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Nils Landgren - The Moon, The Stars and You (2011)

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artist      : Nils Landgren
      title       : The Moon, The Stars And You
      label       : ACT Music
      cat#        : ACT95051
      genre       : Jazz
      street date : 2011-08-24
      tracks      : 12
      bitrate     : 223 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
      size        : 89.18 mb
      source      : CD
      type        : Retail
      url         : http://www.nilslandgren.com
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This album was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award in the Jazz category.
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Jazz has always had a certain fascination for the moon. After love, it is
      one of the more common topics for jazz standards, and for Nils Landgren is
      no exception. For some time he has planned a ballad album as a sequel to
      his highly successful "Sentimental Journey", which according to the
      newspaper Die Welt "stole the hearts of the audience".

"The moon and the stars are just wonderful to look at - especially with
      someone special. The moon is closely connected with love," says Landgren,
      showing his romantic side. "I knew that there are so many good songs about
      the moon to choose from." These songs include jazz standards, such as
      Henry Mancini's "Moon River" or Herbie Hancock's "Stars in Your Eyes", as
      well as folk and pop songs like Kris Kristofferson's "Please Don't Tell Me
      How The Story Ends" or "Moonshadow" by Cat Stevens, and he also includes
      his own compositions. As such, "The Moon, the Stars and You" has grown
      into a concept album with a whole spectrum of different moods -
      meditative, longing, occasionally funky yet continuously inspired and
      swinging.

Time after time, one is amazed how Landgren manages to find the ideal
      moment and framework for his projects, considering the myriad of tasks he
      has undertaken. Landgren is not only one of the best trombonists in the
      world and a great singer with a unique voice, but he also serves the jazz
      scene in many other roles: as a member and director of jazz orchestras,
      such as the NDR Big Band or the Bohusl�n Big Band (with whom he recently
      released "Don't Fence Me In - The Music of Cole Porter" on ACT). He also
      fronts his famous Funk Unit, collaborates with one of his many musical
      colleagues and appears as a member of Joe Sample's Jazz Crusaders. He is
      also artistic director of the JazzFest in Berlin, regularly plays at Jazz
      Baltica, holds a professorship at the Hamburg University of Music and has
      been the producer and mentor of many Swedish singers, serving as the
      driving force behind the international breakthrough for artists such as
      such as Rigmor Gustafsson, Viktoria Tolstoy and Ida Sand.

Landgren used all of his experiences and contacts on this journey to the
      moon and stars. "This time it was quite a lot of work," he says. "When I'm
      with musicians who I'd like to do something with, I always try to take the
      opportunity and record something together with them. It is great when
      musicians you know and truly admire get excited about your project. One
      example is Joe Sample - I am a member of his Jazz Crusaders and together
      with him we released the album "Creole Love Call" on ACT. When he was
      composing a production for the NDR Big Band, I asked him if he wanted to
      join in on a couple of songs - which he did, and he even brought his
      drummer Steve Gadd along."

With "The Moon, the Stars and You", Landgren was able to fulfil some
      wishes that he had long been waiting to realise. "For instance, I've been
      keen on doing something together with Richard Galliano for a while, and
      vice versa." Galliano's unmistakable accordion sound, occasionally
      sounding like a blues harmonica, provides "Moonshadow" and "Moonriver"
      with completely new musical shades. "The whole project started with
      Richard and after that I knew I was headed in the right direction,"
      Landgren says. One by one, famous friends and colleagues joined in; Vince
      Mendoza, who arranged Jimmy Webb's hymnic "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress"
      for the NDR Big Band and Kurt Weill's "Lost in the Stars" for the
      Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra"; and Michael Wollny presents his
      exceptional technical and improvisatory skills on eight tracks as an
      accompanist.

When talking about a ballad album by Nils Landgren, it is almost
      impossible not to think of Esbj�rn Svensson. He is still almost
      omnipresent in the arrangements of Swedish folk music he and Landgren did
      together, as well as in Landgren's deeply moving version of the deceased
      pianist's "Love Is Real". That is why the album is explicitly dedicated to
      Esbj�rn Svensson's memory - by his friend Nils Landgren, who defines his
      role anew as the leading representative of Swedish jazz with each project.
      "The Moon, the Stars and You" proves this fact once again.

http://www.actmusic.com
      http://www.nilslandgren.com
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01 Moonshadow                                                          5:11
      02 The Moon, The Stars And You                                         3:28
      03 Oh You Crazy Moon                                                   3:34
      04 Joe's Moonblues                                                     3:57
      05 Angels Of Fortune                                                   4:52
      06 Moon River                                                          4:32
      07 Til' There Was You                                                  3:18
      08 Stars In Your Eyes                                                  4:28
      09 Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends                             4:37
      10 The Moon's A Harsh Mistress                                         4:45
      11 Holofotes                                                           5:27
      12 Lost In The Stars                                                   7:22
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