Stockholm Connection, by Nordström Johansson v. Schlippenbach & Orchestra

Stockholm Connection

by Nordström Johansson v. Schlippenbach & Orchestra

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3 CD Album
24 page booklet with liner notes by Thomas Millroth

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	1.	Rotationer för stor Orkester 20:22
	2.	1. Väst 06:18
	3.	2. Kavaj 07:13
	4.	3. Byxa 01:58
	5.	4. Rutig 24:46
	6.	5. Randig 03:55
	7.	1. Sävsjö 10:00
	8.	2. Västervik 02:57
	9.	3. Oskarshamn 07:29
	10.	4. Eksjö 25:48

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CD I
Rotationer för stor Orkester

Orchester directed by Sven-Åke Johansson
Soloist Bengt Nordström: tenor saxophone
Rec. Stockholm 1970

CD II
Kostym

1. Väst
2. Kavaj
3. Byxa
4. Rutig
5. Randig
Rec. Stockholm 1977

CD III
Girls from Småland

1. Sävsjö
2. Västervik
3. Oskarshamn
4. Eksjö

Bengt Nordström: tenor saxophone
Sven-Åke Johansson: drums, accordion
Alexander v. Schlippenbach: piano

Rec. Stockholm 1982

A unique 3CD-box from Umlaut Records putting in attention the musical collaborations between two of Sweden’s most headstrong musicians: the pioneers Bengt “Frippe” Nordström and Sven-Åke Johansson. The previously non-released music was recorded in Stockholm 1970, 1977 and 1982 and portrait the musicians both in format of a trio, including legendary pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, and in a large orchestra led by Johansson including, at the time, young groundbreaking jazz musicians from Sweden, like Bernt Rosengren, Roland Keijser, Björn Alke and Bengt Berger.

This Stockholm Connection not only connects Central Europe with the Scandinavian scene of improvised music and jazz, but also put in attention the very important hidden role Bengt “Frippe” Nordström played for the development of this music in USA and beyond (he was the one who released the two first albums of his friend Albert Ayler in 1962 and 1963). The breath of Ayler is heard through the questioning saxophone of Frippe in this historical 3CD-box. At the same time, this music is not only presented as a historical guidance. The perspectives distort, and we hear something, almost alarming, actual. A music unfolding the scenery of the current gray haze of today. As if in a remembrance. The past glimpse of the future.

The box also includes extensive text material, photos and cuttings from among others Thomas Millroth, Orkester Journalen, Musics, and Joel Grip.

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released December 12, 2015

3 CD's
24 page booklet with liner notes by Thomas Millroth
2015 Umlaut Records

GEMA Sven-Åke Johansson-Halldin

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SÅJ-Records / Sven-Åke Johansson Berlin, Germany

Sven-Åke Johansson, born in 1943 in Mariestad (Sweden), is one of the style-defining drummers of the German free jazz era of the 60s and 70s. From the 80s onwards, he pursued an artistic path largely independent of institutions and groups as a music performer in the circles of fine arts and new music.

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