CE34

Blue Blue

Berger Knutsson Spering

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“After 19 years, Berger Knutsson Spering found a fourth member and its Max Schultz!”

The trio has done some live albums but…

Drummer Bengt Berger, saxophonist Jonas Knutsson and bass player Christian Spering formed the Berger Knutsson Spering trio in 1996, a trio that has six cd albums to its credit, has performed everywhere, was voted Swedish jazz group of the year more than ten years back and is still growing.

We have collaborated with classical musicians, authors and played with a lot of guest musicians but there is one that over the years has become a favorite of ours, guitarist Max Schultz. Max also happens to be the most loved guitar player in Sweden by listeners as well as among fellow musicians. So having played with Max on a number of occasions, when we decided to do this album we wanted Max as a star guest and invited him to become a member of the group.

They are all first takes..

The trio has done some live albums but now we wanted to make a real studio album and since we wanted the best, Janne Hansson at Atlantic Studios was the obvious choice. So in two days in May 2015 we recorded 12 pieces composed by all the members of the quartet, and, with the wonderful atmosphere within the band and in the studio, they are all first takes.

So here it is: Blue Blue with Berger Knutsson Spering Schultz!

This Country & Eastern album (CE34) was released on September 9, 2015 and we played three release concerts, in Umeå, Uppsala and Stockholn.
Do check out the great album reviews we got below.

Reviews

Two swedish reviews came on the release date itself:
4/5 in DN and 4/5 in UNT
A few quotes from a some of the many positive reviews:
“En komplett grupp som bara växer vid varje genomspelning” Thord Ehnberg, DIG
From Finland:
“Blue Blue är ett gott exempel på hur bra det går att blanda vitt skilda ingredienser i jazz utan att konstformens karaktär lider”, Jan-Erik Holmberg, Hufvudstadsbladet, Helsingfors.
From Norway: “Bengt Berger sammen med Christian Spering, Max Schultz og Jonas Knutsson – strålende fra broderfolket” – Tor Hammerø
Here are two incredible english reviews, one by Raul da Gama and one by Michael Tucker in Jazz Journal: