Release Date: 11 June 2021
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101847822
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 11 June 2021
Label: Storyville Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 717101847822
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Mid-price reissue of Steen Vig and His Bluesicians' 1994 album 'Blue Boat' recorded as part of the prize he won at the 1993 Jazzpar Prize. Vig was one of Europe's most adventurous and wild players - deep-seated in the older part of the jazz tradition, but hard to categorise as he dug both trad, swing, R&B, soul, rock, and fusion as well as the Scandinavian sound.
Steen was one of those musicians you wanted to hear on stage for the full experience. But this recording is a fine substitute. Backed by a group of some his favourite Danish musicians and augmented with Gene Mighty Flea Connors on trombone (and vocal) and Cornell Dupree on guitar, this album will give you a taste of why those packed evenings in Vognporten were so special.
Unfortunately, Steen didn't live to see the album released. He died of a heart attack in his home on January 1., 1994. He was 49.
Tracklisting
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman & Carsten Dahl
Doug Raney Quartet
Sophisticated Ladies
Michel Petrucciani Trio
Rosa Passos
Peter Vuust Quartet
Carsten Dahl Ensemble
Danish Radio Big Band
Stephane Kerecki; Marc Copland; Tore Brunborg; Fabrice Moreau; Ralph Alessi
Quatuor Hanson; Philippe Hattat; Theo Fouchenneret; Emmanuel Jacquet; Rodolphe Thery
Ensemble Fractales; Elis Hallik
Ensemble InterContemporain
Carla Rees, RSNO Wind Ensemble
Silvia Tarozzi; Deborah Walker; Julia Eckrardt
Orchestre Victor Hugo; Orchestre National de Bretagne
Alexej Gerassimez, SIGNUM saxophone quartet