Search - Jonas Knutsson :: Malgomaj

IC B. (icberry)
Reviewed on 10/15/2019...

A few words to describe Jonas Knutsson and "Malgomaj" (1997):

Jonas Knutsson is a jazz composer, arranger, and producer. His performance instrument is the saxophone -- and traditional Scandanavian folk music underlies the jazz he creates.

One review describes "Malgomaj" this way: "Here you meet wonderful soprano and baritone saxophones coupled with fender rhodes, drums, percussion and double bass. The sound stage is wide and deep. In “Sordin”, a simple as beautiful song only played by a soprano saxophone and a double bass, you dream yourself away in the seemingly untouched sceneries near the top of the world. The song”Baku” looks at first sight slightly misplaced on the album as there is only one instrument being played – and quite an odd one you would think, namely a more than 3000 years’ old douduk of Armenian origin. However, it fits somehow on this mystic album. “Mafraj” follows this theme in its rather dark, heavy and melancholic appearance. Here you have the baritone saxophone mingling with darabuka, handdrums, double bass, violins, viola, cello, and string arrangements...."

Hear samples:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/malgomaj-mw0000042454.

Learn more:
http://jonasknutsson.se/j/index.php/english/albums/.

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