Re: ? RE: ECM guitarists?

[tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Daryl,

There is also a great concert DVD with Rypdal, Vitous and Trilok Gurtu  
available:

<http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=21145>

I own a copy . . . and watch it from time to time.

BTW Odyssey is just about my least favorite Rypdal recording - and I  
own them all (and everything he's been a sideman on too).

It's a very early solo effort and not his best (IMOHO) though I don't  
"hate" it as you did.

I think I still like it because I hear it in a 1975 context - a time  
during which I was 22-23 and just discovering ECM jazz.

Different strokes.

Cheers,

Ted

On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Daryl Shawn wrote:

> Thanks for all the replies on this thread - I've been checking out a  
> lot of stuff this week as I've always loved ECM but wasn't so aware  
> of a couple of the names.
>
> The first Rypdal I tried out was Odyssey, which was well-recommended  
> online as one of his best. I HATED it - masturbatory was the kindest  
> word I could think of. But then I tried the trio w/Miroslav Vitous  
> and DeJohnette, and have been listening to it several times a day  
> for the last three days, I absolutely love it. Beautiful and moving  
> music.
>
> Daryl Shawn
> www.swanwelder.com
> www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>
>> Terje Rypdal is another ambient GOD, capable of really
>> straight-forward, gut-wrenching beauty, yet still sound ethereal and
>> other-worldly.  His catalog is huge though and you should find a way
>> to browse to find which of his vast output you personally like.  -m
>
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