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Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band: Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band

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Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band: Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band
Continua a sfornare grandi album Moserobie, etichetta creata da Jonas Kullhammar sassofonista e illuminato agitatore musicale svedese. Perché di un grande album questo Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band si tratta. Non il classico schema solista-orchestra ma un organismo proteiforme, sorprendente, che si scompone, si assottiglia, si nasconde, esplode, si rilassa, creatura dadaista che solletica i sensi, e fa volare l'immaginazione.

E così l'incedere marziale di "Parade," tra hard rock e liriche aperture, scalda i motori, "Blues fo Somliga" è un Bignami per Big Band con sfumature lisergiche, "End of the Dark Hours" e "Ostavink" costruiscono attorno alla chitarra acustica di Lindstrom paesaggi tra l'epico e l'elegiaco. In "Ritmo Bolsillo" e "Artict Mambo" i ritmi caraibici sono filtrati attraverso lenti deformanti provenienti dal novecento colto. Mentre "Nobi" è chiusura del cerchio enigmatica e misteriosa quanto basta.

Johan Lindstrom, non solo specialista della steel guitar ma compositore, produttore sound designer e collaboratore tra gli altri di Nils Petter Molvaer, Patti Smith, Sly & Robbie, scrive appositamente per la NBB durante una "Composer in Residence" del 2020, confermando una visione musicale caleidoscopica ricca di riferimenti ma sorprendentemente organica nel risultato.

Album della settimana.

Track Listing

Parade; Interlude; Blues for Somliga; End of the Dark Hours; Ostanvik; Ritmo Bolsillo; Pasacaglia; Arctic Mambo; Nobi.

Personnel

Mattias Ståhl
vibraphone
Janne Theli
saxophone, alto
Hakan Brostrom
saxophone
Mats Gerberg
saxophone, tenor
Per Moberg
saxophone, baritone
Peter Dalgren
trombone
Mats Aleklint
trombone
Magnus Rydell
trombone
Additional Instrumentation

Petter Britta Virves: keyboards; Mattias Stahl: marimba; Janne Theli: clarinets; Hakan Brostrom: saxophone (alto), flute; Mats Gerberg: flute; Robert Nordmark: saxophone (tenor), clarinets; Per Moberg: flute; Jacek Onuszkiewics: flugelhorn; Joakim Milder: conduction.

Album information

Title: Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Moserobie

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