Results for "Jan Lundgren"

Jan Lundgren

Born: March 22, 1966

Lundgren, born in Kristianstad in southern Sweden on March 22nd 1966, and raised in Ronneby, Blekinge, had his first piano lessons at age five. He was soon discovered to have an exceptional musical talent. After a long period of classical training, he discovered jazz more or less by chance in the late 1980’s. He was instantly hooked, rapidly absorbed the jazz piano tradition from Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner to Bud Powell and Bill Evans, and acquired a depth of knowledge of the Great American Songbook like possibly no other European jazz pianist. While sailing through his studies at the renowned Royal College of Music in Malmö, he also took up a busy schedule as a professional musician that quickly helped to build his reputation in Sweden

Fraser MacPherson: From The Pen Of...

by Jack Bowers
December 11, 2022

The late tenor saxophonist Fraser MacPherson was well-known in western Canada and elsewhere for his brilliance—but as player, not a writer. In fact, according to MacPherson's son Guy, who wrote the excellent liner notes to From the Pen of..., his father wrote barely a dozen or so original compositions, almost all of which are included on ...

Jan Lundgren: Into the Night

by Phillip Woolever
April 11, 2022

This excellent album is part of a series of modern jazz projects with a twist, featuring live recordings by many of the German label ACT's top artists, in unique, uncategorized, and often first time formations. The album comes from a 2020 set at the Ystad Festival in Sweden, which homegrown pianist Jan Lundgren founded ...

Into the Night

By Jan Lundgren

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Glädjens Blomster; Asta; Preamble; I Do; Schubertauster; A Dog Named Jazze; Into The Night; Ystad.

The Last Call

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Ms. Julie; Homecomings; Manha de Carnaval; Jemin-Eye'n; Embraceable You; Bags' Groove; Green Dolphin Street

Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine: The Last Call

by Phillip Woolever
August 1, 2021

ACT Music released this exceptional concert recording four years to the day after the February 19, 2017 death of 73-year old master guitarist Larry Coryell. The album documents a sensational set Coryell played with the equally skillful Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine at the Berlin Philharmonic. The event was an unplanned but fitting conclusion to their series ...

Mare Nostrum III

By Paolo Fresu

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Blues Sur Seine; Pavese; Love Land; The Windmills Of Your Mind; I'te Vurria Vasà; Le Jardin Des Fées; Del Soldato In Trincea; Ronneby; Love Theme From "The Getaway"; Human Requiem; Letter To My Mother; Love In Return; Perfetta; The Magic Stroll; Prayey.

Art Ensemble of Chicago, Marilyn Mazur, Echoes of Zoo and More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 19, 2019

New releases keep coming at an exciting place and Mondo Jazz obliges, sharing tons of exicting new releases, in particular celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and its spiritual offspring as well as some great European projects. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 ...

Umbria Jazz Winter

by Libero Farnè
January 8, 2019

Umbria Jazz Winter Varie sedi Orvieto 28.12.2018-01.01.2019 La ventiseiesima edizione di Umbria Jazz Winter ha visto una programmazione più che mai all'insegna del jazz italiano. Potremmo anzi definirla la “dolce casa del jazz italiano," nel senso che era non solo tesa a celebrare nomi ed esperienze ormai consacrati, ma anche pensata ...

Michael Dease's new album and a focus on Paolo Fresu

by Bob Osborne
November 1, 2018

This week the exceptional new record from Michael Dease is the featured album, plus we focus on trumpeter Paolo Fresu, and spin a selection of high quality jazz music. Playlist Michael Dease “Pearls" from Bonafide (Posi-tone) 00:00 Daniel Bennett Group “Loose Fitting Spare Tire" from We Are the Orchestra (Manhatten Daylight Media) 06:08 Florian Weber “From ...