Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Fredrik Ljungkvist & Yun Kan 10 - Ten ( HOOB records 2013)

 Acclaimed Swedish reed player Fredrik Ljungkvist's key solo outfit is the Yun Kan band. This band, in its incarnation as a quintet, released two remarkable albums, Yun Kan 12345 and Badaling (Caprice, 2004 and 2007) and in recent years operated in a slimmed down version as Yun Kan 3 and as an ambitious outgrowth of the quintet as Yun Kan 10. Now, finally, more than five years after its last documentation, this ensemble has been beautifully recorded by Swedish Radio.
EYAL HAREUVENI/allaboutjazz.com

Track Listing: CD1: Lackritz; How To Break A Fever; Hold On To Your Hat!; Fighter; Kun Lun. CD2: Dolphinian Motion; Tuulikki; No Panic, Just Curious; Abraxas; Russia.

Personnel: Fredrik Ljungkvist: soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, clarinet; Sofia Jernberg voice; Mats Äleklint: trombone; Per-Åke Holmlander: tuba; Klas Nevrin: piano; Mattias Risberg: hammond, ARP pro soloist and Moog Taurus; Katt Hernandez: violin; Mattias Welin: bass; Jon Fält: drums; Raymond Strid: drums.

http://www.yunkan.se/