Chaser (album)
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Chaser is an album by guitarist Terje Rypdal
with bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr and drummer Audun Kleive
recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
with bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr and drummer Audun Kleive
Audun Kleive
Audun Kleive is a Norwegian drummer and percussionist.Audun Kleive grew up in Skien, the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist and composer Iver Kleive. He began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went to Oslo, where he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4 stars stating "This 1985 release finds Rypdal working in a hard-hitting power-trio format".Track listing
- All compositions by Terje Rypdal except as indicated
- "Ambiguity" - 8:45
- "Once upon a Time" - 6:16
- "Geysir" (Bjørn Kjellemyr, Audun Kleive, Terje Rypdal) - 6:01
- "A Closer Look" - 5:04
- "Ornen" - 6:23
- "Chaser" - 5:51
- "Transition" - 1:38
- "Imagi (Theme)" - 4:59
- Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 1985
Personnel
- Terje RypdalTerje RypdalTerje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
— electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Bjørn Kjellemyr — acoustic bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
, electric bassElectric BassElectric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish... - Audun KleiveAudun KleiveAudun Kleive is a Norwegian drummer and percussionist.Audun Kleive grew up in Skien, the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist and composer Iver Kleive. He began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went to Oslo, where he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music...
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion