https://youtu.be/rUmHm1_Szec
https://youtu.be/flbsB4V5Yjc

muzycy:
CD1:
Hans Ulrik (ts)
Lars Jansson (p)
Thomas Fonnesbak (b)
Morten Lund (d)
Mathias Heise (h),
Johan Dynnesen (perc)
Sinne Eeg (voc) on 2, 4, 6, 8

CD2:
Emborg Kvartet
Alpha Centauri
Frontline
Boel-Emborg-Vinding-Riel
Emborg-Larsen Quintet

Editor's info:
41 years after the release of pianist and composer Jorgen Emborg’s debut LP SARGASSO, one can reflect on his merits as a musician, composer and conductor, painting the picture of a constantly active, curious, ambitious, fearless and not least original creator of music.

If you listen to Jorgen Emborg’s rich archive of compositions and recordings, you notice his consistently positive approach to music – his music plays upwards, it ascends. He elegantly blended the sounds of Carl Nielsen and Duke Ellington with 20th century popular music that also inspired him, creating compositions that vaulted him to his position at the top of the Danish jazz and songwriting super-league.

In addition to almost half a century as an active composer and musician in his own groups, Jorgen Emborg has played with pretty much everyone and anyone who ever walked or crawled on the Danish jazz scene, just as he has also shared the stage with many artists of international acclaim. For a number of years, he was an associate professor at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen and the pianist in the Danish Radio’s Big Band, writing several choral works and arranging his own music for the Danish Radio Entertainment Orchestra, performing for the Danish royal family as well as the Thai King Bhomibol in Bangkok.

Emborg received the Ben Webster Award as part of ‘Frontline’ in 1985, and DJBFA’s honorary award as a composer in 2016.

The first CD included in SWAN SONGS contains twelve original Jorgen Emborg compositions – eight of which had never been recorded before – and all arranged by the man himself, of course.

Choosing the participating musicians was easy – they simply needed to be the best in the country, namely, saxophonist Hans Ulrik, bassist Thomas Fonnesbak, drummer Morten Lund, harmonicist Mathias Heise, and percussionist Johan Dynnesen. .......
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