Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren - Kind of Spain (2017)

The “Sound of Europe,” captured and documented on CD and vinyl. For over 25 years, the ACT label has had a consistent mission to support and promote European jazz, and had substantial impact through doing it. All shades, all hues…but with an emphasis on specific countries and regions, among which maybe the best examples are Sweden and France. Of these two countries, ACT’s connection to Spain is perhaps the less well-known, and yet the very first production by the label was a venture involving Spain, Germany and the USA. In July 1992 label founder Siggi Loch brought the WDR Big Band together in Cologne with a few of the finest flamenco specialists from the Iberian peninsula, as well as heavyweights from American jazz such as Al Di Meola. The result was “Jazzpaña” (ACT 9212-2) which garnered two Grammy nominations, a major success for th…

Tracklist:

01. Wolfgang Haffner with Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter, Christopher Dell & Lars Danielsson - For Vince & Arif
02. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Pasodoble
03. Wolfgang Haffner with Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter, Christopher Dell, Jan Lundgren & Lars Danielsson - El Faro
04. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Children of Sanchez
05. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Tres Notas para Decir Te Quiero
06. Wolfgang Haffner with Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter, Christopher Dell & Lars Danielsson - El Vito
07. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter, Christopher Dell & Lars Danielsson - El Chaos
08. Wolfgang Haffner with Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Concierto de Aranjuez
09. Wolfgang Haffner with Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Tapies
10. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Salinas
11. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren & Lars Danielsson - Recuerdos de la Alhambra
12. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Sebastian Studnitzky, Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Spain
13. Wolfgang Haffner with Jan Lundgren, Daniel Stelter & Lars Danielsson - Capricho Arabe