Borje Fredriksson

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Fantastic work from this overlooked Swedish tenor genius -- a musician who could open up with modern tones, yet still keep things swinging too -- at a level that really makes this collection sparkle throughout!

The set brings together live, radio, and studio material from Borje -- all of it in the sharpest sort of Swedish modern modes of the early 60s -- that point when the scene was really breaking from its west coast jazz influences, and pushing into modal territory, and unlocking a range of colors that really makes things interesting. Musicians include Bobo Stenson, Lasse Werner, or or Goran Engdahl on piano -- plus Roland Svensson on trumpet, Kjell Norlen on guitar, Rolf Olsson or Goran Pettersson on bass, and Bosse Warmell on soprano sax

PERSONNEL:

• Björn Alke, Göran Petterson, Ivar Lindell, Rolf Olsson or Sigge Andersson - (bass)
• Bosse Skoglund, Ivan Oscarsson, Jan Franzén, Leif Wennerström or Rupert Clemendore - (drums)
• Gunnar Fors - (flugelhorn)
• Kjell Norlén - (guitar)
• Bo Carlsson, Bobo Stenson, Göran Engdahl, Lasse Werner - (piano)
• Bosse Wärmell - (soprano sax)
• Bernt Rosengren, Börje Fredriksson - (tenor sax)
• Bosse Broberg, Toland Svensson - (trumpet)

Recorded in 1960-1965.

TRACKS:

• 01. Conversation
• 02. Expedition 721
• 03. Fiskefärd
• 04. West 24nd Street
• 05. Blues For Ann-Katrin
• 06. Summer In Stockholm
• 07. In The Blue Of The Evening
• 08. Bröllopsvals
• 09. Fredriksson Special
• 10. Adagio Con Espressione
• 11. Amanda's Villa
• 12. Summer In Stockholm