View basket “Star Bright (Classic Vinyl Series)” 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 New York Contemporary Five Consequences Jazz | Modern Silence | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd June 2017 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders New York Contemporary Five Consequences £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Modern Silence SKU: OI025 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Isao Suzuki Quartet + 1 Blue City Jazz | Craftman | 180g, 1LP Released 7th April 2023 £70.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Isao Suzuki Quartet + 1 Blue City £70.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craftman SKU: CMRSLPI156 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 7th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brian Auger Back to the Beginning: The Brian Auger Vinyl Anthology Jazz | Freestyle | 2LP Released 4th September 2015 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brian Auger Back to the Beginning: The Brian Auger Vinyl Anthology £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Freestyle SKU: FSRLP108 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 4th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Quintet Cookin’ Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 19th November 2010 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Quintet Cookin’ £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: APRJ7094 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th November 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sonny Rollins The Bridge Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 13th January 2014 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sonny Rollins The Bridge £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP891 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Julie London Julie Jazz | Waxtime | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th July 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Julie London Julie £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Waxtime SKU: LP771982 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ken Nordine Word Jazz Jazz | Pleasure For Music | 1LP Released 12th March 2021 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ken Nordine Word Jazz £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pleasure For Music SKU: PFM116 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tony Coe & John Horler Dancing in the Dark Jazz | Gearbox | 1LP Released 13th August 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tony Coe & John Horler Dancing in the Dark £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Gearbox SKU: GB1567 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th August 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charlie Byrd More Brazilian Byrd Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 25th May 2018 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charlie Byrd More Brazilian Byrd £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: CS9492 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mose Allison I Don’t Worry About A Thing Jazz | Modern Harmonic | 1LP Coloured Vinyl Released 18th March 2022 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mose Allison I Don’t Worry About A Thing £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Modern Harmonic Released Date: 18th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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