Waves

by Terje Rypdal

Waves cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 41:24
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by an exceptional Scandinavian ensemble including trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, Rypdal creates vast, cinematic jazz landscapes. The sweeping, heavily textured guitar work perfectly embodies the spacious, atmospheric aesthetic championed by the ECM label.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, atmospheric, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Per Ulv (8:35)
  2. Karusell (8:12)
  3. Stenskoven (3:45)
  4. Waves (5:46)
  5. The Dain Curse (8:45)
  6. Charisma (6:19)

Credits

  • Terje Rypdal - primary artist, electric guitar, keyboards [rmi keyboard computer], synthesizer [arp], written-by
  • Jon Christensen - drums, percussion
  • Sveinung Hovensj酶 - electric bass [6 & 4 string]
  • Palle Mikkelborg - trumpet, flugelhorn, piano [tac piano], keyboards [rmi keyboard computer], electronics [ringmodulator], written-by

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