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Danel Bingert: Berit In Space

By Mark Corroto
April 2, 2020
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Berit In Space is available in all formats from LP to CD and digital except cassette, but you don't have to play the vinyl version to get at least some of the vinyl experience. The album's very clever sound incorporates what is described as a "true-vinyl-record-remaster" that includes a needle drop as each "side" begins, plus that end of the "side" snap of the stylus. The sound returns to the warmth of the pre-digital listening experience, as does the music presented. Bassist Daniel Bingert can be heard in JH3 (Jari Haapalainen Trio), but he cannot be heard on Berit In Space, because he elected to limit his role to composer and studio champion of this music.

Not only are the vinyl sounds a renaissance of the 1950s and '60s, so too is the music. "Cinco De Mayo" could easily have been a missing track from

Miles Davis

trumpet
1926 - 1991

" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis' Ascenseur Pour L'?chafaud (Fontana, 1958), with its luscious arrangements around the muted trumpet of

Karl Olandersson

trumpet
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Karl Olandersson. Bingert draws not only from the hipness of Davis, but also from his association with

Gil Evans

composer / conductor
1912 - 1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Evans on tracks like "Sven-Eric Snyltaren," "Henry And Bernard" and "Berit In Space."

The latter piece is an excellent example how Bingert has arranged the music to be sinuous without sounding constrained. The flow draws on the organic talents of Olandersson, saxophonists

Jonas Kullhammar

saxophone
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Jonas Kullhammar and

Per Texas Johansson

woodwinds

" data-original-title="" title="">Per Texas Johansson, pianist Charlie Malmberg, bassist

Torbjorn Zetterberg

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Torbjorn Zetterberg and drummer Moussa Fadera. Is it easy to imagine Bingert as a modern

Billy Strayhorn

piano
1915 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Strayhorn arranging "Kaya Boca" for a small group

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington recording. The recording's warmth is evident throughout, and obviously accentuated by the vinyl sounds.

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Track Listing

Cinco De Mayo; Sven-Eric Snyltaren; Gil Bill; Kaya Boca; City Sirens; Henry And Bernard; Notredame; Lost Keys; Berit In Space; Sweet Jesus.

Personnel

Jonas Kullhammar

saxophone

Karl Olandersson

trumpet

Per Texas Johansson

woodwinds

Charlie Malmberg

piano

Moussa Fadera

drums

Torbjorn Zetterberg

bass, acoustic

Daniel Bingert

composer / conductor

Album information

Title: Berit In Space | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Moserobie

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