a r t i s t : Lars Erstrand Trio & Quartet with Guests
t i t l e : The "Complete" Songs
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Opus 3
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2007
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 74,1 MB
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We are glad to present Lars Erstrand's 6th Opus 3 album
a dream-project that Lars had in mind for over 15 years!
To Quote Lars:
-"Perhaps the most important thing I have learned in my 50
years of playing, as a vibraphonist is the awareness of the
enormous quality and variety of the songs composed in what is
commonly called The Great Swing Era.
-For more than 30 years I had the privilege and pleasure of
playing with the outstanding Swedish clarinettist Ove Lind,
whose life ended at all too early an age. One of the things
about Ove was his enormous repertoire, not only of the songs
but also the verses, which were so very often not recorded at
this time. He maintained that a song is not really complete
without the verse and I, and many other musicians, really
agree that he has a point.
-A verse is like a prologue, where the words of the lyrics
give background to the story, which is the main theme of the
chorus. Musically it can be a separate entity in itself and
comprise a further composition of beauty."
The trio comprises, besides Lars himself, one of Sweden's
absolutely best new jazz pianist, Jan Lundgren. On double bass
is another of Sweden's most sought after musicians, Hans
Backenroth. On drums we have Leif "Gus" Dahlberg who has been
playing with Lars Erstrand on several other Opus 3 albums.
As soloists we have the pleasure to present Antii Sarpila from
Finland on tenor and soprano saxophone on 3 tracks, Bertil
Fernqvist on electric guitar on 2 tracks and finally Lasse
T÷rnqvist on cornet, also on 2 tracks
This is the 2nd pure Opus 3 DSD recording on Super Audio CD in
multichannel/surround sound.
http://www.opus3records.com/jazz_swing.html#22014
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01-A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square [06:40]
02-Let Me Call You Sweetheart [05:16]
03-Life Can Be So Sweet [05:29]
04-A Hundred Years From Today [05:26]
05-'S Wonderful [03:48]
06-Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life [04:49]
07-Then I'll Be Tired Of You [05:39]
08-Song Of Songs [05:12]
09-For You, For Me, For Ever More [05:58]
10-Tea For Two [05:48]
11-On The Sunny Side Of The Street [03:15]
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57:20 min