CD review: Hans Backenroth Q – Parker´s Mood 2021: Video, CD cover

Hans Backenroth is one of Scandinavia’s foremost bassists who played with Arne Domnérus, Kjell Öhman, Monica Zetterlund, Rebecka Törnqvist, Bernt Rosengren, Claes Janson and a long list of foreign soloists such as Harry Sweets Edison, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, Toots Thielemans and more.

Hans has received several awards such as the Wermland Society’s Cultural Scholarship and the Swedish Musicians’ Association Scholarship, participated in about 200 recordings and for twenty years has toured almost annually in Japan.

In 2009 Hans released his first solo album and now it’s time for the second solo album – Parker’s Mood – where he has assembled a quartet with the best of the younger generation who together make their own interpretations of Charlie Parker’s music.

01.Au Privave
02.The Gypsy
03.Moose The Mooche
04.My Little Suede Shoes
05.Lover Man
06.What is This Thing Called Love
07.Yardbird Suite
08.Parker s Mood
09.Embraceable You
10.Cheryl
11.Repetition
12.Segment

Hans Backenroth – bass
Klas Lindquist – alto saxophone, clarinet
Erik Söderlind – guitar
Chris Montgomery – drums