ric Liftig är en av den lokala Göteborgska jazzscenens mest aktiva musiker. Han har under flera år drivit den egna klubben Bellevue Jazz i östra Göteborg och på så vis lyckats ta live-jazzen till nya delar av staden.
I och med det här samarbetet blir Bellevue Jazz och Bakgården Jazz något av systerklubbar och för att manifestera detta tar Eric med sitt ”The Blue Note Band” till Karlstad. Samuel Olsson och Stefan Wingefors är båda viktiga kuggar i Bohuslän Big Band och bedriver samtidigt framgångsrika frilansar-karriärer.
Det här är ett band som har alla verktyg att förvalta den stora Blue Note-skatten på bästa sätt.

Erics egna Blue Note-biografi på Engelska:

It’s no secret that some of the hippest music, in any style,  has been recorded on the Bluenote record label. Started in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis Bluenotes first releases focused on tradtional jazz  and small band swing music with such musicians as Sidney Bechet, Albert Ammons, Mead Lux Lewis, Art Hodes and Edmond Hall among others, but by the late 40’s the label changed it’s focus and began documenting the bebop revolution,  recording artists such as Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Tadd Dameron,Fats Navarro and others (unfortunately not Bird or Diz).
Now fast forward to the mid 1960’s Bluenote has by this point released so many classic jazz records that it’s beyond belief. Where do you start?!, Ok, how about: Art Blakey and Jazz Messangers ” A Night at Birdland w Clifford Brown , Lou Donaldson on horns( Lou’s solo on The Way You Look Tonight!!!!)  Horace Silver-piano and Curly Russell- bass, John Coltrane’s ”Blue Train” Sonny Rollins ” Live at the Village Vanguard” , Cannonball Adderly ” Something Else” w Miles, Hank Jones, Percy Heath and Blakey , Paul Chambers ” Whims of Chambers” and so so so many more. That was the 50’s , now once again forward to the mid 60’’s : Horace Silvers funky bluesy tunes with beautiful bass/piano lines  are reflecting newer grooves and styles. Lee Morgan is writing tunes that are so catchy that they are being used to sell cars on tv (but not paying Morgan any money for it !). With recordings being made by genius musicians such as Horace Silver, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard ( to name but a few) Bluenote was laying the groundwork for music that would later on build upon some of these grooves and basslines in the not so distant future.