Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Lars Lindvall - Now or Never (2016)




Lars Lindvall was born 1962 in Eksjö/Schweden. He started to play trumpet and piano at the age of 8. During his teens he played in several bigbands and combos as well as in an orchestra and it became apparent that music will play an important role in his life.

He studied music in Graz/Austria and graduated in 1989 receiving an award from the cultural department in Vienna.

In the following years Lars played as a professional musician all over Europe. 

He received a schoolarship from the Berklee School of Music where he had the opportunity to study with Herb Pomeroy, Hal Crook, Greg Hopkins and Bob Freeman. In 1992 he graduated from Berklee and received the Clark Terry and Quincy Jones Award.

He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Mel Lewis, Jay Clayton, Adelhard Roidinger, Nouvelle Cuisine, X-tra, Experimenti Berlin and many more.


Lars Lindvall's experience covers a wide musical spectrum, from playing in churches to gigs in jazz clubs, from creating sound installations for art events to performances on radio and television. His focus on live-bands mixing jazz, classical and latin musical idioms with his swedish roots have become an important means for him to express himself as a performer, composer and arranger.
As a producer and musician he has been involved in the production of more than 30 CD's in 7 countries.

He is also teaching compostion, arrangement and trumpet at the Jazz Schools of Basel and Luzern.


CD 1

01. Hunting 13:27
02. Wake Up to Beauty and its Nuances 14:03
03. Bigband 44 07:39
04. Inside Joy with Ears 09:01
05. With Joy 08:00
06. Hallelujah 09:43
07. Beyond Hunting 02:40
08. Beyond 1 01:54
09. Beyond 2 01:52

CD 2

01. Evolving & Dissolving Modes 1 26:40
02. Evolving & Dissolving Modes 2 12:46
03. Evolving & Dissolving Modes 3 14:02
04. Evolving & Dissolving Modes 4 11:56
05. Beyond 3 00:51

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