Green Moss Black Sand explores the rough, overwhelming and stark beauty of Scandinavian nature and its dark sensibilities. It is jazz with a special bluesy and folksy Nordic sound and a characteristic mix of grandeur and minimalism.
Sigurdur Flosason plays the alto saxophone and he says the following about the new record “The music on this CD is inspired by the highlands of the country that raised me, my native Iceland. The desert-like wasteland holds a singular kind of beauty. Perhaps not pretty in the usual sense of the word, it is beautiful in its stark and rough contrasts. There, beauty lies in the small, in the slow-growing moss with its endless hues of colour, in the black sand stretching as far as the eye can see, in the fragile highland growth and the fresh spring water quietly streaming forth from beneath majestic lava fields. The music is my dedication to the heart of my country and the people who brought me there, my parents.”
Icelandic beauty is the weather capable of changing in the blink of an eye; it is in the stillness and in the storm; in the rain falling at a slant, sometimes almost horizontally; in the sky that has colours you see nowhere else; green when visited by the Aurora Borealis. And then there is the ever present moon, there at the end of the world. This hushed yet ferocious type of beauty is explored on Green Moss Black Sand.
Along with the Lars Jansson Trio, Flosason captures the Nordic nuances with fervour and precision. Lars Jansson is a Swedish jazz pianist and a composer, and the Lars Jansson Trio counts Jansson as well as the Dane Thomas Fonnesbæk on double bass, and the Swede Paul Svanberg on drums. Flosason is from Iceland and is trained as a classical alto saxophonist. Although he primarily plays jazz, he has worked extensively with various Scandinavian musicians such as Cathrine Legardh, Kjeld Lauritsen, and Kristian Leth, and has composed both jazz music and classical pieces. The musicianship, generosity and friendship of the group make the musical images of rural Iceland come to life.
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Green Moss Black Sand explora la belleza áspera, abrumadora y descarnada de la naturaleza escandinava y sus oscuras sensibilidades. Se trata de un jazz con un sonido nórdico especialmente bluesero y folclórico y una mezcla característica de grandeza y minimalismo.
Sigurdur Flosason toca el saxo alto y dice lo siguiente sobre el nuevo disco: "La música de este CD está inspirada en las tierras altas del país que me crió, mi Islandia natal. El páramo desértico tiene un tipo de belleza singular. Tal vez no sea bonito en el sentido habitual de la palabra, pero sí es bello en sus contrastes descarnados y ásperos. Allí, la belleza reside en lo pequeño, en el musgo que crece lentamente con sus infinitas tonalidades de color, en la arena negra que se extiende hasta donde alcanza la vista, en el frágil crecimiento de las tierras altas y en el agua fresca de los manantiales que brota tranquilamente de debajo de los majestuosos campos de lava. La música es mi dedicación al corazón de mi país y a las personas que me llevaron allí, mis padres".
La belleza islandesa es el clima capaz de cambiar en un abrir y cerrar de ojos; está en la quietud y en la tormenta; en la lluvia que cae de forma oblicua, a veces casi horizontal; en el cielo que tiene colores que no se ven en ningún otro lugar; verde cuando lo visita la Aurora Boreal. Y luego está la luna siempre presente, allí en el fin del mundo. Este tipo de belleza silenciosa pero feroz se explora en Green Moss Black Sand.
Junto con el Lars Jansson Trio, Flosason capta los matices nórdicos con fervor y precisión. Lars Jansson es un pianista de jazz y compositor sueco, y el Lars Jansson Trio cuenta con Jansson, además del danés Thomas Fonnesbæk al contrabajo, y el sueco Paul Svanberg a la batería. Flosason es islandés y se formó como saxofonista alto clásico. Aunque toca principalmente jazz, ha trabajado mucho con varios músicos escandinavos, como Cathrine Legardh, Kjeld Lauritsen y Kristian Leth, y ha compuesto tanto música de jazz como piezas clásicas. La musicalidad, la generosidad y la amistad del grupo hacen que las imágenes musicales de la Islandia rural cobren vida.
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1 - Fragile Growth - 5:24
2 - Serenading The Moon - 5:07
3 - Black Sand - 8:00
4 - Stillness In The Storm - 5:13
5 - Green Sky - 4:56
6 - Lava - 7:22
7 - Spring Water - 6:22
8 - Slanting Rain - 5:57
9 - Moss - 4:58
10 - To The End Of The World - 6:39
11 - Wasteland - 5:33
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Sigurður Flosason
Composed By [All Compositions By] – Sigurður Flosason
Design – Sigríður Hulda Sigurðadóttir
Double Bass – Thomas Fonnesbæk
Drums – Paul Svanberg
Edited By [Editing By] – Hafthor Tempo Karlsson*
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Michael Dahlvid
Liner Notes [English] – Sigurður Flosason
Photography By [Photos] – Shutterstock
Piano – Lars Jansson
Sound Designer [Sound Design], Mixed By, Mastered By – Lars Nilsson
Notes:
Recorded April 24–25, 2017, Nilento Studio, Göteborg
Label: Storyville – 1014308
Released: 19 May 2017
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz
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