a r t i s t : Ulf Wakenius Group
t i t l e : checkin' in
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Spice of Life
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2006
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 72,7 MB
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Ulf Wakenius was born in Halmstad, Sweden on April 16, 1958.
He began playing the guitar at the age of eleven, inspired by
other guitarists in the neighborhood of his new hometown,
Gothenburg. After picking up the guitar Ulf never looked back.
In the beginning he was inspired by virtuoso electric blues
guitar players but soon moved to more jazz-oriented music.
Since 1997 Ulf has held what may be the most prestigious spot
in jazz for a guitarist, membership in the Oscar Peterson
Quartet. His predecessors have been such legends as Barney
Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Joe Pass. He has performed at such
classic jazz venues as Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the
Blue Note and played for large crowds around the world. He has
also appeared on American television (CBS) and Tv Globo
(Brazil) with Oscar Peterson. Last year he recorded "Trail of
Dreams" with Oscar Peterson and Michel Legrand, for the Telarc
label, and during recent years he has also played with such
outstanding musicians as Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Joe
Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Phil Woods, Clark
Terry, Johnny Griffin, Toots Thielemans, Jack DeJohnette, Max
Roach, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, James Moody, Roy
Hargrove, Randy Brecker.
He has recorded two CDs, also for Telarc with the great Ray
Brown: "Seven Steps To Heaven," which became number one in the
U.S. jazz charts, and "Summertime," which was voted as one of
the top ten albums of '98 in America. Lately he has led a
stellar quintet of his own, featuring Mike Brecker and Ray
Brown. Last year he did a sold out U.S. tour with Oscar
Peterson.The highlight of the tour was the Hollywood Bowl
concert with 17,000 people in the audience.
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Musicians:
Yasuhito Mori: Bass
Ulf Wakenius: Guitar
Morten Lund: Drums
Carsten Dahl: Piano
Composers:
1. Will you make my soup hot and silver
Carsten Dahl
2. Mack the knife
Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
3. Footprints
Wayne Shorter
4. Ponta de area
Milton Nascimento
5. Soon
Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
6. A child is born
Thad Jones
7. I didn't know what time it was
Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
8. Little girl blue
Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
9. The days of wine and roses
Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini
Arranged by Ulf Wakenius except
(2) by Ulf Wakenius & Lars Danielsson
(3) Lars Danielsson
Ripper's note: I guess the misspelling of the name of track 4
("Ponta de areia") is unintentional, but since they spell it that
way on the cover, so do we on this rip.
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01-Will you make my soup hot and silver [06:23]
02-Mack the knife [08:15]
03-Footprints [07:27]
04-Ponta de area [02:22]
05-Soon [05:45]
06-A child is born [03:07]
07-I didn't know what time it was [06:40]
08-Little girl blue [11:26]
09-The days of wine and roses [02:34]
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53:59 min