artist : Lars Jansson Trio
title : In Search Of Lost Time
label : Prophone
cat# : PCD116
genre : Jazz
street date : 2011-06-20
tracks : 14
bitrate : 233 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size : 111.70mb
source : CD
type : Retail
url : http://www.lars.jp
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In search of lost time is the english translation of Marcel Proustü's
masterpiece A`la recherche du temps perdu. In Swedish it consists of seven
volumes, more then 4000 pages. It is a demanding book but when you get
into Proustü's world you canü't stop. His language is so beautiful and
after some time you enter a kind of timeless, meditative state of mind.
As Proustü's book is about different experience of time and looking back
into your life the music on this cd is a mix of old tunes I found while
cleening and repairing my musicroom and some new, fresh tunes. The oldest
one is more then twentyfive years old and the latest I made one day before
recording. The focus this time was not so much on the compositions, but
more on improvising and having fun playing in the studio.
There is A Butterfly In My Room is in memory of Anna, a sweet girl and
friend of my daughter who died only thirteen years old. After her death I
watched an interview with Elisabeth Kubler Ross who said that; ü"Living is
like being caught in a pupa and dying is getting wings and becoming a
butterfly". Exact at that moment a butterfly comes inside my room. It
flies around for a while, then sits down on my left shoulder, shows itü's
beautiful wings and then flies out through the open window.
At-one-ment. Many of my songtitles and cd titles have to do with living in
the present, here and now. So often difficult but the only way to live at
peace with yourself and celebrating life.
Midsummer. The Swedish midsummer is something extraordinary.
Siljan Waltz. Very old tune composed at Siljan, Dalarna many years ago.
Simple and easy and fun to play on.
In Search of Lost Time. Title tune of the cd. Has some Ellington in itü's
melody and harmony.
Simple Song, Simple Life. A tune I found in my scatch book in my country
house. It is so simple that I almost felt embarresed to play it. Now I
like it more and more. It is difficult to write simple music that still
have honesty and deph. Same thing with life. It is a skill to live a
simple, natural life.
One Hand Clapping. A twelve tone piece. The melody you here is made of 12
plus 12 tones, the prime form and the retrograde form. The piano improvise
over these twentyfour tones and the bass over the twelve tone inversion
and the twelve retrograde inverson. The sound of one hand clapping is a
famous Zen koan.
Fisherman is dedicated to a young guitarist, a friend of my son.
Godü's Delays are not Godü's Denials. We need to have patience in our
lifes. What we cannot achieve today we might achieve some day in the
future when we are ready for it.
A Rare Italien Bird is originally dedicated to the great italien
clarinetist Gabrielle Mirabasi but I would like to dedicate this piece to
some other great Italien birds too. Mimmo Paladino who is one of my
favorite artists and who has made so many beautiful covers for my cds
including this one. Franco Leidi, also a great artist that died last year.
He was from Italy but lived many years in Sweden working as an artist and
teaching at Valand, Goteborg. A new Italien friend and a great drummer is
Carlo Bernardinelli.
Where is the Blues 4. On the album ü"Worship of Self" I composed some more
abstract and free music but built on the blues form. This is the 4th piece
with this concept. To use the blues form as the classical composers use
the fuge or sonata form.
Gods who Shit is and old tune built on the african 12/8 groove. As humans
we are both animals and spiritual beings.
New Room. My new music room gives me inpiration to work and compose.
Hopefully I will find some new inner rooms.
Hilda is our grandchild. An angel that inspire us all with her sweet
smile.
http://www.lars.jp
http://www.prophonerecords.se
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01 There Is A Butterfly In My Room 3:30
02 At-One-Ment 6:36
03 Midsummer 3:43
04 Siljan Waltz 4:28
05 In Search Of Lost Time 6:30
06 Simple Song Simple Life 6:25
07 One Hand Clapping 3:54
08 Fisherman 4:32
09 God's Delays Are Not God's Denials 4:29
10 A Rare Italian Bird 5:56
11 Where Is The Blues 4 3:52
12 Gods Who Shit 6:06
13 New Room 3:49
14 Hilda 2:18
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