To Sweden with Love

To Sweden with Love

To Sweden with Love

ASIN: B00000IWNQ

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Reissues like this one are always befuddling. Why has a session featuring the great Art Farmer's flügelhorn next to guitarist Jim Hall's chameleonic grace, bassist Steve Swallow's feather-touch bass, and Pete LaRoca's drums languished in the vaults for decades? Farmer and his crew use Swedish folk melodies as the basis for each of the six songs here, and at points it begins to sound like modal jazz in the 1960s had some odd Nordic strain that's gone heretofore unremarked upon. Farmer's never allowed himself to be bullied or hurried, favoring wide swaths of tone over speed or even exactness. Hall's perfect at this game, playing clean and pristine single notes and then ripping into a grit-filled series of riffs that precede an unerringly risky solo of bent corners and blunted runs. Farmer's mid-1960s discography has lots of material in it, and this short session (time length is just over 32 minutes) adds far more than its duration hints. --Andrew Bartlett

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To Sweden with Love
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    		To Sweden with Love
    Art Farmer Quartet
    Manufacturer: Atlantic
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000JJS4FU
    Release Date: 2007-01-01

    Tracks:

    1. Va da du? [Was It You?]
    2. De Salde Sina Hemman [They Sold Their Homestead]
    3. Den Motstravige Brudgummen [The Reluctant Groom]
    4. Och Hor du Unga Dora [And Listen Young Dora]
    5. Kristallen Den Fina [The Fine Crystal]
    6. Visa Vid Midsommartid [Midsummer Song]

    Album Description

    Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. Atlantic. 2007.

    Album Details

    Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
    To Sweden with Love
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • top drawer!
    • Inventive, melodious jazz
    • Inventive, melodious jazz
    • Surprisingly Good
    		 To Sweden with Love
    Art Farmer Quartet
    Manufacturer: Koch Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00000IWNQ
    Release Date: 1999-05-18

    Tracks:

    1. Va Da Du? (Was It You?)
    2. De Salde Sina Hemman (They Sold Their Homestead)
    3. Den Motstravige Brudgummen (The Reluctant Groom)
    4. Och Hor Du Unga Dora (And Listen Young Dora)
    5. Kristallen Den Fina (The Fine Crystal)
    6. Visa Vid Midsommartid ( Midsummer Song)

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    Reissues like this one are always befuddling. Why has a session featuring the great Art Farmer's flügelhorn next to guitarist Jim Hall's chameleonic grace, bassist Steve Swallow's feather-touch bass, and Pete LaRoca's drums languished in the vaults for decades? Farmer and his crew use Swedish folk melodies as the basis for each of the six songs here, and at points it begins to sound like modal jazz in the 1960s had some odd Nordic strain that's gone heretofore unremarked upon. Farmer's never allowed himself to be bullied or hurried, favoring wide swaths of tone over speed or even exactness. Hall's perfect at this game, playing clean and pristine single notes and then ripping into a grit-filled series of riffs that precede an unerringly risky solo of bent corners and blunted runs. Farmer's mid-1960s discography has lots of material in it, and this short session (time length is just over 32 minutes) adds far more than its duration hints. --Andrew Bartlett

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars top drawer!.......2002-12-18

    this album is one of art farmer's finest - just
    awesome. and how can you go wrong with master
    guitarist jim hall? it's a no-brainer that
    "To Sweden With Love" is a 5-star album!

    5 out of 5 stars Inventive, melodious jazz.......2002-11-18

    Buying this disc is probably like ordering filet mignon at a premium restuarant--a small portion of choice entree. The running time is little over a half hour but the music is splendid. Farmer is at his most inventive and while his quartet is minus the usual piano, you will never miss it. Jim Hall on guitar is that good; he is to this quartet what Paul Desmond was to the Dave Brubeck combo. Warmly recommended.

    5 out of 5 stars Inventive, melodious jazz.......2002-11-18

    Buying this disc is probably like ordering filet mignon at a premium restuarant--a small portion of choice entree. The running time is little over a half hour but the music is splendid. Farmer is at his most inventive and while his quartet is minus the usual piano, you will never miss it. Jim Hall on guitar is that good; he is to this quartet what Paul Desmond was to the Dave Brubeck combo. Warmly recommended.

    4 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good.......2001-01-16

    I had my doubts about jazz arrangements of Sweedish folk songs (Dear Old Stockholm aside). But this is quite a good recording-- if only for the sheer ability and warmth of the musicians.

    Steve Swallow and Pete LaRoca are truly dynamic-- they make the group swing like a mellower John Coltrane quartet. And Jim Hall's improvisations are acceptionally interesting. Farmer is solid as always. The melodies aren't exactly "jazzy" but the arrangements are good, and once the improvisation starts, each tune is jazz played at a very high level.
    To Sweden with Love/Live at the Half Note
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      		To Sweden with Love/Live at the Half Note
      Art Farmer
      Manufacturer: Collectables
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00069FK5U
      Release Date: 2004-12-07

      Tracks:

      1. Va Da Du? (Was It You?)
      2. De Salde Sina Hemman (They Sold Their Homestead)
      3. Den Mostravige Brudgummen (The Reluctant Groom)
      4. Och Hor Du Unga Dora (And Listen Young Dora)
      5. Kristallen Den Fina [The Fine Crystal]
      6. Visa Vid Midsommartid (Midsummer Song)
      7. Stompin' at the Savoy [Live]
      8. Swing Spring [Live]
      9. What's New? [Live]
      10. I Want to Be Happy [Live]
      11. I'm Getting Sentimental over You [Live]
      To Sweden With Love Limited
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        		To Sweden With Love Limited
        Art Farmer
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000563MC
        To Sweden With Love (Feat. Jim Hall)
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          		To Sweden With Love (Feat. Jim Hall)

          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000BDJ1JM
          Release Date: 2005-11-15

          Jazz Music:

          1. Trio
          2. V: Solo Improvisations
          3. Warm
          4. Way Out West [Original recording remastered]
          5. What You Hear Is What You Get
          6. You Are #6: More Music for Six Musicians
          7. 100th Anniversary [Box set] [Import]
          8. 495
          9. A Close Encounter of the Very Best Kind
          10. Acoustic Painting

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