Recorded live at Ystad Jazz Sweden Festival: A stirringly sensitive programme, famously arranged and captivatingly improvised
The trio format has always been something of an ideal for Jan Lundgren. That particular buzz when communication between the musicians in a trio is direct, immediate and ever-present...when the trio keeps a constant sense of forward motion and development...when the players collectively remain open to the inspiration of every millisecond. These are the virtues which Lundgren sees as the recipe for the kind of openness, freedom, subtlety and excellence of a trio at its best.Lundgren has had a trio in the classic piano/bass/drums format ever since 1995. In addition, since 2007, he has also broken the mould with the "Mare Nostrum" project, a congenial alliance with Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu and French accordionist Richard Galliano. Critics hailed it at the time as the "first European supergroup". And Mare Nostrum...
line upJan Lundgren / piano
Emile Parisien / soprano saxophone
Lars Danielsson / bass
Recorded live in concert at Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival by Mattias Dalin (Eurosound AB), August 1, 2020
Mixed by Bo Savik, Jan Lundgren and Lars Danielsson at Tia Dia Studios, Mölnlycke, Sweden
Mastered by Bo Savik
Produced by Jan Lundgren & Lars Danielsson
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch
Cover art by Raimer Jochims, Chilandar II (1993-94), used with the kind permission of the artist