Release Date: 01 April 2022
Label: Losen Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090025832642
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 01 April 2022
Label: Losen Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090025832642
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Several known and not so known standards from one of the best-known veterans of the Norwegian jazz scene, saxophonist Harald Bergersen, aged 84 and still going strong. A disciple of fellow saxophonist Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and Lars Gullin, Harald Bergersen is featured here on baritone saxophone in a quartet of younger musicians keen to perform with their legendary compatriot.
Among the great standards featured are "Chelsea Bridge" by Billy Strayhorn, "A Ballad" by Gerry Mulligan, "Summer Serenade" by Benny Carter, "Blues in the Closet" by Oscar Pettiford, "Undecided" by Charlie Shavers and "Freight Trane" by Tommy Flanagan.
Harald Bergersen: baritone saxophone
Bård Helgerud: guitar
Fredrik Eide Nilsen: double bass
Torstein Ellingsen: drums & percussion
Tracklisting
Karin Nakagawa, Hans Tutzer & Paolino Dalla Port
Haakon Graf, Erik Smith & Per Mathisen
EH3
Jan Gunnar Hoff Group
Arne Torvik Trio
EH3 (Erland Helbo, Frode Berg & Eric Smith)
Olga Konkova
Per Mathisen
Lafayette Harris Jr.
Brandon Sanders
Joe Locke & Phil Markowitz
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
Rebecca Trescher
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman & Carsten Dahl
Doug Raney Quartet
Nigel Price Organ Trio