I laid back and listened to that wonderful bass solo album „Landloper“ by Arild Andersen that came out in 2024. One of these albums that better work in darkness. I know Arild’s bass since I discovered ECM with Jan Garbarek‘s album SART. He never stopped surprising me, real and reliable company. („Landloper“ ends with an irresistible mélange of the two classics ‘song for che’ and ‘lonely woman’). I somehow never ever even heard about his 1981 album „Lifelines“ before. By chance, two years ago, I stumbled on it. Via Discogs, I got a near mint vinyl copy. Paul Motian on drums, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, and a fabulous pianist with his only appearance ever on ECM. One of the titles: „Landloper“.
