Landgren, Nils - The Moon, The Stars And You (Collectors Edition)
Nils Landgren, trombone & vocals
Michael Wollny, piano
Lars Danielsson, bass
Rasmus Kihlberg, drums
Special Guests:
Joe Sample, piano; Joao Bosco, guitar & vocals; Richard Galliano, accordion; Steve Gadd, drums; Cæcilie Norby, vocals; Johan Norberg, guitar
One of Germany's most widely read magazines - Brigitte - described Nils Landgren's 2011 album The Moon, The Stars And You as a record "of timeless beauty". Renowned newspaper ueddeutsche even commented on the CD: "It probably shows Landgren on the peak of his art". Now the much-loved album is rereleased in a Collectors Edition including an exclusive Live-DVD. The original album gains its particular atmosphere out of a big but still subtle production featuring the NDR Big Band and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
The whole spectrum of the different moods of the album - meditative, longing, occasionally funky yet continuously inspired and swinging - is presented in a more intimate setting in the concert in Stockholm in 2011. Landgrens band featuring German jazz pianist Michael Wollny, Swedish bassstar Lars Danielsson and Rasmus Kihlberg on drums, perfectly interacts whereby "it is almost impossible not to be carried away by the charm of this music. (German magazine Stern).
The Moon, The Stars And You is the sequel to Landgrens highly successful Sentimental Journey and a real concept album. 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. "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 South American song by Kurt Weill called Holofotes alongside his own compositions.