Arne Domnerus Septet in Concert Live '96

by Arne Domnerus

Overview

In 1967, Swedish altoist Arne Domnerus started leading a septet featuring some of his country's top jazz artists. In 1996 the group had a recorded reunion featuring the surviving players plus a few worthy successors. For this live set, the music is often comprised of jazz interpretations of folk songs along with a few originals. Sometimes sounding a bit like Duke Ellington or Charles Mingus and other times hinting at classical music, the ensembles are quite musical and the solos are mostly pretty distinctive with trumpeter Bosse Broberg being particularly expressive and altoist-clarinetist Domnerus and tenor saxophonist Lennart Aberg creating plenty of rewarding statements. The concluding "Adventures in Jazz and Folklore" is quite a tour de force, a 25-minute work by the late pianist Jan Johansson that uses seven different folk melodies in a jazz setting. Overall, this is a CD that rewards repeated listenings. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	04/18/1997
Label:	Caprice / Caprice Records
UPC:	7391782215267
Rank:	254030

Tracks

1. Blues for Morkret Och Ljuset
2. Bandura
3. L¿¿ngs Floden
4. Pramdragarsang
5. Bla Dunster
6. Lurifax
7. Mobil III
8. Visa Fran Utanmyra
9. Till Olof
10. Presentation
11. Adventures in Jazz and Folklore

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Arne Domnerus   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto),Clarinet
Bengt Hallberg   Primary Artist,Piano
Georg Riedel   Primary Artist,Bass
Jan Johansson   Primary Artist
Jerker Johansson   Primary Artist
Bosse Broberg   Trumpet
Rune Gustafsson   Guitar
Egil "Bop" Johansen   Drums
Lennart Aberg   Sax (Tenor),Flute

Technical Credits

Unknown Blues Band   Composer
Bengt Hallberg   Composer
Georg Riedel   Composer