Ulf Andersson Band: Flying Carpet (1998) CD

Ulf Andersson Band – Flying Carpet (1998) CD uudenveroinen

Label:

Four Leaf Clover Records – FLC CD 163

Format:

CD, Album, Stereo

Country:

Sweden

Released:

Aug 8, 1998

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Contemporary Jazz, Hard Bop

1Flying Carpet7:11

2Slow Motion8:01

3Jamboree4:32

4Kwaku Baah6:22

5Early Meeting3:30

6Straight Flush5:01

7Thiny Giant6:26

8Milesology7:41

9Hermosa Beach5:20

10Hippodrome5:45

11Mr. O. Grinders5:34

• Phonographic Copyright ? – Four Leaf Clover Records

• Copyright © – Four Leaf Clover Records

• Pressed By – GEMA O.D.

• Published By – Camp Music Corp. AB

• Published By – ESM-Prod.

• Recorded At – SAMI Studios

• Mastered At – Cutting Room

• Arranged By – Ulf Andersson

• Design [Coverdesign] – Jan Adsjö

• Double Bass – Hans Backenroth

• Drums – Rune Carlsson

• Electric Guitar – Ewan Svensson

• Engineer [Engineered By] – J.J. Wibeck*

• Liner Notes – Ulf Andersson

• Liner Notes [Translation] – Dave Castle

• Mastered By – Peter In de Betou

• Producer – Lars Samuelson, Ulf Andersson

• Tenor Saxophone – Ulf Andersson

• Trumpet – Mårten Lundgren

• Written-By – Evan Svensson* (tracks: 5), Ulf Andersson (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)

Recorded at SAMI-Studios, 19-24 April '98

(C) & (P) 1998 by Four Leaf Clover Records

Tracks 1-4 & 6-11 published by Camp Music Corp, AB
Track 5 published by ESM-Prod.

Ulf Anderson Band: Flying Carpet

By Jack Bowers
February 1, 1999
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Here’s a high–energy blowing session by a quintet of Swedes whose radiant concepts have been harvested from the often–plowed but unremittingly productive realm of bop. In a blindfold test, one would not only be hard–pressed to identify their country of origin but even to declare with any degree of certainty that they are not based in, say, New York City or southern California (Andersson, who wrote and arranged all the songs on the disc, even pays tribute to one of the latter area’s Jazz proving grounds with the happy–go–lucky “Hermosa Beach”). Andersson reminds me of any number of talented young tenormen from the States (think Eric Alexander, Bob Mintzer, Chris Potter et al), and the same can be said of his trumpet–playing front–line partner, Lundgren (not far removed from Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell and so on). Jazz — and this is especially true of its bop–based dialect — has assuredly become an international language, and these European wunderkinds speak it about as fluently as anyone, as do the members of their assiduous and always–supportive rhythm section. As for Andersson’s compositions, they swing with gusto and are about as well–crafted and admirable as any you can envision. The Jazz Messengers would be quite comfortable playing them, as would such contemporary groups as Alexander’s New York–based sextet, One for All. As we said, Andersson knows how to use the language, and his breezy charts are perfectly tailored to harmonize with the quintet’s gregarious point of view. If you’d like to hear some marvelous straight–ahead Jazz and don’t much care where it’s from, climb aboard the Flying Carpet and let this impressive ensemble from far–off Sweden take you on a ride you won’t soon forget.

Track listing: Flying Carpet; Slow Motion; Jamboree; Kwaku Baah; Early Meeting; Straight Flush; Tiny Giant; Milesology; Hermosa Beach; Hippodrome; Mr. O. Grinders (65:48).