FOUR WHEEL DRIVE (4 WHEEL DRIVE)
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk, Post-Fusion Contemporary • Multi-National

The musicians: They’re all part of Europe’s jazz elite. They’ve each led their own bands. They know and like each other well and their paths have often crossed in the past, in many combinations. From the superb Wollny-Landgren duo to Haffner‘s presence in Landgren’s Funk Unit; Lars Danielson’s cornerstone role in Haffner’s trio. But 4WD is the first album on which all four share equal parts of the ‘drive’ and impetus of a project. Nils Landgren (trombone, vocals): he turned to jazz, rock and pop after a serious classical training. Has worked with the Thad Jones Big Band, Thomasz Stańko, Esbjörn Svensson, Nguyen Lê, Michael Wollny, Lars Danielsson, etc. Michael Wollny (piano): the youngest of the four, but has already had major projects with Joachim Kuhn, Heinz Sauer, Vincent Peirani, etc. Lars Danielsson (double bass and cello): we recall with emotion the beauty of his collaborations with Dave Liebman (Curling Legs), the guitarist Ulf read more...