Description

Jan Lundgren, born in 1966 in southern Sweden, is part of an impressive, long tradition of Swedish star pianists and is considered a pioneer of the emancipation of European jazz from American jazz. Lundgren as well as Bobo Stenson or Esbjörn Svensson have decisively shaped the sound of Scandinavian jazz with their compositions. This collection of 20 original compositions represents the pianist’s personal selection. These are not transcriptions, as it is often the case, but all the notes correspond to the musician’s original handwritten scores. Lundgren writes in his foreword to the songbook: “”It is important to me to give those who play my music as much space as possible to express themselves freely. For this very reason, my own recordings of these compositions often deviate from the original sheet music in terms of harmonies and melodies.””

All the sheet music is available as lead sheets for C instruments, allowing ensembles as well as solo artists to interpret Lundgren’s compositions in their own way. In addition to Lundgren’s personal selection of works, the music book contains a foreword in Swedish, German and English, a detailed biography in German and English and several portraits of the composer.

Contents

1. Jan Lundgren: Blekinge
2. Jan Lundgren: Blue Silence
3. Jan Lundgren: Dance Of Masja
4. Jan Lundgren: Farväl
5. Jan Lundgren: Leklat
6. Jan Lundgren: Love In Return
7. Jan Lundgren: Love Land
8. Jan Lundgren: Lycking Resa
9. Jan Lundgren: Mare Nostrum
10. Jan Lundgren: Never Too Late
11. Jan Lundgren: No. 9
12. Jan Lundgren: On The Banks Of The Seine
13. Jan Lundgren: Open Your Mind
14. Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz
15. Jan Lundgren: Ronneby
16. Jan Lundgren: Song For Jörgen
17. Jan Lundgren: The Magic Stroll
18. Jan Lundgren: The Poet
19. Jan Lundgren: The Seagull
20. Jan Lundgren: Years Ahead