Nils Landgren 4 Wheel Drive
Four European jazz stars for the very first time as a quartet: 4 Wheel Drive as an ensemble is like a high-performance four-cylinder engine with all the gears meshing perfectly. And the fuel: jazz.
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 le toit”, or when Michael Wollny dazzles with the blues-infused 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 it’s clear what’s happening: four leading figures in European jazz who know each other well and who have appreciated each other’s work for many years have now got together. True, their paths have crossed many times before, and in all kinds of configurations. The formidable duo of Landgren and Wollny comes to mind, for example, as does Haffner’s long-term role as an anchor in the Funk Unit, or Danielsson's v...
Line up:Nils Landgren / trombone & vocals
Michael Wollny / piano
Lars Danielsson / bass & cello
Wolfgang Haffner / drums
Recorded October (9 - 11, 2018) , mixed and mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento studio, Gothenburg, Sweden
Produced by Siggi Loch
Cover art by Peter Krüll
Track List:
- Polygon ( Michael Wollny)03:44
- Another Day In Paradise ( Phil Collins)04:33
- Lady Madonna ( Paul McCartney / John Lennon)04:14
- Shadows In The Rain ( Sting)03:53
- Lobito ( Wolfgang Haffner)03:34
- Maybe I'm Amazed ( Paul Mccartney)03:46
- She's Always A Woman ( Billy Joel)05:42
- Le chat sur toit ( Nils landgren)05:28
- Just The Way You Are ( Billy Joel)04:00
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free ( Sting)03:53
- That's All ( Phil Collins, Michael Rutherford & Anthony Banks)04:25
- 4WD ( Lars Danielsson)03:26