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The trio is made up of Jan Lundgren (piano), Mattias Svensson (bass) and Zoltan Csörsz JR (drums).

Style wise 'Flowers of Sendai' is jazz of the accessible kind and not the kind of "challenging" jazz 
that you need a degree from the University of Cool to understand never mind enjoy. 

The Jan Lundgren Trio highlights the melodic improvisation of Lundgren's very accomplished piano playing of course, 
but when brought together with his band mates you are left with an album that is really quite beautiful in its complexity and intricacy. 
Now, that's not to say that Lundgren hogs the limelight at all and the rest of the trio get their chance to shine somewhat too.

To be perfectly honest if you'd asked me twelve months or so ago to listen to this kind of laidback and somewhat cool jazz 
then you'd likely have been given very short shrift but the mellow style and superb musicianship (as demonstrated with this record) 
have me reaching for this style more and more. With Flowers of Sendai you've got a very modern sounding record 
that is still steeped in tradition and it's a bit of a winner as far as my opinion goes.

The music here is never forced in any way and despite it being complex and really quite clever, it's music 
that you can get lost in quite easily without wanting to over analyse it or get all goatee stroking about.

There's not a tune on the record that isn't really enjoyable but the title track is particularly enjoyable 
despite it being just piano. There's a simple (at times) left hand part with Lundgren creating interwoven, 
intricate and compelling melodies with his right. It's clever but not clever for the sake of it and there's a feeling 
that you're listening to really great music and musicianship. Lundgren has a bit of a reputation in the world of jazz 
as being a really great pianist and I can fully understand where this reputation comes from. 
The playing is clearly accomplished and complicated but it really does sound like he’s not trying at all - everything flows, sounds natural and unforced.

Mulgrew is another standout track on a bit of a standout record for me but here the main focus is on the bass and the 
drums while the (still great) piano playing takes a bit of a back seat. 
The piano is still vital but there's a fabulous bit of bass solo 
and a really great drum solo part that just lifts the record as a whole. (http://hifipig.com)


Release Date: May 5, 2014 
Label: Bee Jazz


foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-05-24 16:03:03

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Analyzed: Jan Lundgren Trio / Flowers Of Sendai
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -0.30 dB   -13.77 dB      4:10 01-Parfait Amour
DR12      -0.30 dB   -14.93 dB      5:49 02-Melancolia 
DR11      -1.44 dB   -16.31 dB      5:06 03-Flowers of Sendai
DR10      -0.30 dB   -12.51 dB      5:31 04-Transcendence
DR11      -0.30 dB   -14.33 dB      4:42 05-Waltz for Marion
DR14      -0.30 dB   -17.79 dB      4:35 06-Fellini
DR11      -0.30 dB   -13.57 dB      4:45 07-Alone for you
DR10      -0.30 dB   -12.52 dB      5:16 08-Mulgrew
DR13      -0.30 dB   -17.15 dB      5:38 09-Lush Life
DR13      -0.30 dB   -16.43 dB      5:17 10-Man in the Fog
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Number of tracks:  10
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2822 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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