BJÖRN J:SON LINDH/BOOGIE WOOGIE MLP 15.547 (-74) SWEDEN

For artist background check post on his first solo album "Ramadan". As this his forth was recorded almost three years later with a partly different crew and titled "Boogie Woogie" you'd expect something very different, but it's not. Only boogieish I can hear is a small part of "Jayson's Boogie Woogie", most of the rest comes out very similar to the debute. Jazzy prog with an eastern feel - part with advanced twists and turns, part soothing lounge music. Three of the tracks have tiny wordless vocal parts, the rest purely instrumental. It's one of those where you're taken for a truly adventurous ride though always totally safe as cared for by top musicians. It may seem redundant to mention that he was one of the best jazz flutists back then and his work still highly regarded, but it really shows here all the time - both by brilliant licks and emotional solos. So there's not much boogie, blues or rock going on here, but for the jazz prog freak or more multi-genre listener a trip well worth taking. Also released 1975 in US as "Second Carneval" with different sleeve design and track sequence. Dutch on Metronome (MLP 115.574) and Spanish on Zafiro (ZL 157). Issued on CD 1994 by WEA (9031-71222-2). Premiere Swedish had label as shown here and laminated fold-out cover. (SCÄ*) (CCÖ*)