Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa - Inner Spirits [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 
Barcode: 0614427999023
Release Date: 20 Sep 2024
Genre: Jazz

 Pianist Jan Lundgren, from Ystad in Sweden, and guitarist Yamandu Costa, from Brazil’s southernmost province, Rio Grande del Sur, might seem an unlikely pairing, and the combination of guitar and piano is well known to be fraught with difficulty. But the collaborative affinity of this duo, the chemistry which they have found through playing together, first in a handful of concerts, and now on this fine album, are something truly exceptional.
 Lundgren and Costa are internationally outstanding representatives of their craft. “For Yamandu Costa, the guitar is a natural extension of his body and soul,” a critic has observed. Costa has six Latin GRAMMY nominations and one win to his name, and plays with an elegance, harmonic fluidity and a deep knowledge of Latin American music across a whole range of contexts, from solo to working with symphony orchestras. Jan Lundgren has made a major contribution to the European jazz of the past two decades, not least through his role in the Mare Nostrum trio with Paolo Fresu and Richard Galliano. As Dave Gelly has written in The Observer, what Mare Nostrum’s members have in common is “a flair for melody and a similar lightness of touch, which makes their combined sound both delicate and irresistible.” Such are the virtues Costa and Lundgren bring to their new endeavour together.
 The variety of style, pace and mood of ‘Inner Spirits’ as a whole is addictive. Jan Lundgren and Yamandu Costa’s winning combination of empathy, mutual respect and jaw-dropping musicianship has produced a beautiful-sounding set which is certainly about to earn its place as one of the very great piano-and-guitar recordings.

Tracklisting
Para Aprender A Amar
Galliano
Fresu
Diplomata
Nina
Garoto
Hannah
A Legrand
Habanera
Choro Para Paquito
Summer Kind Of Love
Uma Prece
Nocturne
Manhã De Carnaval

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