Home » Jazz Articles » Christian Spering

Jazz Articles about Christian Spering

About Christian Spering

Album Review

Daniel Karlsson: Fuse Number Eleven

Read "Fuse Number Eleven" reviewed by Emmanuel Di Tommaso

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
February 24, 2020

Fuse Number Eleven rappresenta una svolta per il trio di Daniel Karlsson e, in generale, per il jazz scandinavo: giunto al sesto disco in studio, il pianista originario di Kristinehamn nel Sud della Svezia, insieme a Christian Spering al contrabbasso, a Fredrik Rundqvist alla batteria e al contributo alla produzione di Goran Petersson, riprende i sentieri elettro-acustici di 5, lasciando maggior spazio all'elettronica e abbandonando il minimalismo ambient di Steve Reich e Philip Glass per quello dark-gotico dei più recenti ...

Album Review

Christian Spering: Inside Bach

Read "Inside Bach" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 29, 2012

The arrangement of violin sonatas and partitas, and the cello suites of Johan Sebastian Bach for solo double bass is a tasking and rare challenge, especially for improvising bassists. Classically trained bassist like Edgar Meyer have transposed Bach's cello suites to double bass on the critically acclaimed Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites Performed on Double Bass (Sony, 2000), but it is still an exceptional achievement. Now, Swedish bass master Christian Spering offers a different insight into the composer's timeless music.