Tommy Crona Jazz Trio – Reflections (SACD hibrid)

Throughout his life, Tommy Crona has pursued middle-class professions beyond that of a professional musician. Although Crona can look back on an extensive list of appearances as an accompanist and guest musician with far more prominent Scandinavian musicians, “Reflections” is actually his first solo album. As the album title suggests, Crona reflects on music by artists who have influenced his own musical socialization: Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk, Larry Willis, Kenny Barron, etc. Alongside Tommy Crona on piano, Hans Beckenroth on double bass and Jesper Kviberg on drums complete the Crona Jazz Trio. Alongside mastermind Jan-Eric Persson, Roger Ekman and Erik Nordström are responsible for this fantastic production.

The outstanding Hybrid SACD from Opus 3 Records includes a booklet with detailed information on the recording technology and microphones used, as well as very personal liner notes on Tommy Crona’s musical career.

MUSICIANS

Tommy Crona: piano / Gans Backenroth: double bass / Jesper Kviberg: drums

Opus 3 is an independent Swedish music label dedicated to recording timeless acoustic music such as jazz, blues, folk and classical. Founded in late 1976 by sound engineer Jan-Eric Persson, the label has made it its mission to reproduce voices and instruments as naturally as possible. To achieve this, Opus 3 selects recording environments with good natural. The label’s recording techniques were developed specifically for acoustic music and were originally based on the use of tube gear and “Blumlein” miking. In 2001, Opus 3 switched to digital eight-track technology and later to 16 channels – in the brand-new mixing and mastering studio designed and set up by Sweden’s leading acoustic engineer Lennart Nilsson to mark the label’s 30th anniversary. Apart from a few digital intermediate steps all processing is still done exclusively analog.

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Lista pieselor

1. It Could Happen To You (Jimmy Van Heusen)

2. Mirror Mirror (Chick Corea)

3. Pannonica (Thelonious Monk)

4. Love Is A Many Spendored Thing (Sammy Fain)

5. Stablemates (Benny Golson)

6. Bud Powell (Chick Corea)

7. To Wisdom The Price (Larry Willis)

8. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Bernice Petkere)

9. Simple As That (Peter Bernstein)

10. Voyage (Kenny Barron)

11. Ugly Beauty (Thelonious Monk)

12. Visa Fran Utanmyra (Traditional)