Ljungkvist, Fredrik & Yun Kan 5 / Badaling
Album: Badaling   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Ljungkvist, Fredrik & Yun Kan 5   Added:Mar 2008
Label:Caprice Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-04-27 Pull Date: 2008-06-29 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jun 29 Jun 8 May 18 May 4
Airplays: 1 2 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 11, 2011: Faux
Badaling
4. Jun 06, 2008: No Cover, No Minimum
Badaling
2. Jun 27, 2008: Memory Select
Oslo
5. May 16, 2008: Memory Select
Oslo
3. Jun 06, 2008: Memory Select
Altro?
6. May 02, 2008: Memory Select
Badaling

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2008-04-20
FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST & YUN KAN 5: Badaling
Caprice, 2007

SWEDISH AVANT JAZZ - Saxophonist/clarinetist with a friendly, non-threatening avant-garde sound that takes off from small, deliberately-phrased themes. Tight chamber-jazz quintet includes tuba for interesting flavor; piano (Klas Nevrin) and drums (Jon Fält) really stand out. Highly enjoyable stuff.

All good. Fo's Picks: 1, 3, 5, 6

1. 07:36 - tense: scattered piano, twisty sax, avant tuba; awesome drums
2. 03:37 - gentle, off-kilter tune; tuba, sax, piano take turns out front
3. 07:01 - solo sax intro; upbeat, methodical theme leads to speedy solos
4. 05:33 - oblique intro, slow walk w/clarinet, turns very quiet & abstract
5. 04:46 - piano clusters over clattering sounds, becomes a curious creep
6. 06:38 - a relaxed stroll: frizzy piano solo, excellent drums, quiet breaks
7. 11:35 - moaning intro, quiet wanderings over steady beat; bright but spare middle builds up to brisk bounce, second half swings

[Fo] – 4/20/08

Track Listing
1. Badaling   4. Kun Lun
2. Folkhemmet   5. Ray Battle
3. Oslo   6. Altro?
  7. Kopi Luwak