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Nordic Quartet

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Released
  
1995

Artist
  
John Surman

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
50:25

Release date
  
1995

Label
  
ECM Records

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Recorded
  
August 1994 Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Nordic Quartet (1994)
  
A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe (1995)

Similar
  
John Surman albums, Jazz albums

Nordic Quartet is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal and Vigleik Storaas recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars stating "The group never really meshes their disparate voices together and few of the spacey (and sometimes meandering) group originals other than "Wild Bird" are at all memorable. All of the principals have sounded better elsewhere".

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman except as indicated
  1. "Traces" (Karen Krog, Vigliek Storaas) - 7:14
  2. "Unwritten Letter" (Krog, John Surman) - 3:49
  3. "Offshore Piper" (Terje Rypdal, Surman) - 2:09
  4. "Gone to the Dogs" - 3:58
  5. "Double Tripper" (Rypdal, Surman) - 6:18
  6. "Ved Sørevatn" (Rypdal) - 8:06
  7. "Watching Shadows" (Krog, Surman) - 5:20
  8. "The Illusion" (Storaas) - 5:57
  9. "Wild Bird" (Krog, Rypdal, Surman) - 7:30
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in August 1994

    • Personnel

  • John Surman — soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Karin Krog — voice
  • Vigleik Storaas — piano
  • Terje Rypdal — guitar

    • Songs

    1TracesTerje Rypdal - Karin Krog - Vigleik Storaas7:14
    2Unwritten LetterTerje Rypdal - Karin Krog - Vigleik Storaas3:49
    3Offshore PiperTerje Rypdal - Karin Krog - Vigleik Storaas2:10

    References

    Nordic Quartet Wikipedia
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