Kjell Jansson - Crossover (2007) Tracks: 01. Några behöver en tro      (Some Need A Faith) 5.12 02. Crossover 4.49 03. Liten svit från Lerum      (Little Suite From Lerum) 11.38 04. Free One 7.26 05. Drums And Bass 3.16 06. Också i mitt hjärta      (Also In My Heart) 6.42 07. Parallell 6.25 08. Sången du sjöng      (The Song You Sang) 3.58 Total playing time 49.54 Notes: Recorded Live in Studio Fabriken, 21/8 2006 & 24/4-25/4 2007. Recodring engineer: Michael Thorén Mixing: Michael Thorén & Kjell Jansson. Download: Sången du sjöng (The song you sang).mp3 Cover Art: Kjell Sjögren © Musicians: Annika Skoglund - vocals Gilbert Holmström - tenor saxophone Tommy Kotter - piano Kjell Jansson - double bass Göran Kroon or Rune Carlsson - drums Yvonne Kamme - bass clarinet Nina Söderberg and Stina Jansson - violin Elin Sydhagen - viola Amelie Helmstad - cello Hvila String Quartet: Helena Kollback Heiman and Åsa Rudner - violin Karin Claeson - viola Paula Gustafsson - cello All tracks composed and arranged by Kjell Jansson.  All lyrics by Kjell Jansson. Except "Några behöver en tro" and "Också i mitt hjärta", which are two poems by Göran Sonnevi with music by Kjell Jansson (Manus).   Reviews: “Here we have two excellent opportunities to hear the exceptional bassist, Kjell Jansson-his own album, Crossover, and Gilbert Holmstrom's inspired quartet recording, The Mandelbrot Set. “Crossover enjoys a rather diverse track selection, almost like a compilation album. In addition to the jazz quartet featured on the CD, four of the eight tracks add a string quartet and vocalist. Jansson wrote all of the music, arrangements, and most of the lyrics”... three of the pieces that use the larger ensemble and are charming, contemplative ballads-particularly pleasing and nicely recorded”... showcases the soloing talents of pianist Tommy Kotter and the lovely vocals of Annika Skoglund”... The four tunes with Janssons’s quartet”... are jazz-infused”... with brief heads that serve as springboards into freely improvised solos, resulting is some excellent musical dialogue among the players. A good example can be heard on Free One, a kickin' tune all through, but the interaction between pianist Tommy Kotter and drummer Goran Kroon is especially noteworthy. This is a wonderful album for listeners with all kinds of musical tastes. The instruments are superbly recorded, and the performances are uniformly first-rate”... If you are unfamiliar with the stellar bass playing of Kjell Jansson, you should remedy this as soon as possible, and Crossover and The Mandelbrot Set are very good places to start”. www.GHQ.se  Review by Chris Kosky