59.00 PLN

CD:

Nr kat.: PCD094
Label  : Prophone (Szwecja)

"Lindberg is a true Renaissance man. From his home in Gagnef, a small village deep in the forests of the Swedish province of Dalecarlia, he emerges every now and again to dazzle us ordinary mortals with his many talents. Best known as a composer and arranger, he refuses to accept categorization and works with choirs, jazz bands, and symphony orchestras at will." "His music is both experimental and intensely melodic, angularly lyrical-if there is such a thing. It refuses politely but very firmly to sit comfortably in the background. In this day and age we need more of that sort of thing." (allaboutjazz.com) Nils Lindberg, piano; Margareta Bengtson, vocals and others. BRIEF NOTES ON THE MUSIC: REMEMBER is my setting of a poem by the English writer Christina Rosetti (1830-1894). Joakim Milder is the soloist (tenor sax). BLUES FOR BILL I wrote this piece for my first LP "Sax Appeal" (1960). It was used as the signature for the first Swedish television series devoted to jazz ("Jazz i Studio A"). BLUES FOR BILL is dedicated to trombonist Bill Harris. AS YOU ARE In 1964 I wrote the music for a TV series entitled "Farlig kurs" [Dangerous option]. The score contained a theme that I later developed into a ballad. In 1977 the American bass player Red Mitchell, who performed with almost all of my various ensembles at that time, provided lyrics for the piece. SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY is included in my Elizabethan suite "O Mistress Mine" based on Shakespeare's sonnet of that name. I composed it in 1986 for a US tour. I completed and recorded the entire suite on a CD in 1988. SPRINGTIME Hans Ĺkesson plays the first alto-sax solo and Hĺkan Broström the second. Tenor-sax soloist is Joakim Milder. DRY MARTINI Alto-sax soloist is Hĺkan Broström. BB BLUES Baritone-sax soloist is Alberto Pinton. All the soprano-saxophone solos on the disc are performed by Anders Paulsson. (Nils Lindberg Gagnef, Sweden, May 2008)