4 Wheel Drive

It scarcely feels necessary to mention the pre-eminent status of all four of these artists, because that is evident from hearing the music. When Nils Landgren brings such feeling to his own melody Le chat sur toit, or when Michael Wollny dazzles with the bluesinfused piano solo in Lady Madonna; when Polygon opens with a bass intro from Lars Danielsson, or when Wolfgang Haffner sets up the power groove to propel 4WD, then its clear whats happening: four leading figures in European jazz who know each other well and who have appreciated each others work for many years have now got together. In addition to one original composition from each of them, Landgren, Wollny, Danielsson and Haffner also decided that they would focus on four living creative forces from the recent history of music and interpret their tunes, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Phil Collins and Sting: So McCartneys Maybe Im Amazed becomes a subtly-lit jazz ballad. Freed from everything extraneous, and transformed by Wollnys prepared piano, Billy Joels Shes Always A Woman is a mysterious and enraptured love song. The musicians interpret Genesis song Thats All as a collage of instrumental sound. And for Stings song about letting go, If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, they find a fitting musical parallel: the freedom of jazz leads naturally to Landgrens powerful trombone improvisation. The album is bookended with music from the fast lane: it opens with Wollnys fast-paced showpiece Polygon, and closes with Danielssons 4

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Format: CD
Artist: Landgren Wollny Danielsson Haffner
Release Date: 29 March 2019
Genre: Jazz
Label: ACT Music
Distributor: MGM Music