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Hans Olding & Sigurdur Flosason: Projeto Brasil!
by Budd Kopman
Projeto Brasil!, from saxophonist/flutist Sigurdur Flosason and guitarist Hans Olding, when compared to the authentic and stunningly beautiful Porto da Madama, seems rather tame. But, one cannot fault a project for not being what it cannot be, and never tried to be. What Flosason and Olding have created is a tribute to the music of Brazil which put it on the map -that from the '60s and '70s. The songs of the giants of that era, Antônio Carlos ...
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by Edward Blanco
The bossa nova, samba and popular Brazilian music of the 60s and 70s are the main theme on Projeto Brasil!, a stylish collaboration from Swedish guitarist/composer Hans Olding and Icelandic saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason as the duo pay tribute to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento and Vinicius de Moraes. The two co-leaders provide innovative arrangements to seven Brazilian standards and include two original homages to Jobim and Nascimento in the mix using a non-standard piano-less quintet to interpret ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista svedese Hans Olding si sta avvicinando alla soglia dei quarant'anni (è nato a fine febbraio del 1975) e dimostra di aver raggiunto una maturità ben evidente. In questo album le sette composizioni eseguite sono tutte scritte da lui e mostrano quanto sappia coordinare le linee melodiche con le armonie raffinate e moderne del jazz del nuovo secolo. I brani sono affrontati in quartetto con l'aggiunta in un paio di brani di vibrafono e di clarinetto. L'esecuzione è elegante ...
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by Matthew Warnock
No Space is an energetic modern jazz album from Swedish guitarist, Hans Olding and his quartet consisting of saxophonist Linus Lindblom, bassist Par-Ola Landin and drummer Sebastian Voegler, with special guest trumpeter Nils Janson. The album has a modern vibe that melds together compositional elements from the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel and Adam Rogers with the tonal and improvisational qualities of a John Scofield record, without sounding like an imitation of either. Olding's playing and writing is solid ...
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