Jan & Arne Domnerus Johansson Younger than springtime 1959-1961 11/11/14 I Won't Dance 4

I Won't Dance 4

Under You A4

Released: 10/2/06

California by Alain Johannes at his 11AD Studio

Hypnotic spectral folk from Berlin by way of Canada and New Zealand

Jan & Arne Domnerus Johansson Younger than springtime 1959-1961 11/11/14 I Won't Dance 4The pianist Jan Johanssons revolutionary jazz treatments of traditional Swedish folk songs were a few years away, and he had yet to experiment with modal playing and avant garde jazz. At this point, he was still playing mostly hard bop, which is the style that dominates here. It gets off to an impressive start with four recordings from Johanssons first session with alto saxophonist Arne Domnerus in 1959. After that, Johansson is heard as a trio