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    Terje Rypdal Turns 70 Today

    Happy Birthday to Terje Rypdal. On his 70th Birthday we celebrate the cerebral, serene, searing sound of a master of guitar with an interview from 1996 tonight on Echoes. https://wp.me/p4ZE0X-cO6

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    One of my all time favorites! Such an original guitarist. He definitely has his own thing goin' on.

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    Tribute cd in honor of Terje Rypdal out soon.

    http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists...rypdal-cd-2lp/
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    An overlooked guitarist, I really like him.

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    One of my favorites also. I was listening to a couple bootlegs of some of his (still unreleased) orchestral pieces. In fact, I was thinking of posting because while poking around on Amazon, I saw John Surman's Morning Glory, which Rypdal played on, popped up. Not being familiar with this particular album, I was wondering if anyone has any comments on it. How prominent is Rypdal's playing on it? Does it sound like the "classic" Rypdal that we all know and love, or is it closer to his playing with Jan Garbarek (which to my ears sounds very little like what we hear on records like Odyssey and beyond).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
    An overlooked guitarist, I really like him.
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    You can hear our vintage interview with Rypdal in the Echoes Podcast. https://wp.me/p4ZE0X-cQd

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    Terje Rypdal – 70 år! med Conspiracy



    2 hours - Streamed live some hours ago

    Concert starts at 14:50
    Set List :
    1. Kompet Gar 14:50
    2. The Hunt 25:16
    3. Memory Lane 31:30
    4. Daredevil 39:30
    5. As If The Ghost 56:50
    6. Conspiracy 59:15
    7. Seasons 1:10:35
    8. Mr Steele Hits NY 1:20:33
    9. The Curse 1:22:26
    10. Over Birkerot 1:37:00
    11. Chaser 1:44:14
    12. Encore 1:57:30

    Vi starter høsten med et smell og en feiring av en gigant: Terje Rypdal – 70! 25. og 26. august feirer Terje Rypdal sitt runde år med to forrykende kvelder på Nasjonal jazzscene med gjester og helt nytt band. Med seg fra Elephant9 har han Nicolai Eilertsen og Ståle Storløkken, som grunnfjell hører du jazzlegende og trommeslager Pål Thowsen, «..den musikeren i Norge som spiller som Tony Williams», som Rypdal selv sier.

    Disse fire er Terje Rypdal Conspiracy, lørdagsgroovende og herlige, som med utgangspunkt i eldre materiale, hovedsakelig fra Chasers- og Odyssey-perioden, revitaliserer historien til noe nytt, og starten på en ny æra. Det er all grunn til å glede seg til en inspirert Rypdal som leker med historien sammen med en fritenkende generasjon hardtfunkende musikere. Velkommen på fest!

    Terje Rypdal – gitar, Ståle Storløkken – keys, Nicolai Eilertsen – bass, Pål Thowsen – trommer
    Last edited by Zeuhlmate; 08-27-2017 at 04:37 AM.

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