Nordic Quartet
Studio album by
John Surman / Karin Krog / Terje Rypdal / Vigleik Storaas
Released1995
RecordedAugust 1994
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length50:25
LabelECM
ECM 1553
ProducerManfred Eicher
John Surman chronology
Stranger than Fiction
(1993)		 Nordic Quartet
(1995)		 A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe
(1995)

Nordic Quartet is an album by English saxophonist John Surman recorded in 1994 and released on ECM the following. The quartet features singer Karin Krog, guitarist Terje Rypdal and pianist Vigleik Storaas.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "The group never really meshes their disparate voices together and few of the spacey (and sometimes meandering) group originals other than 'Wild Bird' are at all memorable. All of the principals have sounded better elsewhere."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, however, awards four stars, writing that "there is a compelling logic to the music that overcomes its cool detachment."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Surman except as indicated
  1. "Traces" (Karen Krog, Vigliek Storaas) - 7:14
  2. "Unwritten Letter" (Krog, John Surman) - 3:49
  3. "Offshore Piper" (Terje Rypdal, Surman) - 2:09
  4. "Gone to the Dogs" - 3:58
  5. "Double Tripper" (Rypdal, Surman) - 6:18
  6. "Ved Sørevatn" (Rypdal) - 8:06
  7. "Watching Shadows" (Krog, Surman) - 5:20
  8. "The Illusion" (Storaas) - 5:57
  9. "Wild Bird" (Krog, Rypdal, Surman) - 7:30

Personnel

Nordic Quartet

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed November 7, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow. S. AllMusic Review accessed November 7, 2011
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1364. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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