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May 4 , 2006
Rypdal’s potent brew
Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal’s live recording "Vossabrygg" (Vossa brew) has proven to be an album of broad appeal, delighting critics on both sides of the Atlantic and striking a chord with several generations of listeners.
The album has just received the quarterly Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, awarded by the German Record Critics.
From the reviews:
“The first notes are a direct quote from “Pharoah’s Dance”, the opening swirl on Miles Davis’ electric jazz and free funk monument, “Bitches Brew”. And the octet here was assembled by Rypdal in the mirror image of that album’s pulse and tone colors... It is also a jolt and a joy to hear Rypdal – a textural player whose sea-gull-cry sustain brings to mind the Jimi Hendrix of “Electric Ladyland“, slicing the air with its guitar like it’s an ice sword.“
(Rolling Stone USA)
“Merveille et réjouissance, le nouvel album de Terje Rypdal marque son grand retour au disque.“
(Classica, France)
“One of Rypdal’s most arresting sets in years...at the heart of it all is the dueting between Rypdal and Palle Mikkelborg, which harkens back to Rypdal’s earliest recordings for ECM... On the evidence of “Vossabrygg”, Rypdal is at the top of his game.“
(Jazz Review UK)
““Vossabrygg“ is an unmitigated triumph. Drummers Jon Christensen and Paolo Vinaccia merge with the electronica of Terje’s son, Marius, who has sampled several of his father’s recordings to create a platform over which Rypdal and trumpeter Mikkelborg soar. One of my favorite albums of 2006.“
(The Drummer, UK)
“This set is a different story, it’s positively funky. Rypdal has been guesting with Norwegian nu-fusionists Supersilent, and the group’s keyboardist joins Jazzland’s Bugge Wesseltoft here, along with the brilliant Miles-insprired trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg...the playing is great – notably in the way Rypdal’s and Mikkelborg’s Miles-phrasing make guitar and horn almost inseparable, and in the sharply contrasting drumming of Vinaccia and Christensen.”
(The Guardian, UK)
A recent interview with Terje can be read here: www.allaboutjazz.com
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