Happy coincidences can often lead to extraordinary results. No-one could have foreseen that Lars Danielsson and the Armenian pianist Tigran would pair up to form the new dream duo of the European jazz scene, when in fact the two musicians played their first concert together only one week before the scheduled recordings of Liberetto. It was clear from the first note that two musical soulmates had found each other, and despite it happening by coincidence the result of their meeting was all the more intense. On Liberetto Lars Danielsson remains true to his musical language and style, with often melancholic and uniquely fragmented melodies, a search for new musical spaces and an inherent sense of lyricism. However, here he goes one step further Liberetto is more intense and more interactive than Danielsson s previous albums, perhaps leaning further towards chamber jazz, and this has a lot to do with the musicians with whom he recorded the album. In addition to Tigran (whose technique and expression are so stunning that Tigran won both the Thelonious Monk and Martial Solal competitions when he was still a teenager), Danielsson s longstanding desire to work with former Esbjörn Svensson Trio drummer Magnus Öström finally came true. The British guitarist John Parricelli, with his wonderfully subtle style, is an old acquaintance; and Arve Henriksen, who has consistently proven his standing in the great tradition of lyrical Scandinavian trumpet players, appears as a guest musician.