Title: Generally quite lovely . . .
Product review: . . . but I think bassist and cellist Danielsson would've been better served by placing himself in the context of a regular band, rather than a bass-plus-symponic-orchestra context. Indeed, the tracks with the guests work best (especially those featuring Nils Peter Molvaer on trumpet and Dave Liebman on soprano sax).The rest of the tracks seem to lack something, either becoming too conventionally pretty or too indulgently virtuosic. Yes, Danielsson is a very fine instrumentalist, but my own feeling is that the sonorities of the bass/cello are somewhat irritating when placed so far up front in the sound image, as they are on many of the numbers, especially without the balance of horns, winds, piano, and guitar.Not what I expected, and somewhat disappointing, but may be welcomed by those who are especially taken by the bass as a lead instrument.
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