Jazz Articles about Lars Danielsson

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Album Review

Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine: The Last Call

Read "The Last Call" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

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 of collaborations that began at the same location some forty-five years before. The sound dynamics and song selections create a vivid testimonial of musical ...

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Lars Danielsson/Paolo Fresu: Summerwind

Read "Summerwind" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
September 16, 2018

ACT Music brings together a pair of virtuosos in Lars Danielsson and Paolo Fresu, for the duo outing Summerwind. Both are well-known for their melodic and expressive playing as well as an innate gift for spontaneity. Recorded in the Swedish seaport city of Gothenburg, in early 2018, the album incorporates elements of folk, classical and jazz music in a relaxed setting. Bassist and cellist Lars Danielsson has been a staple of the ACT label for more than ten ...

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Elisabeth Melander: Reflections Of A Voice

Read "Reflections Of A Voice" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
January 14, 2017

Elisabeth Melander was born in Boden, a military town in the cold and desolate north of Sweden. She used her vocal abilities and knowledge of music to escape and is now based in the southern cities of Lund and Malmö, travelling all over the Nordic Area, teaching, spreading the word about jazz and encouraging young musicians. Every now and then she brings out an album. Reflections Of A Voice is her latest. It features jazz standards and ...

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Lars Danielsson: Liberetto II

Read "Liberetto II" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
May 22, 2015

Secondo album, con identico titolo, del quartetto del contrabbassista e violoncellista svedese, fortemente caratterizzato dalla presenza del talentuoso pianista Tigran Hamasyan, ma che si allarga a quintetto grazie a vari ospiti, il più incisivo dei quali (anche perché presente in più tracce) è Mathias Eick (nel precedente lavoro il suo posto era occupato da Arve Henriksen). Il lavoro mostra continuità non solo con l'altro Liberetto ma, più in generale, con la musica che da qualche anno mette ...

Album Review

Lars Danielsson: Liberetto

Read "Liberetto" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 11, 2012

In Liberetto Lars Danielsson dà fondo a tutta la sua eleganza compositiva ed espressiva, in dodici brani nei quali viene affiancato da una band di valore assoluto. Sono quasi tutti originali del bassista svedese, tranne alcuni firmati dal pianista Tigran Hamasyan e un tradizionale armeno riarrangiato per l'occasione, che ben figura in una scaletta stilisticamente omogenea. E che si tratti di un album maiuscolo lo si intuisce fin dalla traccia d'apertura “Yerevan," dove in soli due minuti si determina un'ampiezza ...

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Album Review

Lars Danielsson: Liberetto

Read "Liberetto" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
January 23, 2012

With Tarantella (ACT, 2009)--his last studio recording excluding the career-spanning Signature Edition 3 (ACT, 2010) compilation-- Lars Danielsson raised the bar on a string of recordings demonstrating increased evolution on all fronts. If Liberetto doesn't exhibit the same degree of incremental stylistic growth that Tarantella did over previous albums including Pasodoble (ACT, 2007) and Mélange Bleu (ACT, 2007), it does represent its own milestone, one where Danielsson's astute choice of players becomes as important as the music they play.

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Interview

Lars Danielsson: Love is the Message

by James Pearse
January 23, 2012

Saturday night in an unusually mild December 2011 at Stockholm's premier jazz venue, Fasching, could only mean one thing: the place was heaving. As well as the unseasonable weather and the looming Christmas period, the reason so many festive Swedes were crammed in like tinned herring was to catch a rare glimpse of national hero Nils Landgren and his quartet in a club setting. Landgren allowed ample opportunity for his other musicians to show off their breadth and depth. Bassist ...