Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
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Free Music Review: A new level of quiet rapture
Hit: 5 Stars
"Being There" somehow manages to take the quiet rapture of the trio's previous album (The Ground) to a new level.
There are beautiful slow pieces that gradually unfold with paradoxically crystalline warmth (At Home, Draw Near, Sani, Still There), an intriguing angular piece (Karmosin) and three up-tempo numbers - the funky Blessed Feet, the Spanish-tinged Where We Went and my favourite, Vicar Street. Half of the track is a tense, urgent build-up that then resolves into a gorgeous yearning theme.
I've seen some great drummers and percussionists in my time (e.g. Airto Moreira, Mike Shrieve of Santana, Zakir Hussein) and the trio's Jarle Vesperstad is up there with the best, but in his own distinctive way. In his hands a standard drum kit becomes a real instrument.
What I love about the Tord Gustavsen Trio is that they show masterfully how improvised music can be melodically accessible without being schmaltzy and technically satisfying without degenerating into ego-tripping clever-clever stuff. It takes outstanding musicians to play such apparently simple music.
This is another album from the trio that can appeal to people who like it "easy on the ear", but will richly reward more discerning music lovers.
Free Music Review: Great composer
Hit: 4 Stars
Tord Gustavson is a very spoecial composer of European jazz lineage. Not your action prone dynamic American style jazz at all. He takes you to your deeper side, the world of dreams and meditation. This is one of his finest. Free Music Review: As close to perfect as you're likely to get.......
Hit: 5 Stars
A bit like warm sun on a tropical island, Tord Gustavssen's music has the effect of purveying instant calm & contentment. Allow yourself NO distractions (headphones are perfect) & you will be transported into another space where anything & nothing is probable (another reviewer's "Dreamlike Adagio" title says it all!). The playing is at once masterful & spare, understated & yet quietly intense. Another bonus is it's 100% fully acoustic (ie. doesn't use reverb or other "tricks" of some jazz trios) & is totally relaxed & unhurried in its approach. As the first 3 tracks are immediate standouts, all you need do is have a quick listen to at least one of them & only the most hardened heavy-metal type audiophiles could fail to be moved. Even better, each track has its own distinct characteristics so there's no "heard this before" factor. For example, after you've listened to any or all of the first 3 tracks, skip forward to the attention grabbing intro to "Where we went". If I did have a minor criticism it would be that tracks 5 through 8 feature some slightly "heavy handed" chords & are therefore a little less subtle than the often sublime music that precedes & follows them. But overall, delightful stuff & worthy of 5 stars!Free Music Review: How to get there
Hit: 5 Stars
I find "Being There" a natural progression from previous albums and when 'you' get 'there', you'll know. Sublime!Free Music Review: takes more than a listen to.........
Hit: 3 Stars
I loved Tord first cd . This mix of orientalisim , romantisim , the slow tempo .....everything worked . On this 3rd cd , it took me awhile to get to the music . I first found it much to slow , some of the best tracks are actually hidden in the end of the cd , the last 4 or 5 tracks , couple in the beginning , and then a long and empty passage in between . Tord is a wonderfull artist , with a great sense of drama , but I think he falls a little short on his 3rd cd .