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Nils Landgren
Ballads

VÖ: 01.04.1999

Genre: Swedish Jazz

€17.50*

ACT 9268-2, 6 14427 92682 1

Nils Landgren - trombone & vocals
Bobo Stenson - piano
Palle Danielsson - bass
Anders Kjellberg - drums
Joakim Milder - tenorsax
Johan Norberg - guitar
e.s.t. Esbjörn Svensson Trio:
Esbjörn Svensson - piano, Dan Berglund - bass, Magnus Öström - drums

Recorded at Europa Studio 3 in March 1993 except #1 recorded at Atlantis Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
Engineered by Leif Allansson except #6, 8 engineered by Jan Ugand
Mastered by Jan Erik Kongshaug
Produced by Siegfried Loch #1, Johan Norberg and Nils Landgren #2-11

Nils Landgren

For the words versatility and curiosity, there is a synonym: Nils Landgren. Virtuosically, "Mr. Red Horn" navigates from perspective to perspective, partly because he thrives on constant change. Two souls reside in his chest: When the audience experiences him with his "Funk Unit," the Swede reveals his distinctive, relentlessly groovy side and becomes the jazz action hero. But there's also a very gentle, melancholic, highly sentimental Nils Landgren. This side of him emerges, for example, during the Advent season when the instrumentalist and singer celebrates "Christmas With My Friends," or in his ballad projects. On the trombone, he intones with unparalleled smoothness, and his uniquely textured, fragile voice touches the heart and soul with its sensitivity.