Tord Gustavsen – Slow Burn
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Tord Gustavsen’s quietly intense style has made him one of the most successful pianists in jazz today, selling some 350,000 albums to date, creating a mesmeric, often slow moving hymnal style.
com/jazzwise-mag">Tord Gustavsen’s quietly intense style has made him one of the most successful pianists in jazz today, selling some 350,000 albums to date, creating a mesmeric, often slow moving hymnal style. The death of his Quartet’s longtime bassist Harald Johnsen in 2011 forced a change of pace for the pianist and group, which resulted in The Well, and now Extended Circle, that, as he tells Alyn Shipton, completes an epic six-album song cycle. This is an extract from Jazzwise Issue #183 – to read the full article click here to save money and receive a FREE CD...