a r t i s t : Ulf Wakenius Group t i t l e : checkin' in d a t e : 2004 l a b e l : Spice of Life g e n r e : Jazz r l s. d a t e : Dec/2006 t r a c k s : 09 b i t r a t e : VBRkbps s i z e : 72,7 MB _______________________________________________________________________ Ulf Wakenius was born in Halmstad, Sweden on April 16, 1958. He began playing the guitar at the age of eleven, inspired by other guitarists in the neighborhood of his new hometown, Gothenburg. After picking up the guitar Ulf never looked back. In the beginning he was inspired by virtuoso electric blues guitar players but soon moved to more jazz-oriented music. Since 1997 Ulf has held what may be the most prestigious spot in jazz for a guitarist, membership in the Oscar Peterson Quartet. His predecessors have been such legends as Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Joe Pass. He has performed at such classic jazz venues as Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Blue Note and played for large crowds around the world. He has also appeared on American television (CBS) and Tv Globo (Brazil) with Oscar Peterson. Last year he recorded "Trail of Dreams" with Oscar Peterson and Michel Legrand, for the Telarc label, and during recent years he has also played with such outstanding musicians as Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Toots Thielemans, Jack DeJohnette, Max Roach, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, James Moody, Roy Hargrove, Randy Brecker. He has recorded two CDs, also for Telarc with the great Ray Brown: "Seven Steps To Heaven," which became number one in the U.S. jazz charts, and "Summertime," which was voted as one of the top ten albums of '98 in America. Lately he has led a stellar quintet of his own, featuring Mike Brecker and Ray Brown. Last year he did a sold out U.S. tour with Oscar Peterson.The highlight of the tour was the Hollywood Bowl concert with 17,000 people in the audience. --- Musicians: Yasuhito Mori: Bass Ulf Wakenius: Guitar Morten Lund: Drums Carsten Dahl: Piano Composers: 1. Will you make my soup hot and silver Carsten Dahl 2. Mack the knife Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill 3. Footprints Wayne Shorter 4. Ponta de area Milton Nascimento 5. Soon Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin 6. A child is born Thad Jones 7. I didn't know what time it was Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 8. Little girl blue Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers 9. The days of wine and roses Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini Arranged by Ulf Wakenius except (2) by Ulf Wakenius & Lars Danielsson (3) Lars Danielsson Ripper's note: I guess the misspelling of the name of track 4 ("Ponta de areia") is unintentional, but since they spell it that way on the cover, so do we on this rip. _______________________________________________________________________ 01-Will you make my soup hot and silver [06:23] 02-Mack the knife [08:15] 03-Footprints [07:27] 04-Ponta de area [02:22] 05-Soon [05:45] 06-A child is born [03:07] 07-I didn't know what time it was [06:40] 08-Little girl blue [11:26] 09-The days of wine and roses [02:34] ------- 53:59 min