View basket “The Birth Of Bop: The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection” 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 Art Pepper Smack Up Jazz | Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd February 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Pepper Smack Up £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: 7255477 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Ellington At Newport Jazz | Mobile Fidelity Silver Label | 1LP Released 21st January 2013 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington At Newport £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Mobile Fidelity Silver Label SKU: MOFI1035 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st January 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cassandra Wilson Loverly Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 23rd July 2008 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cassandra Wilson Loverly £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 5076991 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd July 2008 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cal Tjader Soul Burst Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 20th May 2002 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cal Tjader Soul Burst £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: V68637 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th May 2002 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Piano Choir, The Handscapes 2 Jazz | Strata East | 180g, 1LP Release Date TBC £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Piano Choir, The Handscapes 2 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Strata East SKU: SES-19750 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Chet Baker Sings Again Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 5th August 2022 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chet Baker Sings Again £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3119 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Freddie Hubbard The Body And The Soul Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 2nd September 2010 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Freddie Hubbard The Body And The Soul £50.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AIPJ 38 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 2nd September 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue (Blue Vinyl Series) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th October 2024 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue (Blue Vinyl Series) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note SKU: 6511743 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th October 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You Jazz | USM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 11th July 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: USM SKU: 5360570 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges Side By Side Jazz | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 6th May 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges Side By Side £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CVRJ6109SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 6th May 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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