Mats Gustafsson

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson might have a separate discography for his solo records. He's investigated the possibilities of unaccompanied reed music from almost every angle. Presented with the opportunity to make a new solo record under the isolation of the pandemic, Gustafsson returned to a project he'd conceptualized but never realized: the playing-card pieces of Peter Brötzmann.

Although these Fluxus-like prompts are better known through the two card sets the German saxophonist created in the 1990s, which resulted in two CDs with his Chicago Tentet, Images and Signs, Brötzmann had in fact been using cards since the 1970s. Recording in his home studio in Nickelsdorf, Austria, Gustafsson used two of these sets of compositional prompts, one designed for the ICP Tentet and another intended as a spur for Brötzmann's own solo work.

The instrumentation on Naja includes the entire saxophone family from sopranino to bass, as well as a piece for mouthpieces.

PERSONNEL:

• Mats Gustafsson – (sopranino, soprano, alto, baritone, and bass saxophones)

Recorded December 14-16, 2020, at Discaholic Studios, Nickelsdorf

TRACKS:

• 01. Box 1 part 1 bass sax
• 02. Box 1 part 2 bass sax
• 03. Box 1 part 3 sopranino and soprano sax, 4 sax mouthpieces
• 04. Box 1 part 4 baritone sax
• 05. Box 1 part 5 baritone sax
• 06. Alto sax nr 3 alto sax
• 07. Box 2 part 1 baritone sax
• 08. Box 2 part 2 soprano, alto, baritone and bass sax
• 09. Box 2 part 3 bass sax
• 10. Box 2 part 4 baritone sax