Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Ulf Wakenius

I. Checkin' In (2004)



Ulf Wakenius has since 1997 held what may be the most prestigious spot in jazz for a guitarist - membership in the Oscar Peterson Quartet. His predecessors have been such legends as Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Joe Pass.

Ulf has 10 solo albums to his name and has recorded several albums as a sideman together with many jazz legends.

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II. Enchanted Moments (1996)



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List of tunes in comment section

3 comments:

beequeen said...

I. Checkin' In (VBR)

1. Will You Make My Soup Hot and Silver (6:23)
2. Mack the Knife (8:15)
3. Footprints (7:27)
4. Ponta de Area (2:22)
5. Soon (5:45)
6. Child Is Born (3:07)
7. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (6:40)
8. Little Girl Blue (11:26)
9. Days of Wine and Roses (2:34)

II. Encanted Moments (VBR)

1. Hymn (4:08)
2. Little Girl Blue (8:10)
3. Cry Me a River (5:20)
4. When I Fall in Love (6:26)
5. Old Folks (5:42)
6. I Wish I Knew (5:59)
7. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (4:00)
8. Blues at Night (5:08)
9. My One and Only Love (3:38)
10. Ballad of the Sad Young Men (6:31)

Anonymous said...

Good jazz guitar! Thanks!
My favourites are
1) 'Will You Make My Soup Hot and Silver'. This song seems to have picked some inspiration from Hancock's 'Cantaloupe Island'
2) 'Soon', especially the phrasing between 2 min 25 sec and 2 min 42 sec.


/Jazz Organ Fan

Anonymous said...

Thank you Bee!