Nils Landgren: The Moon, The Stars and You/Collector's Edition
Author: Andy Robson
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Musicians: |
João Bosco (g, v) |
Label: |
ACT |
Magazine Review Date: |
Dec/Jan/2012/2013 |
Catalogue Number: |
ACT6010-2 CD + DVD |
RecordDate: |
10 December 2011 |
The original CD release of Landgren's meditations about all things moony, starry and generally heavenly was a spanglesome treat. Now it's been swiftly reissued, but also with a DVD of the core quartet. With none of those stellar guests, Galliano, Gadd and Sample et al on board, you may feel a little cheated with the DVD. But actually it's a whole new album in itself. Wollny is given far more room to express himself, and is able to step change between the lustrously romantic and a more ‘out’ attitude that reflects his own trio work. Landgren sings a shade less (but no less movingly), but again there's more room for that melancholy ’bone to moan, as on ‘The Moon's A Harsh Mistress’. But then suddenly he steps on the echo giving us a very different ‘Moonshadow’ from the album version. With the guys all togged up in DJs and gorgeously lit in red and blacks, this could be a fab Valentine's Day treat or Christmas stocking filler.

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