[SACD-R][OF] Lars Danielsson – Libera Me (Jazz)

Recorded by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio Oslo between January 2003 and May 2004
Danish Radio Studio Copenhagen by Peter Juul Kristensen
Swedish Radio Studio 12 Gothenburg by Lars Nilsson and Jonas Sandwall
Nilento Studios by Lars NilssonTia Dia Studios by Lars Danielsson
Studio Pantin Plage by Suzanne Desandre-Navarre
Mixed to 2.0, 5, 1 and Mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento Studios, Gothenburg, May 2004
Produced by Lars Danielsson
Co-Produced by Lars Nilsson

Lars Danielsson is a very talented bassist & with him on this album are also several great players such as Carsten Dahl & Nils Petter Molvaer. Generally, this album is a crossover between jazz & classical music. Lars has managed to marry slow jazz with classical music into music that sounds very natural. The music is generally slow in pace which gives Lars opportunity to show his gentle style of playing bass. He has a great feel when he performs solos.

Danish jazz vocalist Cæcilie Norby (wife/girlfriend of Lars Danielsson) is also singing on the track “Newborn Broken”. This version is far better than the 1 she does on 1 of her albums. Other recommended songs are Lars’ interpretation of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”. You can almost hear the lyrics in the song as Lars plays the bass. Other recommended songs are “Suffering” & “Shimmering”. Both these 2 songs show the feel that Lars has when it comes to both performing solo & playing the melody.

Lars Danielsson – acoustic bass, cello, piano, guitar
Jon Christensen – drums, percussion
Nils Petter Molvaer – trumpet
Xavier Desandre Navarre – percussion
David Liebman – soprano saxophone
Anders Kjellberg – cymbals
Jan Bang – samples
Carsten Dahl – piano
Tobias Sjögren – guitar
DR Danish Radio Concert Orchestra conducted by Frans Rasmussen
Special Guest:
Cæcilie Norby – vocals on “Newborn Broken”