Tord Gustavsen Trio at Dizzy's Club

With pianist Tord Gustavsen, bassist Siguard Hole, and drummer Jarle Vespestad.
For his soon to be released eighth album for ECM Records, The Other Side, Gustavsen returns to the piano trio setting that brought him to worldwide attention in 2003, expanding its repertoire with new compositions as well as arrangements of J.S. Bach chorales and traditional Scandinavian hymns. Joining him are bassist Sigurd Hole and his long-standing collaborator, drummer Jarle Vespestad. The elements of Gustavsen's work remain intact -- a paradoxical blend of simplicity, quietude, and sensuality built on the hymns of his youth, a Nordic kind of blues, and an instinct for composition...

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With pianist Tord Gustavsen, bassist Siguard Hole, and drummer Jarle Vespestad.
For his soon to be released eighth album for ECM Records, The Other Side, Gustavsen returns to the piano trio setting that brought him to worldwide attention in 2003, expanding its repertoire with new compositions as well as arrangements of J.S. Bach chorales and traditional Scandinavian hymns. Joining him are bassist Sigurd Hole and his long-standing collaborator, drummer Jarle Vespestad. The elements of Gustavsen's work remain intact -- a paradoxical blend of simplicity, quietude, and sensuality built on the hymns of his youth, a Nordic kind of blues, and an instinct for composition. With the passage of a decade of creativity, he has come full circle to the piano trio but with a new perspective that, as ever, moves his music forward.

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