Instrumental
International relevance: **
Mixing members from Sweden, Denmark and
Norway, ”Spring Quintett” was released in Sweden on Polar in
1981. An unusual release for a label best known for ABBA, as this is a relatively imaginative fusion album,
centered around EGBA member Bjarne Roupé's guitar and Mats
Lundvall's piano. The songs were mainly written by saxophonist Stefan
Grahn, and they don't take the easy way out; the songs have quitks and angles not too typical to early 80s standard fusion.
Spring Quintett had a broad scope of jazz styles merging into
something rather original and underappreciated. You can hear traces
of performers as diverse as Pharoah Sanders, Terje Rypdal, Harald
Svensson, and late 70s free jazz, with dashes of Albert Ayler's and
Ornette Coleman's melodicity. While not an absolute top shelf
release, it does have a quite a few interesting touches and moments.
I would have liked to hear more from this outfit, but this was
unfortunately their only album. The streaming version has one bonus track though.
Full album playlist (with bonus track)
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