Arild Andersen Lifelines 1981 [ecm 1188]

Arild Andersen - Lifelines (1981/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Arild Andersen - Lifelines (1981/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 43:40 minutes | 860 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

After an explosive introduction, Arild Andersen’s Lifelines kicks us like a soccer ball down the field of “Cameron,” where we are intercepted by Steve Dobrogosz’s swirling keys. Into this hammered storm, Andersen drops his bass, keeping us centered in this staggering opener. And staggering this album most certainly is, resting on a fine edge of airtight cohesion and loosened seams. We find more of the same in the loveliness of “Dear Kenny” and in “A Song I Used To Play,” both teetering on a line drawn to Andersen’s careful scale. Even the ballads seem to flirt with a great precipice.

Arild Andersen - Sagn (1990) {ECM 1435} [Re-Up]  Music

Posted by tiburon at May 1, 2017
Arild Andersen - Sagn (1990) {ECM 1435} [Re-Up]

Arild Andersen - Sagn (1990) {ECM 1435}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 348MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz

Sagn was the result of a commission for the 1990 Vossajazz festival that sealed the collaborative spirits of singer Kirsten Bråten Berg and bassist Arild Andersen. Blending folk songs from their native Norway, along with jazz and rock elements, the two shared the stage with percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, saxophonist Bendik Hofseth, pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, and guitarist Frode Alnæs. While we don’t have (so far as I’m aware) a live recording of what was surely an historic occasion, we do have this ECM studio rendition, buffed and polished to a mirror’s shine. Sagn is a massive effort, one of ECM’s fullest on a single disc, and stands as Andersen’s most personal statement to date.

Arild Andersen - Celebration (2012) {ECM 2259}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Nov. 23, 2018
Arild Andersen - Celebration (2012) {ECM 2259}

Arild Andersen - Celebration (2012) {ECM 2259}
EAC 1.0b2 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 600dpi | 408MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 141MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz

Bassist Arild Andersen shines as the principal soloist in a celebration of music from ECM with specially-commissioned new big-band arrangements of well-known pieces by Dave Holland, Chick Corea, Trygve Seim, Jan Garbarek, and Keith Jarrett. The resourceful Tommy Smith adds powerful tenor solos, arranges Garbarek’s “Molde Canticle”, and directs the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. Andersen’s composition “Independency” is a 16-minute highlight, in a sensitive and powerful arrangement by Mike Gibbs. Other contributing arrangers are Makoto Ozone, Christian Jacob, Geoff Keezer and Trygve Seim/Øyvind Bræke: all of them contribute sterling work, and their arrangements are likely to enter modern jazz’s big band repertory book. Recorded live at Glasgow’s Royal Conservatory, “Celebration” is a highly attractive album for a broad listenership, and as a statement about music introduced by ECM will be of special interest to long-time followers of the label.

Arild Andersen - Hyperborean (1997) {ECM 1631}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Nov. 23, 2018
Arild Andersen - Hyperborean (1997) {ECM 1631}

Arild Andersen - Hyperborean (1997) {ECM 1631}
EAC 0.95pb5 | FLAC Image level 8 | Cue+Log | Full Scans 300dpi | 250MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 108MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, World Fusion

Arild Andersen's Hyperborean is based on an Ancient Greek legend: according to the myth, the Hyperboreans lived beyond the north winds, where the sun god Apollo presided. Andersen has created an impressive song cycle that draws from contemporary instrumental, European jazz, jazz-rock and the distinctive ECM production sound. Andersen's playing is typically tasteful and the compositions are unpredictable and evocative, making Hyperborean another worthy addition to his catalog.

Arild Andersen - Celebration (2012) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Oct. 27, 2022
Arild Andersen - Celebration (2012) [Official Digital Download]

Arild Andersen, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Tommy Smith - Celebration (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 61:45 minutes | 675 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Bassist Arild Andersen shines as the principal soloist in a celebration of music from ECM with specially-commissioned new big-band arrangements of well-known pieces by Dave Holland, Chick Corea, Trygve Seim, Jan Garbarek, and Keith Jarrett. The resourceful Tommy Smith adds powerful tenor solos, arranges Garbarek's "Molde Canticle", and directs the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.
Markus Stockhausen, Arild Andersen, Patrice Heral, Terje Rypdal - Karta (2000)

Markus Stockhausen, Arild Andersen, Patrice Héral, Terje Rypdal - Kartā (2000)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 348 Mb | Scans included | Time: 01:04:21
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative, Ambient | Label: ECM | # ECM 1704, 543 035-2

This end-of-the-millennium quartet session probably best defines all the inherent contradictions in who ECM attracts to the label – what kind of musician records for them – and what concerns these artists and ECM's chief producer (and creator) Manfred Eicher hold in common. This set, although clearly fronted by Markus Stockhausen and Arild Andersen on brass and bass, respectively, allows space for the entire quartet to inform its direction. Héral and Rypdal are not musicians who can play with just anybody; their distinctive styles and strengths often go against the grain of contemporary European jazz and improvised music. Of the 11 compositions here, four are collectively written, with two each by Andersen and Stockhausen.

Arild Andersen Group - Electra (2005)  Music

Posted by gribovar at July 4, 2021
Arild Andersen Group - Electra (2005)

Arild Andersen Group - Electra (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 386 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 153 MB | Covers - 111 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, World Fusion | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: ECM Records (ECM 1908)

Arild Andersen's Electra was composed for the Spring Theater in Athens for their production. These "18 Scenes," as they are subtitled, represent various cues and serial music for the production of Sophocles' deeply moving classic. Andersen collaborates with both European and Greek musicians here, among them the great vocalist Savina Yannatou, guitarist Eivind Aarset, drummer Patrice Héral, and trumpeter Arve Henriksen. The music is heavily arranged, taut, and spacious. Everything is understated yet utterly dramatic. Voices, drum programs - courtesy of Andersen and Nils Petter Molvær - brass, electric guitars, chorus, and solo voices are given direction by Andersen's bass and conducting, allowing a sort of musical story to emerge that not only informs but works independently of the dramatic work they accompany…

Arild Andersen Group - Affirmation (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 17, 2023
Arild Andersen Group - Affirmation (2022)

Arild Andersen Group - Affirmation (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 201 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 106 Mb | Artwork included | 00:45:25
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: ECM Records

Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen, an ECM musician for more than fifty years, is a masterful player who has always welcomed a challenge. His first recording with his new quartet – including rising stars Marius Neset and Helge Lien (both bandleaders in their own right)– is almost entirely improvised. The players make the leap of faith together and find and develop forms in the moment, an object lesson in spontaneous group creativity. Affirmation was recorded in November 2021 at Oslo’s Rainbow Studio.
Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Edward Vesala - Triptykon (1973/2023)

Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen, Edward Vesala - Triptykon (1973/2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 214 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 99 MB
42:51 | Free Jazz | Label: ECM

Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek took several intriguing stylistic turns early in his career, none more extreme than that shown on Triptykon. While he had always shown an affinity for the work of Albert Ayler and other free jazz musicians who came of age in the '60s, his prior albums retained a more straight-ahead rhythmic drive and more than a passing nod to experimental rock and fusion. Here, he jettisoned guitarist Terje Rypdal and replaced the sometimes overly delicate percussion work of Jon Christensen with the more earthy and heavy sounding Edward Vesala. The result is an expressionist trio drawing on both free improvisation and Scandinavian folk tunes, roaring, stumbling, and reeling, evoking an aural equivalent of Edvard Munch.
Arild Andersen, Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia - Mira (2013) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Arild Andersen, Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia - Mira (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 62:54 minutes | 1,39 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen, Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith and Italian expat drummer Paolo Vinaccia made waves around the world with their award-winning debut recording, the much lauded concert album Live at Belleville. "Mira", the trio's studio follow-up, is a programme of soulful ballads and midtempo free-floating sound explorations, pairing Anderson’s muscular bass with Smith’s vaulting tenor in an exceptionally compelling blend.