2022

Den skånska sångerskan Iris Bergcrantz röst har beskrivits som känslofull, klangrik och vacker. Till albumet "Trasighet och fransar" har hon valt ut sina favoritkompositioner av Olle Adolphson. Slutresultatet är en perfekt kombination av hennes personliga röst och Olle Adolphsons unika sångskatt, i storslagna arrangemang med både stråkar och blås.<br/><br/>"Iris Bergcrantz griper tag i lyssnaren med sin starka känsla. Mest av allt tycks hon utgå från en känsla. Hon gör det i varje givet stycke och utan att egentligen bekänna sig till någon särskild genre. Det faller tillbaka på ett förhållande till musiken och till texterna som kanske närmast påminner om principen med blues. När det griper tag om lyssnaren blir uttrycket större än ramverket, och lyfter i sin tur allt runt omkring" (Johannes Cornell, Dagens Nyheter)<br/><br/>Iris Bergcrantz -vocal<br/>Calle Brickman - piano<br/>Anders Fjeldsted - double bass<br/>Andreas Fryland - drums<br/><br/>Andrs Bergcrantz - trumpet<br/>Jasmin Gomaa - horn<br/>Maria Bergström - Violin<br/>Samuel Lundström - Violin<br/>Elina Nygren - Viola<br/>Johanna Hydén - Cello

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen is a remarkable new album produced by Larry Klein that presents stunning renditions of the legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's profound songs performed by an extraordinary line-up of guest vocalists: Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter, Sarah McLachlan, Luciana Souza, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, David Gray, and Nathaniel Rateliff. Hear Taylor's sublime version of "Coming Back to You" which is available to stream or download today. <br/><br/> "Leonard Cohen had been a friend since 1982 or so, and in the last 15 years of his life, he became a close friend," says Klein. "He was possibly the wisest and funniest friend that I had, and someone that I enjoyed, immensely, in every way. After he passed away, I found myself frequently covering his songs with other artists that I was working with. One reason, of course, is that the songs are so good-in a certain way, Leonard is the best pop songwriter ever-but the other reason was that it helped keep him in the air around me."<br/><br/>So Klein decided to assemble an album's worth of Cohen songs, matching vocalists from different genres with an exceptional core band of jazz-based musicians-or, as he puts it, "a group of the most prescient and forward-looking musicians in the jazz world"-guitarist Bill Frisell, saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Nate Smith with additional contributions from Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar and Larry Goldings on organ.<br/><br/>The album's 12 tracks offer a range of Cohen's compositions, with songs drawn from his beloved 1967 debut Songs of Leonard Cohen all the way up to selections from his final album, You Want It Darker, released just days before his death in 2016. The set covers some of his best-known classics and less familiar deep cuts, all given new life through thoughtful and unexpected arrangements and performances. The resulting collection is ultimately reminiscent of the concept that guided Klein's production of Herbie Hancock's 2007 album River: The Joni Letters, which won the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year (and on which one of the featured singers was, in fact, Leonard Cohen).<br/><br/>"It was an immensely gratifying experience to recontextualize these poems, and shine a different light on them," he continues. "I hope that this musical language that we developed together, the context that we put these things in, makes the songs connect with people in a new way."

Efterlängtat möte mellan två jazzgiganter! Ett duoalbum med trumpetaren<b> Enrico Rava </b>och pianisten<b> Fred Hersch</b>, inspelat under en glödande studiosession i Lugano i november 2021<br/><br/> "The album they have created plays brilliantly to the strengths of both musicians. The opening 'Retrato Em Banca E Preto' takes the Jobim composition and probes at it sensitively and co-operatively, so that Rava's stabbing phrases are countered by Hersch's sense of texture." (Alyn Shipton)

John RT Davies Collection vol 1 - Jazz Classics [4 CD]

Davis Miles: Four classic albums 1956-59 [2 CD]

Både Jakob Bro och Joe Lovano spelade tidigare med trum-ikonen Paul Motian. Här leder de ett stjärnspäckat gäng medmusikanter i en hyllning till sin gamla kollega och vän. Med Larry Grenadier, Thomas Morgan och Anders Christensen, bas, samt trumslagarna Joey Baron och Jorge Rossy.<br/><br/> LIRA GILLLAR!<br/>"En fantastiskt välspelad platta med inte minst Bros fina Song to an old friend och Pause i hög ECM-klass." (Magnus Östnäs, Lira)

LIRA GILLLAR!<br/>"Jag har svårt att tänka mig en musik som bättre passa årstiden än Driftings femton tätt sammanflätade spår. Varje spår leder till nya destinationer längs samma snötäckta landskap. Atmosfäriskt så det förslår." (Timo Kangas, Lira)