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Article: Album Review

The Bohusl: Faces

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2000

Sweden’s world–class Bohuslän Big Band, which hit its stride in the ’90s via a number of superlative recordings with guest artists (One Poem, One Painting; A Perfect Match; Pegasos; The Blue Pearl), stumbles from the starting gate and has trouble closing ground on Faces, an ambitious but uneven set of compositions and arrangements by members of ...

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One Poem, One Painting

By The Bohusl

Label: Imogena
Released: 1999

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Article: Album Review

Bohusl: One Poem, One Painting

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1999

One Poem, One Painting consists of music composed by pianist Lars Jansson to mark the 500th anniversary of the Swedish municipality of Uddevalla. What is conspicuous from the outset is that within the framework of modern big–band Jazz, Jansson writes spellbinding musical poetry and sketches luminous portraits in sound. There are nine selections on this generously ...

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