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Best\u00e4ll CD h\u00e4r!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Looking forward 4:28
2 For J A 6:04
3 Sleep little dog 5:27
4 One day in March 4:09
5 Soon 4:47
6 Some day 5:03
7 Piece V 5:18
8 Wednesday night 6:25
9 New morning 7:20
10 Early hour 4:35
11 The end of this day 3:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total playing time: 57:19<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ewan Svensson – electric & acoustic guitars
Yasuhito Mori – bass
Magnus Gran – drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All compositions by Ewan Svensson except no 3 by Lars-\u00c5ke Adiels
Recorded in Tonkontrol Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 9, 2023
Sound Engineer: \u00c5ke Linton
Mastering: Tomas Ferngren
Front Cover Art: Reimar Karlsson
Layout: ESM-Prod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Ewan Svensson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023\u00a9 ESM-Prod. www.esm-prod.com ESMCD2306<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efter mina tv\u00e5 senaste skivor d\u00e4r jag spelar uteslutande \u201djazzstandards\u201d var det dags f\u00f6r en ny trioskiva och ett g\u00e4ng, (mest nyskrivna) originall\u00e5tar igen. Detta \u00e4r det \u00e5ttonde albumet med Ewan Svensson Trio och vi spelade in hela skivan redan f\u00f6rsta dagen i studion. Ibland g\u00e5r det l\u00e4tt:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ewan Svensson: Conversations & One Day In March<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Swedish guitarist duets with himself on standards and leads his trio in swinging originals sometimes suggesting Pat Metheny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Michael Tucker<\/a> Jazz Journal, UK
 – 08 April 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I first heard Swedish guitarist Ewan Svensson on Two Generations: Some Favourite Things<\/em>, the fine duo album he cut with his daughter, the singer Hannah Svensson. The initial admiration I felt for Ewan\u2019s playing was confirmed by some appearances at the Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival as well as by two further excellent sessions with his daughter in a quality group which included pianist Jan Lundgren: the 2019 Places And Dreams<\/a><\/em> and the 2023 release The Other Way Around<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah supplies an appropriate cover image for the solo Conversations<\/em>, its blend of clearly delineated yet mysterious profile and painterly surround a perfect parallel to Ewan\u2019s synthesis of clean-cut formal command and exploratory venture. This solo session of delicious, overdubbed yet always lucid duets with himself features some of Ewan\u2019s favourite compositions, each a classic of long standing but each refreshed by adroit melodic, harmonic and rhythmic creativity from a player who can sting as well as caress. Sample, e. g., the ringing beauty of his sound and the flowing interplay of his chordal and rhythmic figures on I Love You and Sweet And Lovely, the brief harmonics in the coda to I Should Care or the cooking excitement of Solar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Day In March<\/em> sees the breadth and depth of such creativity unfold further in a trio setting with the accomplished Yasuhito Mori (b) and Magnus Gran (d). Thirty or so years together have produced eight well-received trio albums and the group empathy here is most impressive. With the exception of Lars-Ake\u2019s Adiel\u2019s Sleep Little Dog, all the compositions are by Svensson, revealing an enviable capacity to traverse a wide yet integrated range of storytelling atmosphere or mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the melodic spirit of Pat Metheny is at times in the air \u2013 sample the lovely, laidback yearning measures of Some Day \u2013 Svensson\u2019s subtly modulated sound and special blend of chordal and linear elements plus diversified rhythmic command remain ever present. And in fact, overall, I prefer Svensson\u2019s sound to that cultivated by Metheny in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, this Swede likes to mix his lyricism with a diverse, commanding take on matters of contemporary swing: hear the medium-up groove and burning (yet breathing) clip of the driving title track, Wednesday Night and The End Of The Day, or the switch from a potent back-beat to more fluid measures in New Morning. Throughout, Mori and Gran are deep in the pocket, helping make One Day In March<\/em> an album as captivating and compelling as the superb painting by Reimar Karlsson which graces its cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discography<\/strong>
[Conversations] Everything I Love; Sweet And Lovely; But Beautiful; I Love You; Emily; I Should Care; Long Ago And Far Away; Darn That Dream; How Deep Is The Ocean; A Weaver Of Dreams; Solar (38.40)
<\/em>Svensson (elg). Falkenberg, spring 2021.
ESMCD 2105<\/strong>
[One Day In March] Looking Forward; For JA; Sleep Little Dog; One Day In March; Soon; Some Day; Piece V; Wednesday Night; New Morning; Early Hour; The End Of This Day (57.19)<\/em>
Svensson (elg, g); Yasuhito Mori (b); Magnus Gran (d). Gothenburg, 9 March 2023.
ESMCD2306<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n



Ewan Svensson – One Day in March<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ewan Svensson (g), Yasuhito Mori (b), Magnus Gran (dr). Insp. G\u00f6teborg 9 mars 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GITARRISTEN EWAN SVENSSON, <\/strong>med hemvist i Falkenberg, har funnits
p\u00e5 jazzscenen i drygt trettio \u00e5r och kontinuerligt sl\u00e4ppt skivor pr\u00e4glade
av lyriskt, elegant melodisk mjukjazz. Hans tv\u00e5 senaste utg\u00e5vor har varit solo- album, d\u00e4r han spelat jazzstandards p\u00e5 ett mycket tilltalande s\u00e4tt och med sm\u00e5 medel v\u00e4ckt nytt liv och skapat lyster i mer eller mindre s\u00f6nderspelade l\u00e5tar. Nya skivan One Day in March <\/em>\u00e4r en trioplatta d\u00e4r han framf\u00f6r eget material. Som vanligt lyriskt starkt, detaljrikt och med m\u00e5nga filigransartade inspel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detta g\u00e4ller samtliga i trion, d\u00e4r Yasuhito Moris <\/strong>basspel ibland med str\u00e5ke direkt kompletterar Svenssons m\u00e5ng- facetterade l\u00f6pningar. Magnus Grans <\/strong>trummor har den precisa ansats som beh\u00f6vs f\u00f6r att antingen peka fram\u00e5t, ankra upp, markera taktbyten eller ge plats f\u00f6r melodiv\u00e4ndningar. Svenssons sound har ett tonalt lugn med p\u00e5f\u00f6ljan- de meditativa st\u00e4mningsl\u00e4gen, p\u00e5tagligt i det dominerande balladspelet som den vackra Sleep Little Dog <\/em>eller den lite bitterljuva Soon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c4ven p\u00e5 de sp\u00e5r d\u00e4r trion h\u00f6jer tem- pot som titelsp\u00e5ret och Piece V <\/em>finns det ett \u00e5terh\u00e5llet och avsp\u00e4nt f\u00f6rh\u00e5ll- ningss\u00e4tt i hur gruppen samspelar. Skivan spelades in under en dag och Svensson konstarerar att ibland \u00e4r det l\u00e4tt, vilket knappast \u00e4r en tillf\u00e4llighet d\u00e5 det finns tre deceniers gemensamma spelerfarenheter att utg\u00e5 ifr\u00e5n. \/OJ Ulf Thelander<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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