Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall – Christmas with My Friends V (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall – Christmas with My Friends V (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:45 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Jazz
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There is a synonym for the words diversity, curiosity and zeal: Nils Landgren. “Mr. Red Horn” swings brilliantly from one perspective to the next, also because he needs this constant change. Landgren embodies not one but two souls: When the audience sees him with his “Funk Unit”, the Swede shows himself from his masculine and distinct, relentlessly grooving side and acts the jazz action hero. However, there is also a gentle melancholic, highly sentimental Nils Landgren. He can be seen during Advent time, for example, when the instrumentalist and singer celebrates “Christmas With My Friends” or in his ballad projects, in which he intones on the trombone with incomparable smoothness and his highly individual, fragile voice touches the heart and the soul with a remarkable sensibility.

Fans of Nils Landgren will know him as Mr. Redhorn. This dare-devil Action Man drives his Funk Unit heroically from the front, sweat bejewelling his forehead. That, however is just one of the many sides of this popular and immensely likeable Swedish trombonist and bandleader. The master of the in-the-pocket groove also has a much softer, more romantic side. This sentimental mode found its most natural and effective method of expression in a thought he had exactly ten years ago. Landgren’s idea was not just a good one, it was a keeper: he would gather good friends around him, and they would celebrate Christmas together, through music. So, in 2006, on went the red satin dinner jacket for the very first time, and “Christmas With My Friends” was born. The concert in the ancient Odensala Church in Stockholm was recorded, and then issued as…

Tracklist:
01. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Morgenstern und Morgenlicht (02:02)
02. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Let the Stars Come out Tonight (03:27)
03. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Joy to the World (02:30)
04. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Baby It’s Cold Outside (02:31)
05. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Everyday Is Christmas (03:21)
06. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:51)
07. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Sleigh Ride (02:48)
08. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (03:05)
09. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Auld Lang Syne (03:06)
10. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Love Is Born (03:30)
11. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand (03:23)
12. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Hosianna (03:37)
13. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Härlig Är Jorden (02:42)
14. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Seven Stains from Christmas Eve (03:05)
15. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – There Is No Rose (03:22)
16. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Kokles Christmas (03:24)
17. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Now the Time Is Here (03:46)
18. Nils Landgren with Sharon Dyall, Jonas Knutsson, Jeanette Köhn, Eva Kruse, Jessica Pilnäs, Ida Sand, Johan Norberg – Bereden väg för Herren (04:07)

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