Lars Gullin - Portrait Of My Pals (1964/1989)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 365.37 Mb | 62:25 | Covers
Bop, Cool | Country: Sweden | Label: EMI Svenska AB (7924292)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 365.37 Mb | 62:25 | Covers
Bop, Cool | Country: Sweden | Label: EMI Svenska AB (7924292)
This album was recorded in Lars Gullin’s native Sweden in 1964. The line up on this album is as follows: Rolf Billberg on alto, Jan Allan on trumpet, Harry Backlund on tenor, Torgny Nilsson on trombone, and Lars Sjosten on piano, accompanied by a string section. It goes with out saying that one can not describe a baritone saxophone sound of the era with out comparing it to one of two musical titans of the day, Gerry Mulligan or Pepper Adams. Tonally Mr. Gullin was more firmly encamped in the West Cast jazz tradition but with his own flavor. He was not a duplicate of Mulligan but was clearly inspired by the west coast jazz movement.
Lars’ tone is clean and full throughout the entire register through he rarely dips below the staff in his soloing. It is not all that uncommon for baritone saxophonists of the day to solo exclusively in the middle to upper registers. Serge Chaloff rarely dipped below the staff as well unless it was to comp the current soloist. Gullin’s bouncing and laid back swing style keeps his solos moving and enjoyable to listen to.
The other major voice on the album has to be Rolf Billberg. His alto playing is what I would consider the perfect melding of Charlie Parker and Paul Desmond. The edge of tone from Parker but the round fullness of Desmond. Listening to Prima Vera is a great example of Rolf’s ability to use empty space, rhythm, and dynamics to lead the listener down a melancholic and reflective path as reinforced by the violins that follow. It is a tragedy that Rolf died at the young age of 36. I am sure that had he lived longer his impact on jazz in the United States would have been more apparent and significant. ~ modernbarisax
Lars Gullin - baritone saxophone
Jan Allan - trumpet (#1,4,6,7,10)
Torgny Nilsson - trombone (#1,6,7)
Rolf Billberg - alto saxophone (#1,4-7,9,10), triangle (#3,11)
Harry Backlund - tenor saxophone (#1,6,7)
Lars Sjosten - piano
Bjorn Alke - bass
Kurt Lindgren - bass (#1-5,7-11)
Bo Skoglund - drums
Anders Dahl, Nils-Erik Sandell, Ole Hjorth, Nils Peterson - violin (#1,3,5,7,9,11)
Erik Elgstam, Kjell Ahr - viola (#1,3,5,7,9,11)
Georg Kottowsky - cello (#1,3,5,7,9,11)
Recorded at EMI Studio, Stockholm on June 29-30, 1964.
Track List:
01. Portrait of My Pals (Gullin) - 7:01
02. It's True (Gullin) - 3:52
03. I've Seen (Gullin) - 6:28
04. You Stepped Out of a Dream (Brown) - 3:37
05. Prima Vera (Gullin) - 9:54
06. Decent Eyes (Gullin) - 6:37
07. Gabriella (Gullin) - 5:58
08. It's True (take 3) (Gullin) - 3:53
09. Detour Ahead (Ellis-Frigo) - 5:02
10. You Stepped Out of a Dream (take 4) (Brown) - 3:43
11. I've Seen (take 1) (Gullin) - 6:20
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Lars Gullin / Portrait of my pals
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EAC extraction logfile from 28. October 2017, 18:49
Lars Gullin / Portrait of my pals
Used drive : hp DVD-RAM GH82N Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
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