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GASON Jazz CD 718Johan Berke - JOHAN BERKE UPSTAIRS FIVE

The first release on the GASON JAZZ label is this album from the quintet Johan Berke Upstairs Five. Debut recording of guitarist/composer Johan Berke's quintet is a strong and coherent group effort. The improvisations are sometimes lyrical and melodic - sometimes aggresive and atonal, but allways within the framework of the compositions.

Featuring saxophone players Fredrik Nordström and Örjan Hultén. All compositions are by Johan Berke

Johan Berke, guitar
Örjan Hultén, tenor saxophone
Fredrik Nordström, tenor and alto saxophone
Filip Augustson, bass
Fredrik Rundqvist, drums

featuring Jan Eriksson, lap steel, on two tracks


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Johan Berke Upstairs Five: Orangos Tangos no 5
Johan Berke Upstairs Five: Meanwhile upstairs


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 731Johan Berke - THE CACTUS SUITE

The Cactus Suite is the second release from the quintet
Johan Berke Upstairs Five.
Guitarist/composer Johan Berke maintains the same group of musicians but guest artist Jan Eriksson gets more space on Lap Steel & Pedal Steel this time around. The focus is still on strong compositions and group interplay. The longest composition of the CD, The Cactus Suite was commissioned by the Bergius Foundation for the tenth anniversery of the opening of The Edvard Anderson Greenhouse in Stockholm and was premiered there, june 7 2005.
Featuring saxophone players Fredrik Nordström and Örjan Hultén.

All compositions are by Johan Berke except Desert Night which is by Barry Cleveland and Johan Berke

Johan Berke, electric and 12-string acoustic guitar
Örjan Hultén, tenor and soprano saxophone
Fredrik Nordström, tenor and alto saxophone
Filip Augustson, bass
Fredrik Rundqvist, drums

featuring Jan Eriksson, lap steel, on tracks 4 & 7-10
and Barry Cleveland, soundscape on track 9

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Johan Berke: Short, but sweet no 6
Johan Berke: The Cactus Suite, part 2: Heat


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 2739Johan Berke - EASTERN SCENE IN GREY MINOR

This CD, the third release from Johan Berke w/Upstairs Five, Eastern Scene in Grey Minor, sees composer Johan Berke and the musicians further explore areas present on the earlier releases with the same group: Upstairs Five (2005) and The Cactus Suite (2006).
There's the tightly arranged ensemble work on the more melodic tunes, sort of "in the tradition", then there's the free improvising within a larger framework of structure and there's the extended suite and the short pieces which hints on European Contemporary Classical with, this time around, an undefined flavour of the East.

As on the earlier CD:s the group is sometimes augmented by Jan Eriksson on Pedal & Lap Steel. This CD sees him get more room as soloist than the previous ones. Also present, as on The Cactus Suite, is electric/experimental guitarist Barry Cleveland, who has provided a couple of atmospherical soundscapes for the title track.

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Johan Berke: Sports Illustrated
Johan Berke: Short, but sweet no 4


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 721DUOJ - Betraktelser

This is this debut album from DUOJ consisting of Cecilia Jonshult singing vocals, and Lars Jonshult playing double bass and bass guitar. On three tracks, Krister Andersson plays the tenor saxophone and clarinet which contributes to the magic of this music.

Jazz, scat, folk music, joy, melancholy, samba, stillness and swing are all present on this CD which vibrates with a rare tenderness and nearness.Why do you have to place all music in a specific category? Here, you open doors to land-scapes we all know but perhaps have not visited. Good music gives us an energy which dilates our senses. This music has that. This music could be presented in many different constellations. It is presented here in duos and trios which give a nakedness to the music, opening it up for interpretation by the listener. No one can be indifferent.

Featuring Cecilia Jonshult, singing vocals
Lars Jonshult, double bass and bass guitar
Krister Andersson, tenor saxophone and clarinet.
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DUOJ: Betraktan


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 719Håkan Goohde Trio - HOKUS FOKUS

This is the debut album from Håkan Goohde Trio. Chamber music jazz is an exciting and adventureous snapshop through the ideas of a very tight playing trio, giving lots of room for breathing and contemplation between the forceful twists, presenting strong and varied tracks that not always turn in the direction you expected.

The CD was recorded live at Fasching in Stockholm.
Featuring guitar player Håkan Goohde, bass player Nils Ölmedal and drummer Jon Persson .


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Håkan Goohde Trio: context


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 730Håkan Goohde - SIN GSI NGS ING

This is the second release on GASON Jazz label with guitarist/composer Håkan Goohde and contains plain solo acoustic guitar - Goohde´s own compositions matching his very personally couloured versions of standards by Ellington, Green, Cahn and Charlie Parker. A CD to really sink into, regardless if it´s Winter or Spring...

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Håkan Goohde: Ds.oo


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 733DAVOR KAJFES - Mirrors

Davor Kajfes - pianist, composer, teacher - born in Zagreb, since 1967 working in Stockholm. For more than 30 years he taught, played and composed for dancers at the Ballet Academy of Stockholm. Since 1998 he is playing improvisation duo together with composer/cellist Peter Schuback - their CD "impositions" available on nosag records. This solo piano CD gives a rich spectre of the jazz pianist Kajfes and his splendid playing!

On some tracks Davor Kajfes is featuring his son, jazz trumpeter Goran Kajfes in a sparkling interplay.

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Kajfes/Johansson/Robertson: Lim


   
 
 
GASON Jazz CD 725The Zoo-ESCAPE - LES3

Supurb classical shape jazz trio featuring bass player Lars Jonshult, pianist Niklas Bjarnehäll and drummer Mathias Dahl a dynamic ensemble with original material and surprizes. Melodious and very tight performance from this well-fit group of great artists.

Featuring Lars Jonshult, double bass
Niklas Bjarnehäll, piano
Mathias Dahl, drums

Please visit the homepage www.les3jazz.com

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LES3: The Zoo-ESCAPE


   
 
 
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