Leszek Możdżer
11    Follow My Backlights 3:22
Written-By – Leszek Możdżer
12    Eja Mitt Hjärta 4:11
Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
13    Berlin 3:11
Written-By – Lars Danielsson
14    Distances 3:29
Written-By – Leszek Możdżer
Credits :
Artwork – Martin Noël
Bass, Cello – Lars Danielsson
Piano, Celesta, Harmonium – Leszek Możdżer

NILS LANDGREN — Sentimental Journey (2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Nils Landgren Sings Ballads
Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Natalie Cole - these are the stars that have caused a worldwide furore with their full-blown movement back to the "standards". It comes as no surprise that the interpretation of the well-known ballads that make up a large portion of "The Great American Songbook" has always been considered one of the highest disciplines in jazz.

At first glance Nils Landgren might seem a bit out of place in the midst of this illustrious group of women. Landgren - isn't that the guy with the fiery red trombone who continually brings the concert halls to the boiling point? Yah - that's him. But God knows the Swedish jazz trombonist has more to offer than rock-hard, groovy funk. When it comes to ballads, Nils Landgren is an old hand. And Nils could sing practically from when he could talk. Nils remembers with amusement that, "In school we had to sing a psalm every day, which definitely didn't arouse my enthusiasm for singing." It was a convincing performance in the best James Brown manner that got the 18-year old Landgren his first recording contract. Since then Nils Landgren has never completely stopped singing, regardless of all the success of his formidable band Funk Unit.

To the great surprise of those who know the music industry, Landgren's 1992 "Ballads" album (ACT 9268-2), which was brought onto the market without a lot of publicity, evolved into a real word-of-mouth hit. Almost 20,000 copies were sold - that speaks for itself - such a turnover is a more than respectful success in the jazz world. And so "Mr. Redhorn" once again gives way to his sensitive side and undertakes a trip to the land of emotions. "Sentimental Journey" - could there be a more appropriate title for an album from someone who is almost always speeding from one gig to the next, but who would like to shift down a gear? Nils declared that, "After all the hectic tours in this last period, it was simply the right time to do this album. I've always liked quiet songs that tell a story. It doesn't make much difference to me whether I tell that story with words or with my instrument."

And there is a whole list of such stories: "In a Sentimental Mood", breathed in the characteristic style of the greatest jazz musician of them all, Duke Ellington. Kurt Weill's "Speak Low", referring to the intimate moment of trusting togetherness. "Nature Boy", "My Foolish Heart", and the title song, "Sentimental Journey"; these are songs that belong to the standard repertoire of virtually every vocal interpreter in jazz. But Nils Landgren has also covered pop artists such as Sting, and it is clear that he has no reservations about tackling such country greats as Allison Krauss: "Fragile" and "Ghost in this House" are seamlessly added to the phalanx of song classics as if they had always belonged there.

A lot of heart went into the making of "Sentimental Journey"; it is a project that is worked down to the smallest detail. What is more boring than a record on which every piece sounds pretty much the same? That's not the case here. Every song has its own individual arrangement and stands alone in its beauty. Landgren is no friend of simple solutions - he's not content with getting his ideas ready-made. Instead of using the usual string ensemble for an adequate background, he opted for the original FleshQuartet out of his Swedish homeland. Landgren intoned, "It's damned hard to translate the ideas you have perpetually running around in your head into sounds, but I never thought it was possible that they could sound better in reality than the way I had painted them in my fantasy. I'll always be indebted to the Fleshquartet for their contribution to this recording."

Certainly not a bad choice. The Swedish pianist Anders Widmark is one of the most versatile of his profession. A while ago he made a recording of "Carmen" which caused quite a stir. Bassist Lars Danielsson is one of the most sought-after players on the European jazz scene, as is indicated by the many albums he has recorded, both as bandleader and accomplished accompanist. And drummer Wolfgang Haffner's biography could hardly be more colourful: alongside his work with his own formations, he is one of the most sought-after session drummers on the international scene. Besides this, the "special guests" include singers Rigmor Gustafsson and Viktoria Tolstoy, along with Nils' labelmate and friend, pianist Esbjörn Svensson. On the title song "Sentimental Journey" we also hear Nils Landgren with two of his students, trombonists Karin and Mimmi Hammar.

46-year-old Nils Landgren has travelled a long way before he could begin his "Sentimental Journey". He has been involved with more than 500 recording sessions (including ABBA), jazz workshops with some of the world's most renowned big bands, successful international tours with the Funk Unit, artistic director of the 2001 Berlin Jazz Festival - the list could go on and on. One thing that makes "Sentimental Journey" so convincing is that it resists the hectic hustle and bustle that can overwhelm the music. Nils says adamantly that, "This is my baby, at least for a while." And what a beautiful, sweet, sentimental baby it is. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Speak Low    4:32
2    Ghost In This House    4:43
3    This Masquerade    4:05
4    Nature Boy    5:04
5    Fragile 3:13
Vocals – Rigmor Gustafsson
6    In A Sentimental Mood    5:22
7    The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men    5:19
8    My Foolish Heart    4:40
9    Should I Care    4:10
10    Be There For You 4:01
Vocals – Viktoria Tolstoy
11    Sentimental Journey 4:40
Trombone – Karin Hammar, Mimmi Hammar
12    Everything Must Change 4:37
Bass – Chrille Olsson
13    I Will Survive 4:31
Bass – Magnum Coltrane Price
Drums – Janne Robertsson
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Esbjörn Svensson
Guitar – Robert Östlund
Credits :
Nils Landgren - Vocals and Trombone
Anders Widmark – Piano
Lars Danielsson – Bass
Wolfgang Haffner – Drums

FleshQuartet :
Jonas Lindgren – Violin
Örjan Högberg – Viola
Mattias Hellden – Cello
Sebastian Öberg - Cello
Chrille Olsson - Bass on “Everything must change”

WOLFGANG HAFFNER — Round Silence (2009) ACT : Nu Jazz Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

"In der Ruhe liegt die Kraft" (Jazzpodium): Round Silence is a contemplation of silence, one that doesn't pass by silently and should by no means be overlooked. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Round Silence 6:08
Featuring, Guitar [Uncredited] – Dominic Miller
2    Left Side Field    6:10
3    It's Not Safe 5:01
Featuring, Vocals [Uncredited] – Kim Sanders
4    Azul    5:06
5    Stadium Jazz 5:26
Featuring, Trombone [Uncredited] – Nils Landgren
6    Nightsong 8:04
Featuring, Guitar [Uncredited] – Chuck Loeb
7    The Space In Between    4:19
8    Tubes    4:41
9    Ride    5:16
10    Wordless    5:30
11    The Flow    5:10
Credits :
Wolfgang Haffner - Drums, Log Drum, Table Tubes
Hubert Nuss – Piano
Lars Danielsson - Double Bass, Cello
Sebastian Studnitzky - Trumpet, Piano, Fender Rhodes
Christian Diener - Electric Bass
Ernst Ströer - Percussion
Julian Haffner - Add. Percussion Programming (#2)
Fiete Felsch - Alto Flute
Lutz Büchner - Clarinet
Dan Gottschall - Trombone
Special Guests:
Dominic Miller – Guitar (#1)
Chuck Loeb – Guitar (#6)
Kim Sanders – Vocals (#3)
Nils Landgren – Trombone (#8)

NILS LANDGREN FUNK UNIT — Paint It Blue 'A Tribute To Cannonball Adderley (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

One of trombonist Nils Landgren's early inspirations was Cannonball Adderley's group. Paint It Blue is dedicated to Adderley with Landgren performing five songs associated with the altoist plus seven originals that pay tribute to Cannonball's bands. Some of the music is in the soul-jazz vein while other tunes (particularly the originals) are more modern, even incorporating a little bit of rap in a couple places. Landgren is a fine trombonist (sometimes a little reminiscent of Wayne Henderson) and he manages to keep up with Michael and Randy Brecker, who in this situation are superior supportive soloists. Without merely copying the past, Landgren expands on the legacy of Adderley quite successfully. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Walk Tall 5:17
Written-By – Nat Adderley
2    You Dig 6:13
Written-By – Janson, Price, Landgren
3    Why Am I Treated So Bad 5:24
Written-By – R. Staples
4    Brother Nat 4:18
Written-By – Nils Landgren
5    Inside Straight 3:55
Written-By – Nat Adderley
6    Cannonball 6:08
Written-By – Svensson, Landgren
7    Mercy Mercy Mercy 4:16
Written-By – Joe Zawinul
8    Mother Fonk 4:16
Written-By – Nils Landgren
9    Primitivo 7:06
Written-By – Julian Adderley
10    After The Party 4:53
Written-By – Nils Landgren
11    Love All, Serve All 4:08
Written-By – Price, Landgren
12    Julian 5:49
Written-By – Nils Landgren
Credits :
Guest [Plus], Bass Clarinet, Arranged By – Steffen Schorn
Guest [Plus], Drums, Arranged By – Bernard Purdie (tracks: 2)
Guest [Plus], Percussion, Arranged By – Airto Moreira (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 11), Marcio Doctor
Guest [Plus], Tenor Saxophone, Arranged By – Michael Brecker (tracks: 2)
Guest [Plus], Trumpet, Arranged By – Till Brönner (tracks: 9)
Guest [Plus], Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Arranged By – Randy Brecker (tracks: 2, 5)
Painting – Rolf Rose
Performer [The Funk Unit], Electric Bass [Fender Bass], Arranged By – Lars Danielsson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Guitar, Arranged By – Henrik Janson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Keyboards, Arranged By – Esbjörn Svensson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Saxophone [Saxophones], Arranged By – Per "Ruskträsk" Johansson
Performer [The Funk Unit], Trombone, Trumpet, Arranged By – Nils Landgren
Performer [The Funk Unit], Vocals, Synthesizer, Arranged By – Magnum Coltrane Price
Voice [Sample] – Rev. Jesse Jackson (tracks: 1)
Voice [Samples] – Cannonball Adderley (tracks: 3, 5, 7)

NILS LANDGREN — The Moon, The Stars And You (2011) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Re-release of a milestone in Swedish jazz history. An incredibly atmospheric interpretation of the rich Swedish folk tradition. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Moonshadow 5:11
Written-By – Cat Stevens
2    The Moon, The Stars And You 3:28
Written-By – Michael Wollny, Nils Landgren
3    Oh You Crazy Moon 3:34
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
4    Joe's Moonblues 3:57
Written-By – Nils Landgren
5    Angel Of Fortune 4:52
Written-By – Cæcilie Norby, Lars Danielsson
6    Moon River 4:32
Written-By – Henry Mancini
7    Til' There Was You 3:18
Written-By – Meredith Willson
8        Stars In Your Eyes 4:28
Written-By – Herbie Hancock
9    Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends 4:37
Written-By – Kris Kristofferson
10    The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress 4:45
Written-By – Jimmy Webb
11    Holofotes 5:27
Written-By – Antonio Cicero, João Bosco, Waly
12    Lost In The Stars 7:22
Written-By – Kurt Weill
Credits :
Bass – Dan Berglund (tracks: 1), James Genus (tracks: 11), Lars Danielsson (tracks: 2 to 10)
Cover [Cover Art] – Martin Noël
Drums – Kiko Freitas (tracks: 11), Rasmus Kihlberg (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 10), Robert Ikiz (tracks: 12)
Drums, Percussion – André Ferrari (tracks: 1)
Guest, Accordion – Richard Galliano (tracks: 1, 6)
Guest, Backing Band – The NDR Big Band (tracks: 10)
Guest, Drums – Steve Gadd (tracks: 4, 5, 9)
Guest, Guitar, Vocals – João Bosco (tracks: 11)
Guest, Orchestra – The Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 12)
Guest, Piano – Joe Sample (tracks: 4)
Piano – Michael Wollny (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 9)
Trombone – Nils Landgren (tracks: 2 to 12)
Vocals – Cæcilie Norby (tracks: 5), Nils Landgren (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 10, 12)