Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Jazz Hörnan up on the stage...

New Life Church, 25 September...We kicked off our monthly jazz soirées with a guest, Ulf Lundberg, on saxo, filling out the cool sounds of Hans Dietrichson Trio...I love Ulf's humor!...He led the band in some trad songs, but also in two of his own compositions, one was entitled Pånyttfödelse...New birth...after a difficult chapter in his life concluding in a newfound desire to play music again...We're glad he did!...Mikke Eriksson on upright bass with some strong, clear solos, a smile now and then: man do we love bass!...
We got the idea from our friend Peggy to try something different this time, to move the whole café--instruments, green plants, sofas, tables, chairs and all--up onto the stage in the Big Room!...Everyone will be together up there!...Momentary hesitation, would we lose the intimate coziness of the foyer-café?...Looked at Helena: "You want to go for it, don't you? So do I!"... We got 2 hours till start-time: Let's go for it!...Move out all the other furniture, inviting people to come on up front..Set out värmeljus like landing lights at Arlanda, leading to destination fika...Pink-magenta glow on everything, the angels over the arch shining golden, celebrating the beauty...We had 25 people up there, and it was even cozier in spite of the big dark hall, I guess we were all huddled around the band on a wooden raft of human warmth and good humor!...
Hans performed some of his own original compositions, including Den som söker...He that seeks...A more modern, urban sounding piece, somehow reminding me of Esbjörn Svensson, another favorite of mine...Helena sang Blue Moon and Spring is here...New folk were there: our French friend Isabel came with Beth, other new faces...Fika by House of Michelle...Hans was a happy guy at the real grand piano, had sounds coming out of it we haven't heard in a while!...HDT sold all the 7-song CDs they'd brought, too...
Patrik Jonsson on drums, with a back-lit cross behind...Cool jazz in magenta with a glowing cross, that's the deal here!...Patrik provides the beat but also launches into solos informed as much by rock and blues as by standard jazz...Showed us pix of his apartment in Hökarängen...All thought the sound was a lot clearer and especially the sax wafting up into the architecture ...We're gonna do it again next month, set out some extra tables on the main floor...it was hard to remain anonymous climbing up and edging into the sofas!...Walked into the Glenn Miller Café in the middle of a set 3 weeks ago and was immediately 5 inches from Fredrik Norén the drummer and facing 45 other faces jammed in there, I coulda played one of the toms and a cymbal myself...We had more room than they did...

Good to try new things!...And what a beautiful rebirth of another season of Jazz Hörnan... Posted by Picasa

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