Search results for "Lars Gullin"

Lars Gullin: Danny's Dream (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Gullin is notably the first Swedish jazz musician to compose with an authentically Nordic accent. During the year his...

Lars Gullin: First Walk (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

This was the first of the "folk-inspired" compositions that Lars Gullin wrote, and notably where he says his major br...

Lars Gullin: Fedja (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

Recorded at the same session as "Ma," this song was written in tribute to Swedish actor/director Gösta Ekman II, who ...

Lars Gullin: Silhouette (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

Working in Stockholm as a member of the house band at the popular dance hall Nalen (The National), Lars Gullin was of...

Lars Gullin: Ma (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

Troubled by drug addiction for much of his career, Lars Gullin frequently stayed in hospitals, and this song was titl...

Quincy Jones (featuring Lars Gullin): Sometimes I'm Happy (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

Jazz Abroad presents the first recording sessions led by, respectively, Roy Haynes and Quincy Jones. Don't be confuse...

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Gullin, Lars (Gunnar Victor) posted in Encyclopedia August 19, 09

Saxophonist and pianist Lars Gullin's richly romantic compositions may be the first jazz with an authentically Nordic...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09

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Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 19, 09

We continue in our noble if quixotic quest to review all of the great and almost great tracks in the history of jazz....

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

Jazz Currents Meet in Sweden posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 12, 08

No critic covers jazz in more countries than the indefatigable Stuart Nicholson, who has reported on musical eve...

Johansson, Ove (Karl Ove Gunnar) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johansson, Ove (Karl Ove Gunnar), tenor saxophone, composer; b. Alingsas, Sweden, 3 December 1936. His father Gustav ...

Jan Allan: Polska With Trumpet (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 30, 07

Jan Allan is one of Sweden's finest trumpet players, collaborating in live performance and recordings with such music...

Konitz, Lee posted in Encyclopedia February 17, 09

           Lee Konitz with Miles Davis, Bud Powell and Art Blakey at Bir...

Bengt-Arne Wallin: Vallåt/Folklig Visa Från Karleby-Nejden/ Uti Vår Hage (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

Bengt-Arne Wallin led the surge in the 1960s Swedish jazz scene by putting together an album of folk song material ar...

Dawson, Alan (George) posted in Encyclopedia July 14, 09

Alan Dawson’s skills as both a drummer and a teacher were legendary amongst his peers. When he died in 1996, his most...

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