Mattias Svensson - Embrace - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A previously unreleased album that world-famous Jazz violinist Svend Asmussen considers one of his best recordings ever, now available on the occasion of his 99th birthday! In a tiny club in Paris with 26 guests, he played a set with three musicians he had never played with before. Just as they were about to play, a man casually told them the concert would be broadcast live on French radio, and this performance turned into one of his favorites due to the atmosphere & spontaneity of the live recording! Album Tracks 1. Singin' in the Rain 2. Sophisticated Lady 3. Hushabye 4. Trubbel 5. Prelude in C-Minor 6. Things Ain't What They Used to Be 7. Waltz for Sonny 8. Just a Gigolo 9. There Will Never Be Another You 10. Embraceable You 11. Pent-Up House 12. June Night

Mattias Åström writes InchWhen writing and choosing material for this record I realized in the end that three of seven songs were waltzes. One of them sounded in some way Swedish, somehow simple and in the key of C. Another of the songs, InchSmaland DetourInch, made me think of the accordion. Is there something Swedish about the waltz and the accordion? I don't know, but InchSwedish WaltzInch felt like a suitable title for the album. The trio on this record has played together for a long time. This is our third album, though the first one was never released. We all met in Uppsala and have played together in different bands and gigs for more than twenty years. Drummer Daniel Olsson, from Sala, studied at Gothenburg Academy of Music and has always been in great demand. Bassist Erik Ojala went to Berklee College of Music and was a student of bassist Marc Johnson. It has been a truly wonderful experience to keep on playing with this trio. We recorded this album at Studio Kultivator in Bandhagen Stockholm run by engineer Jonas Olofsson. The recording was made in one day and the goal was to document the trio under good circumstances - with a nice grand piano and studio... The title of the ballad InchLetting GoInch, is about letting go of control while playing - easier said than done, but maybe that is what jazz is all about? Hope you enjoy the music!Inch Album Tracks 1. Smaland Detour 2. Trip to Corea 3. Triangulation 4. Letter to Monk 5. Letting Go 6. Swedish Waltz 7. Until Further Notice

At the turn of the '80s, enigmatic would-be pop-star Gary Knight teamed up with enigmatic art-star Cameron Lindo, and theirs was a whispering, sweet, mysterious sound, like the warble of Casiotones in a cathedral - Coventry Cathedral to be precise. You could tell that these guys walked hand-in-hand with their girlfriends in the ruins at midnight, and even if that wasn't true it might as well have been, though a sudden attack of bongo-fury may have sometimes interrupted love's young dreamers - these things could and did happen. This inventive duo could sound vaster than a full-on band; their unorthodox instrumental versatility gave them a beautiful sonic palette, and their surprisingly erotically charged lyrics gave evidence that nice boys DID. And frequently too. Originally released in 1982, the duo's initial mini-LP, The Initial Caress, is now released on CD for the first time. This first-ever reissue was digitally remastered by original producer John A. Rivers and includes six previously unreleased bonus demos. Housed in card gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet full of notes and pictures. Album Tracks 1. 01. Clutching (4 18) 2. 02. the Air Inbetween (2 13) 3. 03. Precious (2 26) 4. 04. Breathless with Passion Explicit (3 40) 5. 05. for Lovers (4 44) 6. 06. Clutching (Demo) (5 06) 7. 07. the Air Inbetween (Demo) (2 12) 8. 08. Precious (Demo) (2 51) 9. 09. Breathless with Passion Explicit (Demo) (5 11) 10. 10. at East (Demo) (3 03) 11. 11. Tears Turn Fresh (Demo) (4 26)