Jerry Johansson
Book of Dreams
- 1. Book of Dreams [55'22]
- Jerry Johansson, sitar
- Chamber Ensemble from Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra:
- Kenneth Wihlborg, flute and alto flute
- Mårten Larsson, oboe and oboe d’amore
- Urban Claesson, clarinet
- Arne Nilsson, bassoon
- Pelle Appelin, violin
- Thord Svedlund, violin
- Per Högberg, viola
- Paula Gustafsson, cello
All music are composed and arranged by Jerry Johansson.
Recorded live April 5, 2008 at Hagakyrkan, Göteborg, Sweden.
Engineered by Martin Holmström. Mixed by Jerry Johansson.
Cover photography by Dan Fröberg. Design by Mattias Nilsson.
Kning Disk, KD058, 2008.
Reviews/articles:
Radio:
- Kalejdoskop, SR P2, May 5, 2009
- WFMU, Bethany Ryker, April 19, 2009
- WFMU, Brad LaBonte, April 13, 2009
- Quiet space, ABC Radio National, April 6, 2009
- Radioshow “PVHF”, March 14, 2009
A new composition by Jerry Johansson is always a treat; this work makes no exception!
Book of Dreams is the new and latest cd-release by composer and sitar player Jerry Johansson; as always a treat!
Just as in the dreamy sleep, different themes moves freely around their own orbits in the very centre of concentration. Entwining together, phasing, changing shape, echoing further on. The personal inprint runs like a wonderfully glowing and red dream-thread; sometimes through the sitar, sometimes through the cello, sometimes through other instruments.
And just as in the dream, the feeling of time and space dissolves in this magical journey.
The presence is total, and the wholly and fully assembled borderlines between composition and improvisation remains hidden secrets within this work.
The underlying constructions and complex nerve system of the seemingly illusory simplicity. The borders are diffused and erased; all borders, in where the concentrated freedom of NOW appears.
A book of dreams; Book of Dreams.
