View basket “Preach Brother!” 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 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Piano in the Background Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 10th November 2017 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Piano in the Background £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: CS8346 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers Ugetsu Jazz | Craft Recordings | 1LP Released 24th November 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers Ugetsu £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 7237021 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joe Henderson Power To The People Jazz | Craft Recordings | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 15th March 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joe Henderson Power To The People £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: CR655 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 15th March 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Modern Jazz Quartet The Montreux Years Jazz | BMG | 180g, 2LP Released 23rd June 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Modern Jazz Quartet The Montreux Years £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG SKU: 4050538870602 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 23rd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Grant Green The Final Come Down Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 1LP Released 29th October 2004 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grant Green The Final Come Down £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: BST84415 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th October 2004 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Coltrane Jazz | Verve | 1LP Released 5th August 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Coltrane Coltrane £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 0502151 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Candy Dulfer Sax-A-Go-Go Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 5th July 2024 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Candy Dulfer Sax-A-Go-Go £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3145C Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th July 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stanley Turrentine Coming Your Way Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP Released 28th February 2020 £40.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Stanley Turrentine Coming Your Way £40.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 7791276 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 28th February 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Lyman Woodard Organization Don’t Stop The Groove Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 25th September 2020 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lyman Woodard Organization Don’t Stop The Groove £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: LW-1353 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th September 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Fourplay Journey Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd August 2024 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fourplay Journey £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3632C Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd August 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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