Nils Landgren Christmas With My friends VII
Christmas Around The World: Die siebte Ausgabe des Weihnachtsklassikers präsentiert ausgewählte Weihnachtsstücke aus aller Welt - von Südafrika, über Europa, den USA, bis hin nach Mittelamerika.
Christmas 2020 will be unlike the Christmases of the past, because the Covid-19 crisis and social distancing have fundamentally changed the way we live. Maybe they will also make us yearn more for the true spirit and the joys of Christmas. As we reflect and contemplate on what is important to us, we know that we want to keep hold of our sense of friendship and community. We feel a strong imperative to reach out for whatever can bring joy to the world. And with that thought in mind, there can surely be very few people who can gift-wrap the Christmas season in music for us – and do so quite as naturally, effectively and magically – as Nils Landgren. It is all of fourteen years since this risen star of the trombone, charismatic singer and established luminary of the European jazz scene first gathered together his closest companions in a s...
Line up:Nils Landgren / trombone & vocals
Sharon Dyall / vocals
Jonas Knutsson / saxophones
Jeanette Köhn / vocals
Eva Kruse / bass
Jessica Pilnäs / vocals
Ida Sand / vocals & piano
Johan Norberg / guitar & mandolin
Recorded at Atlantis studio, Stockholm, December 7 - 8, 2019
Recording and sound design by Lars Nilsson
Mixed and mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento studio, Kållered (Gothenburg)
Produced by Johan Norberg & Nils Landgren
Track List:
- This Christmas ( Johan Norberg)01:50
- Comin’ Home For Christmas ( Eva Kruse & Peter Liljeqvist / Peter Liljeqvist)04:27
- Ave Maria ( Franz Schubert)04:12
- This Endris Night ( traditional)02:49
- The Forest Raised A Christmas Tree ( Raisa Kudasheva)02:29
- Gdy śliczna Panna / Listen To My Lullaby ( traditional)03:35
- Sizalelwe Indodana / Unto Us A Son Is Born ( traditional)03:12
- Sweet Was The Song ( traditional)03:39
- Hin fyrstu jól ( Ingibjörg Þorbergs)02:58
- Hodie Christus ( Benjamin Britten)03:48
- Just Another Christmas Song ( Homer Steinweiss)03:21
- Sylvian Joululaulu ( Karl Collan / Zacharias Topelius )03:21
- En förtvivlad vän ( Jaques Brel )04:08
- Feliz Navidad ( José Feliciano)03:23