Same Tree Different Fruit ABBA

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contro - 14.07.2012, 17:53
Same Tree Different Fruit ABBA
Quote: Recording session of the ABBA-song "Voulez vous" in SAE studio, Stockholm.
Anders Wihk - Piano, Steve Gadd - Drums and Svante Henryson - Bass.
The CD with ABBA songs in groovy arrangements "SAME TREE DIFFERENT FRUIT-ABBA" will be released and on tour in October 2012.
The guest soloists on the album (not on the tour) is no less than David Sanborn, saxophone and Robben Ford on guitar.

SAME DIFFERENT FRUIT TREE - ABBA released to coincide with the tour start in Karlstad on October 3, then including Stockholm, Gothenburg, Borlänge and Helsingborg. Sweden The tour is followed by concerts in Japan and Korea.

The music was recorded in New York, Los Angeles and SAE studios in Solna. Producer and studio technicians are Bernard Löhr, Bjorn and Benny hustekniker for over 20 years, who also worked with artists such as Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Westlife and Celine Dion.

- Anders is both an amazing musician, dedicated in what he does and a nice guy. There was a mutual understanding between us even before we started playing. When I heard his piano playing was even better. A little fun is that I actually played in the same TV shows like ABBA in the late 70's, says Steve.

Steve Gadd, one of the world's top five drummers, constantly on tour and has played with everyone, almost literally, including Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, BB King, Steely Dan, Kate Bush, Al Jarreau, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Chick Corea. Steve also has its own unique signature drum kit from Yamaha.

Link

http://www.facebook.com/SameTreeDifferentFruitABBA

http://helsingborgskonserthus.se/2012/06/trumlegenden-steve-gadd-till-sverige-jazztolkning-av-abba/

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contro - 14.07.2012, 18:33

The music featuring David Sanborn and Robben Ford will be very interesting to listen to. I esepcially like the work Sandborn did on David Bowie's Young Americans album.

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billydog - 15.07.2012, 21:30

^^^I meant you Gill and thought it would be your cup of tea :D

S x

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Emmanuelle - 19.07.2012, 23:21

Robben Ford? Oh my! He's an amazing blues guitarist. That should be very interesting.

(Woohoo! 7,000th post!)

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Emmanuelle - 19.07.2012, 23:38

Thank you! :D


And I've listened to the video and I really like it. That cleaned up my ears after the El Divo fiasco.

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Geordiegirl - 27.08.2012, 21:04

Thanks for posting that Contro, needless to say some work better than others. I didn't think Money Money Money did, which surprised me because I've always thought it would lend it'self to a laid back jazz arrangement, and I would have never recognised Fernando.

They did manage something I never tought possible, they took the cheese out of Thank You For The Music (although it was a ver short clip of it. Gill

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contro - 07.09.2012, 18:43

DN article on Steve Gadd (Google translated):

The legendary drummerSteve Gadd has played with someof pop and jazz world's most greatest artists. Now he makes jazz by Abbas songs with Swedish pianist Anders Wihk.

Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Kate Bush, Eric Clapton, Al Jarreau, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea and Paul McCartney are among the artists as American Steve Gadd kept rate access. His latest project is Abbas music in jazz clothing. It is a Swedish musician Anders Wihk that attracted him. He called simply the Steve Gadd on chance, and got surprising one Yes.
On 26 september released earnings cooperation between Wihk, Gadd
and bassist Svante Henryson on album "Same tree different fruit -
Abba ". Respective performances makes two other supermassive name: guitarist Robben Ford and saxophonist David
Sanborn.

Making instrumental jazz by twelve classic Abba Hits perceived as stepping onto holy ground. How did you feel about it, Steve Gadd?
- If I had not thought that Anders Wihk had done a good job with the arrangements I had enough not been interested in the project, but they felt fantastic and I liked to play in this music, says Steve Gadd on phone
from his home in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

What do you think about Abbas music? - I was definitely familiar with
their music. I have great respect for what Björn and Benny have done. But this was the first time that
I played their music. Steve Gadd plays virtually all kind of music, it's not much he have not tried on during his long career. But he started out as just jazz musicians.
- Yes, I did, but when I moved to New York in the 60s I learned music, a lot of different groove and I love all kinds music.

Was there anything that was particularly difficult to turn Abbas music to jazz?
- It was challenging events who is also a tribute to Abbas music. Live, I thinkit will be even more exciting than it is on record.