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Nils Landgren
Christmas With My Friends II

VÖ: 31.10.2008

Genre: Swedish Jazz, Christmas Jazz

€17.50*

ACT 9476-2, 614427947628

Nils Landgren - trombone, vocals
Jeanette Köhn - vocals
Jessica Pilnäs - vocals
Sharon Dyall - vocals
Ida Sand - piano, vocals
Jonas Knutsson - saxophones
Johan Norberg - guitar, kantele
Eva Kruse - bass

Recorded by Janne Hansson at Atlantis Studio, Stockholm, Sweden and by Johan Norberg at Studio Krubaston at Stockholm, Sweden
Mixed by Johan Norberg
Mastered by Klaus Scheuermann
Produced by Johan Norberg
Executive Producer: Siegfried Loch

"The 15 Swedish and international Christmas songs, in Landgren's and his friends' versions, have such a touching, almost childlike charm that one cannot escape the pre-Christmas atmosphere they reveal." - JAZZTHING

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.