This is music that sings, at once gentle and robust. Lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line. In the seven ...

“A Norwegian pianist of lyrical and often halcyon sensibilities” (NY Times), Gustavsen and his trio bring a stripped-down approach in which beauty and emotional intensity are united. His new ECM ...

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Although it is as hushed in tone as a Lutheran funeral, Tord Gustavsen’s new ECM release, What was said, is also protest music. Quiet and reluctant protest music, but an effective riposte to the ...

A new CD by Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen has captured the attention of our reviewer Jim Fusilli. Here Gustavsen plays with a trio, and the music is an exquisite mix of slow passionate sounds and ...

To avail unashamedly of one of the metaphors routinely heaped on Nordic jazz, there are sure signs that cool Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen is beginning to thaw. For the past decade, his trio with ...

With the imminent release of Restored, Returned (2009, ECM) exclusively in the UK, Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen makes his British live debut with his new ensemble at Manchester's Royal Northern ...

The Wombats are a three-piece indie band from Liverpool, England. They comprise two native Liverpudlians; front man Matthew Murphy, provider of voice, guitar and keyboards and drummer and b-vocalist ...

The Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen is a supple expressionist, a musician who attacks his dark compositions from the inside and burrows his way out using a host of expressive and familiar techniques.

June 28, 2007 • A popsicle parade with Michael Hearst; Ambient Icelandic string quartet Amiina; 'Once' by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; Bob Dylan covered by Bryan Ferry; Sublime jazz from the Tord ...

Already a big name in his native Norway, pianist Tord Gustavsen's debut album, Changing Places, which was released last year, brought his unique jazz aesthetic to the world stage. Perhaps not a ...