View basket “Vols 1 & 2: Swing vs. Latin / Round 2” 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 Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Maternity Beat Jazz | Rune Grammofon | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th November 2022 £24.00 - £28.00 Select options Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Maternity Beat £24.00 - £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Rune Grammofon Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th November 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Dizzy Reece Soundin’ Off Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released 30th May 2011 £52.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dizzy Reece Soundin’ Off £52.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: ABNJ84033 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 30th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Oregon Roots In The Sky Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 15th April 2018 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Oregon Roots In The Sky £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: 6E-224 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Don Cherry The Summer House Sessions Jazz | Blank Forms Editions | 1LP Released 18th June 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Don Cherry The Summer House Sessions £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blank Forms Editions SKU: BF-024 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Manhattan Transfer, The Vocalese Jazz | Exhibit Records | 180g, 1LP Released 14th April 2014 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Manhattan Transfer, The Vocalese £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Exhibit Records SKU: AEXH44063 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th April 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eliane Elias Quietude Jazz | Candid Records | 1LP Released 2nd December 2022 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eliane Elias Quietude £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Candid Records SKU: CLP30511 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd December 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Machine Live At The Paradiso Jazz | Real Gone Music | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd February 2017 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Machine Live At The Paradiso £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Real Gone Music SKU: RLGM4005171PMI Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alice Coltrane World Galaxy Jazz | Impulse | 180g, 1LP Released 8th February 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alice Coltrane World Galaxy £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 5363050 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th February 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band Bird Lives Jazz | ACT | 1LP Released 13th October 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Beasley, Magnus Lindgren & SWR Big Band Bird Lives £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ACT SKU: ACTLP9934-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jimmy Smith Root Down (Acoustic Sounds) Jazz | Decca | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th December 2024 £35.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Jimmy Smith Root Down (Acoustic Sounds) £35.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca SKU: 6562738 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th December 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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