Jan Lundgren, Richard Galliano & Paolo Fresu: Mare Nostrum live at JazzBaltica 2007

Paolo Fresu - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Richard Galliano - accordion, accordina
Jan Lundgren - piano

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2007, Große Konzertscheune, Salzau Germany, June 30, 2007

1. Mare Nostrum
2. Principessa
3. The Seagull
4. Years Ahead
5. Varvindar friska
6. Liberty Waltz
7. Chat Pitre
8. Valzer di Rotorno
9. Love Land

Paolo Fresu from Sardinia, Richard Galliano, raised in the southern France but of Italian offspring and Jan Lundgren of Swedish origin found each other and this collaboration of the three most melodically inclined musicians of today’s European jazz scene has grown and developed organically. Fresu, Galliano and Lundgren move within a great variety of modes of expression. Considering the fact, that the future of jazz can only be kept alive by opening it towards other musical cultures, the trio acts accordingly and presents a surprising amount of themes of very varied origins. The French touch is featured through an immortal tune by the great Charles Trénet. Swedish folksongs, Maurice Ravel's 20th century stylistics, Brazilian standards by Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes as well as originals culminate in a fascinating sound experience. Thanks to the remarkable musicianship of these three outstanding instrumentalists, the trio appears most capable of creating a fascinating whole, which – listened to from afar – seems difficult to obtain. This is the jazz with a contemporary tinge that provides a taste of the future: exciting, highly emotional and full of daringly creative artistic exchange. Thus, it aims at an audience interested in getting involved in its melodically intense projection.
In 2007 they recorded the studio album "mare nostrum" for ACT Music.