Arild (reprise)

 
Half a year ago: I laid back and listened to that 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. A real discovery. Paul Motian on drums, Kenny Wheeler on trumpet, and a fabulous pianist with his only appearance ever on ECM, quite famous in Scandinavia, a well-kept secrete here: Steve Dobrogosz. One of the titles: „Landloper“. Arild Andersen performs at this year‘s Punktfestival, in a meeting of three generations of Norwegian jazz: Bugge Wesseltoft , Arild Andersen and Gard Nilssen. Another good reason to travel to Kristiansand in early September.