submitted on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 07:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
With climate change and recent weather, the Shakespearean sonnet "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" would seem to have become a trifle outmoded. Still, where there's a Will there's a way and Nils Lindberg has set the piece to music.
Lindberg is a true Renaissance man. From his home in Gagnef, a small village deep in the forests of the Swedish province of Dalecarlia, he emerges every now and again to dazzle us ordinary mortals with his many talents. Best known as a composer and arranger, he refuses to accept categorization and works with choirs, jazz bands, and symphony orchestras at will...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Chris Mosey
