GOTA RIVER JAZZMEN

GRJCD04 2000 14 tracks 66 min

Panama, Now Is The Hour, I Have A Friend - A Precious Friend, Mobile Stomp, Dallas Blues, Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula, My Happiness, Hindustan, Far Away Blues, South, In My Heart There Is A Yearning, Ting-A-Ling, On The Other Side Of Town, Get Out Of Here

The Vikings are back; assaulting your emotions and compelling you to give them your money!

I have a great affection and admiration for this Swedish band. From the first CD of theirs that I got hold of I have eagerly awaited the coming of the northern summer and the release of their annual offering of superb jazz.

As always with the Gota River Jazzmen, they have given us an album that is a mixture of well known jazz tunes and the more obscure numbers, and this time reedsman Sverker Nystrom gets to cut loose a bit more often with his alto sax. Sverker is an unusual reedsman in that he changes his style of playing to match the reed instrument he is using. Too many reedsmen have only one style; whilst it suits one of the instruments, it fails to cope with the interpretive needs of the others. But all this band are skilled players, as you will hear when, after handing over your Danegeld, you get your copy. If your local record store can't help, contact the band direct via their Web site http://listen.to/gotariver .

It was my happiness to listen to this CD but, as the phone is now going ting-a-ling, now is the hour to get out of here. Seriously; this is a seriously good CD that you really do need to own