Lars Gullin - Portrait of the Legendary Baritone Saxophonist: Complete 1951-1955 Studio Recordings Master Takes (2015)

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Artist: Lars Gullin
Album: Portrait of the Legendary Baritone Saxophonist: Complete 1951-1955 Studio Recordings Master Takes
Genre: Bop, Cool
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2015
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:

CD 1:

1. That's It (2:53)
2. Gull in a Gulch (2:41)
3. All Yours (3:00)
4. Deep Purple (2:33)
5. Danny-O (2:59)
6. Laura (3:11)
7. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (2:57)
8. Blue Lou (2:49)
9. The Continental (2:34)
10. I Got It Bad (3:00)
11. Dancing in the Dark (2:39)
12. Alone (2:53)
13. To Jeru (All the Things You Are) (3:08)
14. Flippant (Mean to Me) (3:32)
15. Dorica (Dorcia) (3:12)
16. I'll Remember April (3:10)
17. Who Sleeps (2:38)
18. First Walk (2:58)
19. Long Ago and Far Away (2:58)
20. Top Hat (2:39)
21. Liza (2:49)
22. Toll Bridge (2:46)
23. For Goofers Only, Part 1 (3:42)
24. For Goofers Only, Part 2 (3:51)

CD 2:

1. All the Things You Are (3:08)
2. You Go to My Head (3:11)
3. Sov du lilla vide ung (3:01)
4. Smart Alec (Smart Alice) (3:02)
5. Smooth Breeze (2:52)
6. Smart Alec (2:59)
7. Apostrophe (2:51)
8. Merlin (3:33)
9. Colon (2:59)
10. Comma (2:59)
11. Silhouette (3:44)
12. Disc-Major (3:08)
13. Holiday for Piano (2:48)
14. She's Funny That Way (2:58)
15. Night and Day (2:49)
16. Sounds Like It (2:25)
17. Brazil (3:16)
18. Four and No One More (3:01)
19. Sad Sally (2:32)
20. You Blew Out the Flame (2:12)
21. You Go to My Head (3:14)
22. The Things We Did Last Summer (2:51)
23. Ablution (2:49)
24. Lady Fingers (2:44)

CD 3:

1. The Front (3:24)
2. The Boy Next Door (2:55)
3. North Express (2:51)
4. Hershey Bar (3:04)
5. That Old Black Magic (3:08)
6. They Didn't Believe Me (3:01)
7. Dedicated to Lee (2:41)
8. Late Date (2:47)
9. Bugs (3:05)
10. Jump for Fan (3:35)
11. Stocks and Bonds (3:58)
12. I Fall in Love Too Easily (3:30)
13. Danny's Dream (5:38)
14. Be Careful (5:26)
15. Igloo (4:30)
16. Circus (5:17)
17. Primula Veris (Cowslip) (5:40)
18. Laburnum Vulgare (Laburnum) (6:01)

CD 4:

1. Lotus Corniculatus (Cat-in-Clover) (5:27)
2. Galium Verum (Cheese-Renett) (7:07)
3. Late Date (3:23)
4. Beautiful Heart (3:02)
5. Gone with the Wind (7:11)
6. Lover Man (6:25)
7. Merlin (6:58)
8. Manchester Fog (4:26)
9. Lars Meets Jeff (5:19)
10. A la Carte (5:26)
11. Soho (5:16)
12. Late Summer (5:23)
13. For F.J. Fans Only (6:02)

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When Lars Gullin (1928-1976) switched from alto saxophone to fill the vacant baritone chair in Seymour Österwalls Stockholm band in 1949, it was destiny calling. Little more than a year later he was the finest baritone saxophonist in Sweden, at the Swedish jazz high table with such as Arne Domnérus, Åke Persson, Putte Wickmann and Rolf Ericson. With astonishing speed he also became a much sought-after focal point for visiting Americans like Lee Konitz, Stan Getz (both initial playing influences), Zoot Sims and James Moody. His rapid rise to international acclaim was crowned in 1954, when he was voted New Baritone Star in Down Beatthe first non-American to win a Down Beat polldespite never having visited America. By then it was clear that he was among the greatest baritone saxophonists ever to grace the music; technically assured, harmonically sophisticated, endlessly inventive and blessed with a vein of melodic inspiration that never seemed to run dry.
The reasons for his phenomenal rise are evident in the studio recordings made under his name in the years 1951-1955. While long, flowing lines and a very personal lyricism marked his work as a soloist, they were enhanced by his growing assurance, ambition and instrumental command. Other impressive facets of his musical personality were equally clear from the start, among them his talents as a fine composer and arranger. All are on display in the series of quartet, quintet, sextet, septet and octet recordings, made with some of the best Swedish and American jazzmen, that announced a memorable new presence on the jazz scene.