Tord Gustavsen Ensemble: Restored, Returned
 | Label: ECM Catalog: B001391102 Format: CD Tord Gustavsen: piano, Tore Brunborg: tenor and soprano saxophones, Kristin Asbjørnsen: vocals, Mats Eilertsen: double-bass, Jarle Vespestad: drumsThe Child Within / Way In / Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love / Spiral Song / Restored, Returned / Left Over Lullaby No. 2 / The Swirl - Wrapped In A Yielding Air / Left Over Lullaby No. 1 - O Stand, Stand At The Window / Your Crooked Heart / The Gaze / Left Over Lullaby No. 3 After a trilogy of highly successful trio albums (“Changing Places”, “The Ground”, “Being There”), Tord Gustavsen branches off in new directions. His new band adds two players familiar to ECM listeners – bassist Mats Eilertsen and saxophonist Tore Brunborg – and introduces the blues-inflected voice of Kristin Asbjørnsen on Tord’s settings of the poetry of W.H. Auden. Inside the ensemble, duo and trio interaction unfolds, taking off from the clear melodic language of Gustavsen’s songwriting.  Price: $15.98 |