Staffan William-Olsson/Anders Persson Kvartett

Anders Persson er en lyrisk gøteborgspianist i Bill Evans’ fotspor, en klangmagiker som Esbjörn Svensson skrev følgende om i 1992:

“You never know when that special moment will come along, when you forget about yourself and your surroundings, when time stands still. You can pay money to see a show, but that magical thing, that thing you are really longing for, may never happen. For me it happened that night, after the concert had finished. He just played a couple of standards, songs I’d heard many times before. But this was different. He played them so simply, so softly, with a personal touch that was so expressive. I was blown away. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,’ Round Midnight – it doesn’t matter. When you hear music, real music, you don’t care about time, all you care about is the music. I will never forget that moment.”