Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
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Artist: Tord Gustavsen TrioEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- At Home
- Vicar Street
- Draw Near
- Blessed Feet
- Sani
- Interlude
- Karmosin
- Still There
- Where We Want
- Cocoon
- Around You
- Vesper
- Wide Open
Free Music Notes for Being There
Free Music Review: Aural pleasures
Hit: 5 Stars
I love what these guys do. I remember using words like "dreamy", "spacey", "uncluttered" and "beautiful" to describe Gustaven's piano playing when I reviewed the trio's 2004 release The Ground some time ago, and all of those words could equally be applied here. Manfred Eicher reprises his role as producer and in many ways this album could be described as more of the same. I'm not complaining though. I feel this is a good thing because while the calming & emotionally healing quality of the trio's music remains intact, these compositions are all fresh, new, very original and very individual. I just love to put this kind of music on, sit back and drift away.
Two songs on this album did make me sit up from my reverie though. The gospel-flavoured "Blessed Feet" is one, and as soon as I heard the unusually funky drum beat intro, I knew it was going to be something different. The other is "Karmosin", the only song not written by Gustavsen (it was written by drummer Jarle Vespestad), and it's a beautifully abstract and idiosyncratically arranged song. It definitely stands out.
But all 13 songs are originals and as that's always something special in itself. I could go on to try and use fancy words to describe the drummer's kicks, taps and touches or double-bassist Harold Johnsen's fluidity and lyricism but a: I'm really not that clever and b: even if I were, this is a review of a listening experience and not a thesis for a music degree. (Message!)
All in all, I would describe the album as a collection of aural pleasures and that's about the best I can do. These dudes are a flawless jazz trio and this CD is another great buy. ECM have gone and done it again.
Being There Poster
Such is the arresting beauty of Tord Gustavsen's sound, it's no surprise that his albums have captured a significant following, surpassing even those of other rarified artists on the ECM label. But the Norwegian pianist doesn't live on beauty alone. His sculpted playing, which draws strongly on his church background with its tidy gospel voicings while also incorporating Spanish and South African accents, has a kind of liquid weight that brings to mind Ethan Iverson of the icon-bashing Bad Plus, as markedly different as they are stylistically. Beyond that, it's the remarkable shift-shaping qualities of Gustavsen's trio that make Being There so compelling. Gustavsen has talked about being influenced artistically by "the psychology of relationships." The psychology of the relationship among him, bassist Harald Johnsen, and drummer Jarle Vespestad is made compelling not only by standard interactive effects, but also by the unique shape-shifting that occurs through continual shifts in how much voice each player has in relation to the others, how much lightness or darkness, how much intensity. A notable advance over the trio's first two albums, on which being deliberate sometimes translated into dull, Being There rarely loses its grip. There are stories being told here, with endings that change with each spin. --Lloyd SachsOne of the great success stories of jazz in the last five years, the Tord Gustavsen Trio follows up their first two hit albums with the eagerly-anticipated Being There. The new release finds the trio continually opening up the music in new and lyrical ways. Along with Gustavsen's infectious music (both ballads and up-tempo) drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Harald Johnsen make considerable contributions to the new album. Johnsen lends his compositional skills with the graceful tango "Karmosin," and Vespestad is often as much a front-line voice in the music as Gustavsen himself.
Proving that sensual, spiritual jazz can come from even icy Norway, the Tord Gustavsen Trio stormed onto the jazz scene in 2003 with their debut recording, Changing Places. 2005's The Ground took the band one step further and even topped the pop charts in Norway, an unprecedented achievement. The restraint of Gustavsen's approach and the allure of his simply drawn melodies has spoken to an audience that does not normally concern itself with improvisation.
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