Lin Swayne - Relationships - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Martin Brandqvist Quartet is a Swedish jazz group playing original compositions by composer, drummer and multi- instrumentalist, Martin Brandqvist. The music is lyrical Nordic jazz colored by influences from film music and African roots music. The band includes, in addition to Brandqvist on drums, Inge Petersson Lindbäck (saxophone), Mattias Hjorth (Bass), Johan Ohlsson (Piano). Martin Brandqvist grew up in a home characterized by jazz. Martins father, Håkan Brandqvist, is a composer and a jazz musician. Already at the age of 17, Martin played at the legendary jazz club Nefertiti in Gothenburg. Later he became an educated percussionist, in Sweden as well as in New York. He has a Bachelor of art in music from Malmoe University and at Drummers Collective in New York Martin met the legendary percussionist Frank Malabe and studied the Afro-Cuban and Brazilian tradition on drums. This resulted in a long period where Martin played with different bands all in the world music arena. Martin has toured with Vusi Mahlasela in South Africa and with Simbi on festivals in Haiti, Canada and France. As a composer, Martin has written the music for TV-series and movies, to which prizes have been awarded. His cooperation with the Swiss drawer Ted Sieger has resulted in several movies, among others The Fourth King and Molly and the Christmas Monster. In 2016 Martin formed his own jazz quartet with some of the most skilled and willful improvisers of Sweden today. The critically acclaimed debut album Reflections, was released. The reaction from the leading Swedish jazz press was strongly positive. The record was included in the Orkesterjournal's vote of the Golden Disc 2016 and received from 150 albums the second most of the listeners' voices.

Music and lyrics by women and men It is only natural that the spirit of the Romantic era should embrace, envelop and encircle the male and female composers and lyricists on this album in their depiction of wistful longing - the omnipresent theme of the era. But this is not the only point of reference behind this concept. The deeper one delves into the life stories and works of these artists, the more complex and far-reaching the network of associations proves to be. InchIn RelationInch is an invitation to plunge into the associative field of 19th-century words and music and it shows that the connexions between the two arts and their male and female practitioners were more extensive than one might imagine

German violin virtuoso Linus Roth brings a unique project and program; SamBach. Starting with J.S. Bach's E -Major concerto getting via Villa-Lobos to the most famous Samba melodies arranged for solo violin; string orchestra; harpsichord; guitar and percussion... A peculiar and exciting musical journey. Together with the Brazilian orquestra Johann Sebastian Rio; whose name is a testimony of their admiration for the baroque composer; Linus Roth creates a mesmerizing musical collaboration.