Indelible Inger Iversen

"Established in NYC in 2002, the musical relationship and the improvisational rapport of The Anne Mette Iversen Quartet +1 has developed to the point where mere words start to fail you in describing them.

Ternion Quartet’s sophomore album, Invincible Nimbus (available May 10 on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records), which showcases an ensemble of highly-creative, accomplished artists utterly in tune and musically enamored with one another, stretching out their seemingly inexhaustible imaginations, is about selflessness and being open to dialogue. Iversen elaborated that, “In music there is no room for selfishness. Music only lives and thrives when a dialogue is present. Only by giving room to others, by listening and by taking part in the conversation, can we lift ourselves out of the needy, greedy, self-centered orientation that threatens to grab us all. This is evident to all of us who are intimately familiar with music - and this is what we all intuitively respond to and love about music. My hope is that music can inspire more people, and especially people who have the power to make a difference in our current state of the world, to listen, omit selfishness and to respect other ideas than their own.”

Ternion Quartet’s sophomore album, Invincible Nimbus (available May 10 on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records), which showcases an ensemble of highly-creative, accomplished artists utterly in tune and musically enamored with one another, stretching out their seemingly inexhaustible imaginations, is about selflessness and being open to dialogue. Iversen elaborated that, “In music there is no room for selfishness. Music only lives and thrives when a dialogue is present. Only by giving room to others, by listening and by taking part in the conversation, can we lift ourselves out of the needy, greedy, self-centered orientation that threatens to grab us all. This is evident to all of us who are intimately familiar with music - and this is what we all intuitively respond to and love about music. My hope is that music can inspire more people, and especially people who have the power to make a difference in our current state of the world, to listen, omit selfishness and to respect other ideas than their own.”

Originally the meaning of 'round trip' was to return to the starting point via a different road. When I wrote the tune 'Round Trip', it was about a deep and heartfelt wish I had- to return to my two sons, who I had left in another country for a few days. As this album and this music came about, 'round trip' then became a key idea for the album. Round trip, in the sense of coming home, describes the feeling I have every time I play with this group. It refers to the many (round) trips we have taken together over the years, but also how much we have grown as a band, musicians and persons, and how we, no matter where each one of us is placed in the world, get together to make music and share our experiences. Even on a personal level I see the many round trips in our journey through life and music. So without further a due: Take a *Round Trip' with us.

Norwegian singer Inger Marie Gundersen (known only as "Inger Marie" in much of the world) is done with "Five Minutes" - her first album in five years (and a pandemic)

Norwegian singer Inger Marie Gundersen (known throughout much of the world just as “Inger Marie”) is ready with FIVE MINUTES - her first album in 5 years (and a pandemic).