Balladeer

Brave man, great artist in troubled times and beyond. "I ve always liked to listen to his "Rex Casino". The above pictured book, Coco´s moving account of his astonishing life, is a stunning read and thus highly recommended to everybody interested in history, jazz, Berlin, strength of man and of course Coco himself. RIP, Coco Schumann

Lennie Tristano Quartet - Live at the Confucius Restaurant 1955 (Gambit)

Maybe for some obscure, but it´s always worthwhile diggin up some unknown masterly music. IMHO this one, recorded fifteen years ago, surely is a winner; Wilfred Josephs - Works for clarinet (Metier) - Complete beauty but it is the Clarinet Quintet that´s the real stunner - one of the most precious written for this format.

Lars Gullin with Stan Getz´ Swedish All Stars - Flamingo

Wilfred Josephs - Works for Clarinet (Metier) One quintet and two duo sonatas - well worth exploring. Gorgeous music, lyrical, yet expressive 20th century stuff

Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Winter Morning Walks (Artistshare)

Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Winter Morning Walks (Artistshare)

Linda Merrick (cl), Benjamin Frith (p) & Kreutzer Quartet play Wilfred Josephs - Music for Clarinet (Metier)

Lars Gullin - Song of the Volga Boatmen

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin

Chet Baker in Paris: 1955-56 Barclay Recordings

Cassandra Wyss plays Wilhelm Stenhammar: Piano Pieces (Capriccio)

Anne Quillier 6tet - Dusty Shelters (Collectif Pince-Oreilles)

Carl Vollrath - Lingering Longings: Music for clarinet and piano Vol 2 (Navona)

Henri Sigfridsson - Sibelius: Piano Transcriptions (Haenssler Classic)

Leif Ove Andsnes - Sibelius (Sony)

Rafael Fingerlos (baritone) & Sascha El Mouissi (piano):- Robert Fürstenthal - Songs of life and passing (Toccata)

Lars Gullin - Silhouette

Lydia Calhoun (cl) - Carols for the King from Around the World

Chisato Kusunoki plays Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Scriabin, Lyapunov (Quartz Music)

Lars Gullin - Manchester Fog

Florian Just (bariton) & Jan Paul Grijpink (p) -Monologe: Schubert, Barber, Ibert, Reutter, Ravel, Ives (Etcetera)

Second heartily NYT piano choice; Leif Ove Andsnes album for Sony is gorgeous. Sibelius for piano is surely a discovery to make. Bought this earlier this year and have been happily listening to it repeatedly. Strongly recommended!

Janet Hilton (cl) & Jakob Fichert (p) - Max Reger - Clarinet Sonatas (Naxos)

Lars Gullin - The Yellow Leaves´ Love to the Earth