Odyssey (Terje Rypdal album)
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 1975 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 87:13 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Terje Rypdal chronology | ||||
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Odyssey is the fifth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "A magnificant effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz with long, brooding electric ruminations".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Terje Rypdal
- "Darkness Falls" - 3:33
- "Midnite" - 16:45
- "Adagio" - 13:16
- "Better Off Without You" - 7:37
- "Over Birkerot" - 4:48
- "Fare Well" - 11:25
- "Ballade" - 5:55
- "Rolling Stone" - 23:54
- Recorded at the Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway in August 1975
The album's first appearance on CD was in a single-disc version released in 1994 with "Rolling Stone" omitted. In 2012 ECM released a three-disc box set with the complete original track listing, plus Unfinished Highballs, a previously unreleased live recording from 1976.
- Unfinished Highballs track listing:
- "Unfinished Highballs" - 3:52
- "The Golden Eye" - 14:04
- "Scarlet Mistress" - 12:25
- "Dawn" - 12:29
- "Dine and Dance to the Music of the Waves" - 11:40
- "Talking Back" - 7:10
- "Bright Lights Big City" - 6:15
Personnel
- Terje Rypdal — guitar, synthesizer, soprano saxophone
- Brynjulf Blix — organ
- Torbjørn Sunde — trombone
- Sveinung Hovensjø — electric bass
- Svein Christiansen — drums
References
- ^ ECM discography Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 6, 2011
- ^ a b Dawson, M. P. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
External links
- "Somewhat of a voyage, also" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 2012-06-30. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
