Re: Rypdal?

[David.Orton@mail.bl.uk (David Orton)]

     Chris Chovit said:
     
     I noticed that a couple listed Terje Rypdal as an influence.  I 
     haven't heard (him?).  Can someone please fill me in?
  
  Terje is a musician from Norway. His main instrument is guitar, although 
  his albums of the last 25+ years credit him with flute, keyboards, and 
  soprano sax. 
  
  In a way he has taken the sound of Hendrix and applied it to the 
European 
  strand of jazz which includes Jan Garbarek, with whom he played in the 
late 
  60's/early 70's, and helped define what's become known as `The ECM 
Sound' 
  (although thats only a part of what he does). 
  
  His output is varied, from almost atonal/angular/shards-of-sound to lush 
and 
  romantic. My favourite, and why I included him, is `After the Rain', 
which the 
  review in UK's Melody Maker depicted as `the thinking man's Tubular 
Bells' - 
  mainly cos TR played all the instruments, and possibly not the greatest 
  recommendations in some eyes/ears but 20 years on I still find much to 
enjoy 
  from the tracks.
  
  I wouldn't recommend everything he's done - as noted, his output is 
  diverse(sp?), but I've also liked his last 3-4 group albums.
  
  Hope this helps - his discography, and a more literate analysis is on 
the 
  ECM pages: http://www.ecmrecords.com/ecm/artists/8.html
  
  David
  
  david.orton@bl.uk
  Those Orton Leaves: http://subnet.virtual-pc.com/~or387751/