View basket “Happenings (Classic Vinyl)” 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 Sam Gendel Satin Doll Jazz | Nonesuch | 1LP Released 13th March 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sam Gendel Satin Doll £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597922165 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Hallyday Ça ne finira jamais Jazz | Warner Jazz | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 4th December 2015 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johnny Hallyday Ça ne finira jamais £23.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Warner Jazz SKU: 0825646015535 Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 4th December 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chie Ayado To You Jazz | Ewe | 180g, 1LP Released 10th September 2011 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chie Ayado To You £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Ewe SKU: EWELP0078 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 10th September 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Vertall Paradigm Shifting Jazz | Empty Quarter Tribe | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th March 2021 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vertall Paradigm Shifting £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Empty Quarter Tribe SKU: EQTLP001 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paco de Lucia Pepe de Lucia Pepito y Paquito Jazz | BMG | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 31st May 2024 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paco de Lucia Pepe de Lucia Pepito y Paquito £32.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG SKU: 4099964036701 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Philips | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th November 2020 £45.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You (Acoustic Sounds Series) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Philips SKU: 0727465 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th November 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Miles Davis Quintet Workin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet Jazz | Concord | 180g, 1LP Released 12th May 2023 £40.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Quintet Workin’ With The Miles Davis Quintet £40.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord SKU: 7247495 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Placebo Placebo Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 21st September 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Placebo Placebo £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1093 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 21st September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mel Tormé Tormé (Acoustic Sounds) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 25th October 2024 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mel Tormé Tormé (Acoustic Sounds) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 6562733 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 25th October 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Toots Thielemans Captured Alive Jazz | Candid Records | 180g, 1LP Released 1st December 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Toots Thielemans Captured Alive £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Candid Records SKU: LPCND33241 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 1st December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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