Instrumental
International relevance: ***
Ett Minne För Livet was a label
founded by a musicians' collective of Archimedes Badkar, Vargavinter,
Spjärnsvallet and Iskra. They released only a handful of albums
including this duo live recording by the great Bengt Berger and Kjell
Westling. The album is an OK free jazz effort but it would have
benefitted from shorter performances, maybe two improvisations on
each LP side instead of just one. While they manage to keep the
momentum going, it's hard even for them to come up with fresh
perspectives on ideas when they're stretched out to around eighteen
minutes. ”Till hafs” is better than "Ad Libido" in that regard, more
dynamic, but the entire album suffers a bit from being repetitious.
The album has been rereleased with a new cover on Berger's excellent Country & Eastern label as "Live in Stockholm 77".
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