Remembrance

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Release Date: 19th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: 2732490
Label: ECM
Length: 50 minutes

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Bjørnstad: Remembrance I

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance II

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance III

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance IV

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance V

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance VI

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance VII

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance VIII

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance IX

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance X

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Bjørnstad: Remembrance XI

Work length4:32

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Ketil Bjørnstad (piano), Jon Christensen (drums), Tore Brunborg (tenor saxophone)
Recorded: 2009-09
Recording Venue: Rainbow Studio, Oslo

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First release from a new trio of Norwegian jazz veterans, 'Remembrance' features Ketil Bjørnstad and Jon Christensen, musical associates for almost 40 years, alongside saxophonist Tore Brunborg for some joyful playing. Strongly melodic in both extroverted and introverted modes, the music is by turns reflective and outgoing - and likely to connect with a large audience.

Ketil Bjørnstad and Jon Christensen have been friends since the great drummer played on Bjørnstad's very first recordings in the early 1970s. And when Ketil came to ECM for 'Water Stories' in 1993 Christensen was once again on board, staying to become a charter member of the pianist's Sea Quartet through the 1990s. This long alliance gives plenty of 'remembrances' to draw upon, and Bjørnstad's exquisite compositions provide contexts in which memories can be newly experienced. The project is also forward-looking: at the instigation of producer Manfred Eicher, they are joined by saxophonist Tore Brunborg, in his third ECM showing this season (following sessions with Tord Gustavsen and Manu Katché) and currently at a creative peak. Ketil's chord patterns provide a centre from which Tore and Jon launch their explorations.

Ketil Bjørnstad described as "a cultural prodigy" by The Guardian's John Fordham, started out as a classical pianist, making his debut with the Oslo Philharmonic, playing Bartók. Encounters with jazz of the late 1960s, especially Miles and Coltrane, changed his priorities and he switched to playing with the jazz men. Simultaneously he has maintained a career as a respected writer with many books to his credit - novels, poems, essays and more. 2010 is a set to be a big year for Bjørnstad: another disc - a duo with cellist Svante Henrykson - is scheduled for release this autumn.

One of the most influential drummers in modern jazz history, Jon Christensen helped to define music on ECM in the early years, in the bands of Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Keith Jarrett, Eberhard Weber, Terje Rypdal, and Ralph Towner.

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