View basket “Bach, Handel, Vivaldi” has been added to your basket. Layers Of Light Nils Landgren & Esbjörn Svensson SKU: ACTLP9281-1 Barcode: 0614427928115 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT Released Date: 3rd December 2021 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Nils Landgren was born in 1956 and grew up with the music of his father, a jazz cornetist, and the church music of his grandfather, a pastor. He never lost his strong affinity for his own musical heritage. Esbjörn Svensson, born in 1964, didn’t want to play folk music at first. At home with the music of Chopin, Ellington, or disco-pop groups such as The Sweet, the pianist had first found his place in the competitive music scene in Sweden. His trio was a success and in his homeland, he was voted Jazz Musician Of The Year in 1995 and 1996. The first sprinkling of jobs became a steady flow. Svensson proved himself in the bands of his friend Nils Landgren. The music was about funk and soul, occasionally pop and, in the main, classic jazz. But not folklore. It was through the influence of Landgren and Svensson’s former teacher Bengt-Arne Wallin, who recorded the landmark album ‘Old Folklore In Swedish Modern’ back in 1962, that Svensson and Landgren were inspired to make a duo album centred around folk songs. In August 1997, both went into the studio and, with only trombone and piano, recorded ‘Swedish Folk Modern’. Their improvised treatments of the classic songs of the folk culture not only impressed the public; it brought praise from the press. Svensson and Landgren had created more than just a few impressions in duo. Discarding any sort of large conceptual superstructure, they had continued what Jan Johansson’s Jazz på Svenska and Bengt-Arne Wallin had begun in the early Sixties and what has since become a major force within the inner workings of European jazz. The time after ‘Swedish Folk Modern’ was hectic and exciting. Nils Landgren’s Funk Unit advanced to the position of a celebrated festival act. Svensson’s own trio, E.S.T., expanded beyond Scandinavia’s borders, where the band’s fortunes skyrocketed. Inundated with jobs, the musicians finally found the time to once again get together, in December 1999 in Oslo’s Rainbow Studio. It would be a meeting full of exceptional jazz energy. Even more than the first time, they would rely on the force of reduction. Moods would be suggested, left open. Melodies worked out in simple clarity. Delicate variations supplemented and amplified both the original and traditional motifs of the central musical im- pressions. ‘Layers Of Light’ is an affair of the hearts of two artists who went back to their roots. That makes their music truthful, direct and authentic in a wondrous way. Artist Nils Landgren & Esbjörn Svensson Genre Jazz Label ACT Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Song From The Valley (traditional) Calling The Goats (traditional) Kauk (traditional) Kristallen (traditional) Mattmar (traditional) Lakk (traditional) Höpsi (traditional) Calling The Cows (traditional) Lullaby (traditional) Simple Song (traditional) Layers Of Light (Svensson, Esbjörn) Lonely At The Lakeside (traditional) Norwegian Fox Trot (traditional) Nils Walksong (traditional) The Farewell (Wallin, Bengt-Arne) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Serge Gainsbourg L’Eau A La Bouche Jazz | Wagram Music | 1LP Released 7th July 2017 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Serge Gainsbourg L’Eau A La Bouche £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Wagram Music SKU: 3340296 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blackbyrds, The City Life Jazz | Back To Black | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd October 2014 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blackbyrds, The City Life £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Back To Black SKU: 7235928 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dick Hyman From The Age of Swing Jazz | Reference Recordings | 200g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 22nd October 2012 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dick Hyman From The Age of Swing £29.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Reference Recordings SKU: RM2501 Formats: 200g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 22nd October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan & Joey Baron Bay Of Rainbows Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 12th October 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan & Joey Baron Bay Of Rainbows £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 6775896 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Freddie Roach Good Move (Tone Poet) Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 6th December 2024 £35.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Freddie Roach Good Move (Tone Poet) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 5505973 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 6th December 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dianne Reeves I Remember Jazz | Universal/Blue Note | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th October 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dianne Reeves I Remember £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note SKU: 3789922 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Thelonious Monk Monk Jazz | Concord Jazz | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 29th December 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Thelonious Monk Monk £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord Jazz SKU: 7236149 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th December 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Goes to Junior College Jazz | Spiral Records | 1LP Released 26th November 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Goes to Junior College £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Spiral Records SKU: 8105243 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billy Cobham Crosswinds Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 17th November 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billy Cobham Crosswinds £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2012 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lee Morgan Caramba Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 18th February 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Morgan Caramba £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 3876185 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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