Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz review – unmistakable sparkle and lightness

(ACT)Jan Lundgren must have just about the broadest stylistic range of any musician in jazz. It extends from timeless, straight-ahead swing to the contemporary “sound of Europe”, as typified by his two successful Mare Nostrum albums. But there’s no mistaking the sparkle and lightness of spirit that illuminates his piano playing, wherever you hear it. It’s there in his composition too, as this set amply demonstrates. It opens with the title piece, tuneful and jaunty, featu