Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius – Good Stuff (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:34 minutes | 822 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Vienna, Rome, Seoul… Iiro Rantala and Ulf Wakenius are musicians who travel the world, always on tour as leaders of their own projects. So it was something of a fluke that this duo was able to come into existence at all. The idea first emerged in October 2015, when Rantala and Wakenius stopped off at the Philharmonie in Berlin. Siggi Loch, curator of the “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic” concert series, had brought them together on stage for the “Tears for Esbjörn” concert. “We were part of a larger ensemble on that occasion”, Rantala remembers, “but it was clear to both of us straight away that we would want to form a duo.” This has to be seen as a very smart move, given the rarity of the piano-guitar duo in jazz – a fine exception being that of Brad Mehldau with Pat Metheny.
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Gerardo Núñez, Ulf Wakenius, Chano Dominguez – Jazzpaña Live (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:06 minutes | 743 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
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Connecting the unexpected, flamenco meets jazz on Jazzpaña live in a special multicultural statement. Flamenco nuevo guitarist Gerardo Núñez and Swedish jazz guitarist Ulf Wakenius are joined by the Ramón Valle Trio, pianist Chano Domínguez and other musicians for these performances, recorded live in concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in October 2014 and at the WDR 3 Jazzfest in Dortmund in January 2015.
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Ulf Wakenius with Lars Danielsson & Magnus Öström – Taste of Honey (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:51 minutes | 829 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Tree of the greatest musicians coming out of Europe has joined forces on Ulf Wakenius upcoming release on ACT Records. ”Taste Of Honey” It will be a very different tribute to Paul McCartney dressed in Nordic Clothes with both very lyrical touch and EST vibe. Ulf Wakenius-Guitars Lars Danielsson-Bass-Cello Magnus Öström-Drums-Percussion.
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Ulf Wakenius – Momento Magico (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:48 minutes | 928 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The unceasing quest for those magical moments in music is what drives jazz musicians to do what they do: “I was blessed to experience such moments in my work with wonderful artists like Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Youn Sun Nah and others,“ recounts guitarist Ulf Wakenius. And that is what the new album “Momento Magico“ is all about – those rare and extraordinary moments outside the bounds of time and space that stay with you throughout an entire musical life.
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Ulf Wakenius & Eric Wakenius – Father and Son (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:15 minutes | 951 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Whether father Ulf did actually place a guitar in the crib of his baby son Eric or not, here they now are unite as a guitar duo on “Father and Son”, a personal album and a virtuoso conversation in the art of contemporary jazz guitar. They can swing or play gentle ballads together, go extrovert and percussive, they can tell stories from far-off lands, or sometimes from their Swedish homeland. Ulf and Eric Wakenius have a sensitivity and a sense of atmosphere which creates magical guitar moments.
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