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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6362
Category: Music
Artists: Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous, Jack Dejohnette
Publisher: Ecm Records
Studio: Ecm Records
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
Label: Ecm Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.8 x 0.2
MPN: 001187502
UPC: 602517799264
EAN: 0602517799264
ASIN: B001CSQIR8
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Sunrise | | • | Den Forste Sne | | • | Will | | • | Believer | | • | Flight | | • | Seasons |
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Album Description
An absolute must-have for fans of Rypdal, Vitous and DeJohnette. Atmospheric, abstract, undefinable and simply powerful music. Another early ECM classic, uniting kindred, adventurous souls.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 No... don't fool yourselves. December 12, 2008
The essence of this recording is as follows: One the the world's greatest rhythm sections was hired to play alongside Terje, who, armed with foot-pedal, plays two or three synthesizer-laden notes in the background. Terje often bends the strings to sound like distant bird-calls that seem to fade in and out. The first track is good and Terje does make some cool atmospheric ambience but THAT IS ALL HE DOES FOR THE WHOLE SESSION. It ends up sounding the same and it just keeps going... until it is just stale. He plays basically two to four notes the whole time. His foot pedal sounds great but it just gets repetitive after about 40 minutes. The rhythm section of Vitous and Dejohnette are outstanding players, but it seems almost as if they are exploited... as if they were hired to give "legitimacy" to this alleged "avant garde" foot pedaling.
Don't buy this cd... unless you dig one or two notes on the electric guitar being "bended" and fading in and out over and over and over and over with the backdrop of a jazz rhythm section.
Soundscapes? Ambience? -nope. no way.
 First two tracks are great May 6, 2008
I originally purchased the LP the year after it came out. The first two cuts are compositions by Terje Rypdal, the next two are by Miroslav Vitous, and the last two are totally free improvisations. It's kind of like listening to 3 different albums. The two pieces by Rypdal are actually my favorite two pieces by him. Sunrise is eerily beautiful although somewhat tinted. Drummers take note, Jack DeJohnette was always my all time favorite drummer and as a one time serious drummer I can safely say that the work he did on Sunrise was absolutely incredible if you listen very carefully to what he was doing. He was doing stuff with his left hand that most guys could barely do with both of their hands!! Den Forste Sne is absolutely gorgeous (it's the only melodic piece in this album). Flight, one of the free improvs is pretty nutty, but has some interesting stuff in it. I know some people don't like Terje's guitar synthesizor sounds but I think it's pretty cool. Unfortunately the rest of the album sounds like a dreery afternoon in the frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle or something like that. If you like MP3s, download the first two and maybe Flight if you're trying to fill out a disc. After such a wonderful start, it was kind of a bummer that the rest of the album wasn't as good.
 good selection from the ECM library December 15, 2007
back in the 1970's I had a lot of these ECM label jazz records, they were a bit on the eclectic side, but they sounded good. This one is pretty representative of the label's output, a lot of "mood music", but jazzy. Doesn't really jump up and grab ahold of you , rather it is more kind of music for the background. ECM recorded a lot of great jazz musicians, mostly from Europe (where the label was from as well), even though this album features the great Jack Dejohnette on drums, playing very understated but steady drums throughout.
 Strange, Beautiful, Mysterious, Moody but very likeable January 7, 2007
Lots of moods and atmospheres here. I guess you can call this a variation of modern jazz, depending on your musical background. To me it is a modern Jazz-Rock-Ambient fusion album. Extremely free form, not a theme anywhere but it works for me. I think the mood of this album is what makes it happen. The performances are great by all. I find I enjoy this cd best at night through a pair of good headphones. It does take a while to grow on you. The drumming on this album is very interesting, it just kind of floats above the rest of the band. You could also file this under New Age, but not the syrupy bland kind. This is one of my new favorite albums at the moment. It is so hard to find interesting music these days, amazing the kind of music that came out once upon a time time.
Free form landscapes March 14, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I stumbled on this CD years ago in a used bin and knew a little about ECM and Rypdal from other Jan Garbarek and Paul Giger albums I'd picked up. Recorded in 1978, this album represents some very fine improvisational interplay among these three brilliant musicians. The first four tunes certainly verge towards the atmospheric, each formed around basic melodies that expand, ripple, disappear, and reappear. I find 'Sunrise' and 'Will' particularly satisfying in their emotional and tonal explorations. Regarding Jack DeJohnette's playing, one hears it asked what does a drummer do if not keeping time and his lines provide something of an answer. Vitous and Rypdal (playing the occasional Fender organ) produce sympathetic timbres and lines, with Jack embracing them both. 'Flight' and 'Seasons' take off in more fusion-infused directions, though the later finds its own resolution. If you care for Vitous' 'Mountain in the Clouds' album, with its mix of the energy and contemplative tones, you will like this album. It certainly opened up space in my own ear for unscripted music.
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