Arild Andersen - hyperborean /CDArt.-Nr. ECM 1631
Tore Brunborg soprano and tenor saxophones / Bendik Hofseth tenor saxophone / Kenneth Knudsen keyboards / Arild Andersen double-bass / Paolo Vinaccia drums, percussion / Arild Andersen bass / Odd Hannisdal violin / Henrik Hannisdal violin / Marek Konstantynowicz viola / Morten Hannisdal cello
Patch Of Light I / Hyperborean / Patch Of Light II / Duke Vinaccia / Infinite Distance / Vanishing Waltz / The Island / Invisible Sideman / Rambler / Dragon Dance / Stillness / Too Late For A Picture Recorded December 1996 A departure for bass virtuoso Andersen, the nine-piece band assembled for Hyperborean brings together - for the very first time - two "young lions" of Nordic jazz, Tore Brunborg and Bendik Hofseth, and sets their dramatic saxophone exchanges against his writing for strings, played by the Cikada Quartet, distinguished contemporary music players. If you like Hyperborean, then you'd probably like: Arild Andersen, Sagn Arild Andersen/Ralph Towner/Nana Vasconcelos, If You Look Far Enough Masqualero, Re-Enter Misha Alperin, North Story Keith Jarrett, Arbour Zena
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