Nils Lindberg

THE SWEDISH MODERN JAZZ GROUP - Sax Appeal (LP 1960, CD 2011)

CD & Vinyl-LP: Sonorama C-58/ L-58

Rolf Billberg, alto sax / Harry Bäcklund, tenor sax / Allan Lundström, tenor sax / Lars Gullin, baritone sax / Nils Lindberg, piano & arrangments / Sture Nordin, bass / Conny Svensson, drums

Final mastering of all tracks in 2011
Release Date: 27.05.2011
Read more about the re-release at sonorama.de

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1. Curbits (Lindberg)
2. Play For Love (Lindberg)
3. Birdland (Ventura Arr. Lindberg)
4. Brand New (Lindberg)
5. Just A Take (Gullin/Billberg)
6. Blues For Bill (Lindberg)
7. Zodiac (Lindberg)
8. Cotton Tail * (Lindberg)
9. Taboo * (Lindberg)
10. Blues For Bill - EP Version * (Lindberg)
11. Moonlight In Vermont * (Sussdorf/Blackburn)

* = Bonus tracks on CD version only

As We Are (2008)

PROPHONE, PCD 094

Nils Lindberg, piano / Margareta Bengtson, vocals / Jan Allan, trumpet / Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone / Saxes Galore

(All music by Nils Lindberg, except 9 and 10)

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1. Remember
2. B.B. Blues
3. As You Are
4. Springtime
5. I Remember Karelia
6. Santa Barbara
7. Skylark
8. Tingsmarschen
9. Tomorrow (Jan Öhman, arr Nils Lindberg)
10. Dry Martini (Jan Öhman, arr Nils Lindberg)
11. Blues for Bill
12. Shall I Compare Thee
13. Epilogue

Speglingar - Mytologiska bilder (2008)

Swedish Society Discofil, SCD 1140

Anders Paulson, soprano saxophone / Dalasinfoniettan / Bjarne Engeset

(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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Speglingar

1. Låt från Leksand
2. Melodi från Floda
3. Danslek
4. Visa från Malung
5. Gagnefs Skänklåt
6. Torn Eriks Polska
7. Mockfjärds Skullbräddlek

Mytologiska Bilder

1. Prolog
2. Tömpkal
3. Randa
4. Fösskal
5. Epilog

Timeless - Dalecarlian Paintings (2005)

PROPHONE, PCD 081

Jan Allan, trumpet / Putte Wickman, clarinet / Arne Domnérus, alto saxophone / Bjarne Nerem, tenor saxophone / Anders Lindskog, tenor saxophone / Erik Nilsson, baryton saxophone / Torgny Nilsson, trombone / Jan Allan, trumpet, alto horn / Nils Lindberg, piano, organ, conductor / Björn Alke, bass / Sture Nordin, bass / Roman Dylag, bass / Fredrik Norén, drums / Nils-Erik Slörner, drums / The Fresk Quartet / Sockentrio from Rattvik / Swedish Radio Orchestra

Re-release of some of the best Nils Lindberg recordings from the 70's. Swedish Folk Music and Jazz in exquisite arrangements by Nils Lindberg.

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1. Tom Erik's Song
2. Marching Tune from Western Dalecarlia
3. Sparf Anders' Polska
4. The Blessed Day
5. Thoughts on a Shieling Hymn
6. Dal Jerk's Polska
7. Ballad from Mockfjärd
8. Shieling Tune from Hogbo
9. Waltz from Enviken
10. Old Wedding Tune from Ahl
11. Song from Djura

Swedish Folk Tunes from Dalecarlia (2004)

Proprius, PRSACD 2032

Andrew Canning, church organ / Uppsala Cathedral Choir / Milke Falck

Super Audio CD (Hybrid), Surround Sound 4.0
(arranged by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Choir: Kom min vän
   (melody from Siljansnäs)
2. Choir: O Gud, som allt med vishet styr
   (melody from Malung)
3. Organ: O Gud, som allt med vishet styr (melody from Malung)
4. Choir: Så går en dag än från vår tid
   (melody from Orsa)
5. Organ: Så går en dag än från vår tid
   (melody from Orsa)
6. Choir: Befall i Herrens händer
   (melody from Leksand)
7. Organ: Befall i Herrens händer
   (melody from Leksand)
8. Choir: Den signade dag (melody from Orsa)
9. Organ: Den signade dag (melody from Orsa)
10. Choir: Har du din lampa redo (melody from Malung)
11. Organ: Har du din lampa redo (melody from Malung)
12. Organ: I himmelen, i himmelen (melody from Orsa)
13. Choir: I himmelen, i himmelen (melody from Orsa)
14. Organ: Mitt farväl jag blandar med kärlekens gråt (melody from Malung)
15. Organ: Jag står på bruderätten min (melody from Malung)
16. Organ: Den signade dag (old folk tune according to Liss Mor recorded by Oskar Lindberg)

A Christmas Cantata (2003)

Proprius, PRCD2027

Margareta Jalkeus, soprano / Olle Persson, baritone / Nils Lindberg, piano / Nils Lindberg Big Band / Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir / Gustaf Sjökvist

Live recording from Storkyrkan in Stockholm
(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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Brand New! Swedish Jazz History Vol. 9 1960-1964 (2003)

Naxos, CAP 22050

Nils Lindberg / The Swedish Modern Jazz Group / Jan Johansson Trio / The Werner-Rosengren Swedish Jazz Quartet / Arne Domnérus and his orchestra / Putte Wickman sextet / The Sunsiders / Harry Arnold's Radio band / Ingvar Johansson's trio / Staffan Abeleen's quintet

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Curbits (Nils Lindberg)

Brand New (Nils Lindberg)

Ars Gratia Artis (Nils Lindberg)

The sky, the flower and a lark (2002)

Proprius, PRCD 2011

Nils Lindberg, piano, arrangements / Margareta Jalkéus, soprano / Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone / Third Saxes Galore / Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir / Gustaf Sjökvist

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1. Vi ska ställa té en roliger dans (trad)
2. Allt under himmelens fäste (trad)
3. Näckens polska (trad)
4. Om sommaren sköna (trad)
5. En gång i bredd med dig (trad)
6. Kristallen den fina (trad)
7. Domaredansen (trad)
8. As You Are (Nils Lindberg/Red Mitchell)
9. A Love Supreme (Nils Lindberg/John Coltrane)
10. Marits visa (Nils Lindberg/Rune Lindström)
11. Lärkan (Nils Lindberg/Ragnar Jändel)
12. Sommaren (Nils Lindberg/Bo Bergman)
13. Ett vårstycke (Nils Lindberg/Ragnar Jändel)
14. Men när hon vilar (Nils Lindberg/Nils Ferlin)
15. Skyn, blomman och en lärka (Nils Lindberg/Hjalmar Gullberg)
16. Vocalise (Nils Lindberg)
17. Handkarta / Gammal fäbodpsalm (trad)
18. Höga visan (Nils Lindberg/Lyrics from the Bible)

A date with a soprano saxophone (2002)

Caprice Records, CAP 21668

Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone

A Super Audio CD, in hybrid format, playable even on CD player

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Krusningar & Polska (Nils Lindberg)

Don't Be Blue (2001)

PROPHONE, PCD 062

Alice Babs, vocals / Third Saxes Galore: Nils Lindberg, piano, arrangements / Anders Paulsson, soprano and tenor saxophone / Hans Åkesson, alto saxophone / Krister Andersson, tenor saxophone / Joakim Milder, tenor saxophone / Peter Gullin, baritone saxophone / Jan Adefelt, bass / Bengt Stark, drums

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1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rogers/Hart)
2. If I Were Eve (Lewis)
3. Portrait Of Django (Lewis)
4. Song For The Dreamer (Lewis)
5. Baroque Stomp (Olle Lindberg)
6. As You Are (Nils Lindberg)
7. Takin' A Chance On Love (Duke/Latouch/Fetter)
8. Marit's Song (Nils Lindberg)
9. I Could Write A Book (Rogers/Hart)
10. Vocalise (Nils Lindberg)
11. In A Mellow Tone (Ellington)
12. Thank You For Everything (Strayhorn)

Third Saxes Galore (2000)

PROPHONE, PCD 052

Nils Lindberg, piano / Anders Paulsson, soprano and tenor saxophone / Hans Åkesson, alto saxophone / Krister Andersson, tenor saxophone / Joakim Milder, tenor saxophone / Jan Adefelt, bass / Bengt Stark, drums

(All music by Nils Lindberg, except 3)

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1. The Weasel
2. Marit's Song
3. Baroque Stomp (Olle Lindberg)
4. Bagatelle
5. Tango
6. In Memory Of Lars
7. B.B. Blues
8. Remembrance part I & II

Yesterday (1999)

PROPHONE, PCD 050

Alice Babs, vocals / Jan Allan, trumpet / Arne Domnérus, alto saxophone / Jan "Tollarparn" Eriksson, piano / Nils Lindberg, piano / Rune Gustafsson, guitar / Red Mitchell, bass / Åke Levén, organ / Ulf Wesslén, organ

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1. Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)
2. Close to you (Bacharach/David)
3. Said the Willow Tree (Reinhold Svensson/Signe Hasso)
4. Fine Knacks for Ladies (Dowland)
5. Come again (Dowland)
6. Bist du bei mir (J S Bach)
7. Jesu, Jesu du bist mein (J S Bach)
8. Till Österland vill jag fara (trad)
9. Där bor en konung (Reinhold Svensson/Signe Hasso)
10. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (trad)
11. Somebody Cares (Ellington)
12. It Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington)
13. Me and You (Ellington)
14. Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)

Duke Ellington in Sweden 1973 (1999)

Naxos, CAP 21599

Duke Ellington band / Nils Lindberg, guest piano soloist on track 11 & 14

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11. There's something about me (Duke Ellington)

14. Take the A train (Billy Strayhorn)

Symphony No 1 & Jazz From Studio A (1998)

Border Music, DRCD 331

Nils Lindberg feat Lars Gullin & Rolf Billberg

Swedish Radio Orchestra / Nils Lindberg, piano / Jan Allan, trumpet / Benny Bailey, trumpet / Åke Persson, trombone / Rolf Billberg, alto saxophone / Harry Bäcklund, tenor saxophone / Bjarne Nerem, tenor saxophone / Lars Gullin, baritone saxophone / Erik Nilsson, baritone saxophone / Georg Riedel, bass / Egil Johansen, drums

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1. Symphony No 1 - part 1, 2, 3 (Nils Lindberg)
2. Topsy (Eddie Durham)
3. I Remember You (Schertzinger)
4. What's New (Bob Haggart)
5. Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk)
6. 'S wonderful (George Gershwin)

A Church Blues for Alice (1998)

Sony Music Entertainment, SK 61797

Alice Babs, voice / Nils Lindberg, piano, leader / Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone / Jan Adefeldt, bass / Andrew Canning, organ / Uppsala Cathedral Choir / Milke Falck, conductor

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1. Come Sunday (D. Ellington)
2. Tankar kring en vallåt (Nils Lindberg)
3. Kristallen den fina (arr. Nils Lindberg)
4. Is God a Three Letter Word (D. Ellington)
5. Blood Count (B. Strayhorn)
6. Till minne (Nils Lindberg)
7. B.B. Blues (Nils Lindberg)
8. Shall I Compare (Nils Lindberg)
9. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (B. Strayhorn)
10. Faraway Star (arr. Nils Lindberg)
11. A Blues for Alice (Nils Lindberg)
12. Kulning A - Improvisation Alice
13. Kulning B - Improvisation Alice

Carpe Diem (1997)

Lady Bird Productions, LBCD0024

Annika Eliasson-Frick, soprano / Carl Unander-Scharin, tenor / Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir / Gustaf Sjökvist

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(Nils Lindberg: O Mistress Mine - A garland of Elizabethan poetry, suite in 12 parts)

1. Encouragements to a lover
2. The passionate shepherd to his love
3. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
4. Counsel to girls
5. Carpe Diem
6. Cherry-ripe
7. Not Celia, that I just am
8. To Anthea who may command him anything
9. A madrigal
10. Go, lovely Rose
11. A ditty
12. To Lucasta, on going to the wars
    
    
13. Till Minne
14. As you are
15. Visa på väg
16. Mitt farväl jag blandar
17. Jag står på bruderätten min
18. Till Minne
19. Gud som haver barnen kär
20. Kom min vän

Lindberg / Mitchell / Paulsson (1995)

1995 LCM Records AB, LCM C-12

Nils Lindberg, piano / Red Mitchell, bass / Anders Paulsson, soprano saxophone / strings

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1. Leksandslåt / Leksand Tune
2. For Absent Friends
3. Riddarvisa / Knight´s Tune
4. Hupplek
5. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer´s Day
6. Torn-Eriks Visa
7. Humoresque
8. Vaggvisa / Lullaby
9. Waltzing the Cat
10. Ballad från Mockfjärd

Alone With My Melodies (1995)

Border Music, DRCD 277

Nils Lindberg, piano

(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Ad Lib I
2. Ballad From Mockfjärd
3. Waltz From Enviken
4. Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day
5. Tune For A Wedding
6. Ad Lib II - Day-Dreaming
7. Herding Tune - A Ditty
8. Torn Erik's Song - In Memoriam
9. As You Are
10. Ad Lib III

That Certain Feeling (1995)

Border Music, ABCD 061

Lena Janson / Nils Lindberg Combo

(All music by George Gershwin)

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1. Isn't it a pity?
2. Someone to watch over me
3. Soon
4. Fascinatin' rhythm
5. That certain feeling
6. 'S wonderful
7. Pay some attention to me
8. Embraceable you
9. But not for me
10. Bidin' my time

A Swedish Tribute to Duke (1995)

Naxos, PSCD 084

Swedish Radio Jazz Group

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Ducal Dedication (Nils Lindberg)

Requiem (1994)

Naxos, PSCD 078

Nils Lindberg Big Band / The Swedish Radio Choir / Annika Eliasson-Frick, voice / Lena Willemark, voice / Margareta Jalkéus, voice / Olle Persson, voice

(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Requiem:

   Introitus

   Kyrie

   Dies Irae

   Tuba Mirum

   Recordare

   Lacrymosa

   Alone I Stood One Morning

   Interludium

   Offertorium

   Sanctus

   Agnus Dei

2. Poems On Light And Darkness:

   The Great Suffering

   The World Clock

   Summer Psalm

3. The Riddle
4. Night
5. The Blessed Day

Saxes galore • Brass galore (1994)

Border Music, ABCD 3004

Saxes Galore 1 - 6: Nils Lindberg, piano / Red Mitchell, bass / Rune Carlsson, drums / Herb Geller, alto & soprano saxophone, flute / Claes Rosendahl, tenor saxophone, flute / Bernt Rosengren, alto & tenor saxophone, flute / Lennart Åberg, tenor saxophone, flute / Erik Nilsson, baritone saxophone, flute / Nils Lindberg piano

Brass Galore 7 - 11: Nils Lindberg, piano / Mads Vinding, bass / Rune Carlsson, drums / Jan Allan, trumpet, alto horn / Allan Botschinsky, trumpet, cornet/ Markku Johansson trumpet, cornet / Torgny Nilsson, trombone / Sven Larsson tuba, bass trombone

(All music and arrangements by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Curbits
2. Storm Warning
3. As You Are
4. Ars Gratio Artis
5. Torn Eriks Polska
6. Inversion
   
   
7. Almost the Blues
8. Waltz for Anne-Marie
9. Daydreaming
10. Fanfares
11. For Absent Friend

Serenading Duke Ellington (1994)

PROPHONE, PCD 021

Alice Babs, vocals / Ulf Wesslén, organ / Nils Lindberg Orchestra

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1. Lady in Blue
2. Me and You
3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4. Freedom I
5. There's Something About Me
6. Somebody Cares
7. Warm Valley
8. I Don't Mind
9. Jump for Joy
10. I Like the Sunrise
11. Freedom I & III
12. Somebody Cares
13. Thank you for Everything
14. Something about Believing
15. Solitude

Melody In Blue (1993)

Border Music, DRCD 245

Nils Lindberg New Saxes Galore: Anders Paulsson, tenor & soprano saxophone / Johan Hörlén, alto saxophone / Joakim Milder & Krister Andersson, tenor saxophone / Charlie Malmberg, baritone saxophone / Nils Lindberg, piano / Jan Adefelt, bass / Bengt Stark, drums

(All music by Nils Lindberg, except track 6 and 12)

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1. For Absent Friends
2. In A Latin-American Way
3. Melody In Blue
4. Blues In Tempo Presto
5. Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day
6. Little Willie Leaps (Miles Davis)
7. Vallåt
8. Vals från Enviken
9. Polska With All My Love
10. Blue Bop
11. Vaggvisa - Lullaby
12. Cottontail (Duke Ellington)

Sax Appeal & Trisection (1992)

Border Music, DRCD 220

Nils Lindberg featuring Lars Gullin & Rolf Billberg

Rolf Billberg, alto saxophone / Bertil Löfdahl, tenor saxophone / Harry Bäcklund, tenor saxophone / Lars Gullin, baritone saxophone / Erik Nilsson, baritone saxophone / Eje Thelin, trombone / Idrees Sulieman, trumpet / Jan Allan, trumpet / Sven Olof Walldoff, bass trumpet / Nils Lindberg, piano / Sture Nordin, bass / Conny Svensson, drums / Sture Kallin, drums

(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Curbits
2. Play For Love
3. Birdland - Brand New
4. Just A Take
5. Blues For Bill
6. Zodiac
7. Trisection I
8. Trisection II
9. Trisection III
10. Day-Dreaming
11. Ars Gratia Artis
12. Joker

O Mistress Mine (1990)

Border Music, ABCD 032

Nils Lindberg / Martin Best / Lena Willemark / Fresk Quartet / Swedish Radio Choir

(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Counsel to girls
2. Not Celia, that I juster am
3. A madrigal
4. Carpe diem
5. Go, lovely Rose!
6. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
7. To Anthea who may command him anything
8. Cherry-Ripe
9. To Lucasta
10. A ditty
11. The passionate shepherd to his love
12. Encouragements to a lover
13. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
14. Epilogue

Lapponian Suite (1987)

Border Music, ABCD 008

Putte Wickman, clarinet / Nils Lindberg, piano / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra / Gustaf Sjökvist

(All music by Nils Lindberg)

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1. Lapponian suite
2. Walking tune
3. Concerto Grosso in Dalecarlian form
4. Song
5. Wedding march
6. As you are

7 Dalecarlian Paintings (1986)

Swedish Society Discofil, SCD 1011

Putte Wickman, clarinet / Jan Allan, trumpet / Arne Domnérus, alto saxophone / Nils Lindberg, piano / Sture Nordin, bass / Fredrik Norén, drums / Fresk Quartet / Swedish Radio Orchestra

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1. Torn Eriks visa
2. Gånglåt från Västerdalarna
3. Sparf Anders polska
4. Den signade dag
5. Funderingar kring Gammal fädbodpsalm
6. Dal Jerks polska
7. Ballad från Mockfjärd
8. Fäbodlåt från Högbo
9. Vals från Enviken
10. Gammal skänklåt från Åhl
11. Visa från Djura