Bleak house

"The reissue of Bleak House gives us a lot to unpack. From a historical perspective, it represents a bridge in the European transition from jazz-rock into their unique avant-garde/free jazz hybrid. For Rypdal-even at this early stage of his career-his incorporation of post-bop, fusion and avant-garde, into a cohesive album, was a peerless feat of imagination. Rypdal has always been a heady composer, capable of floating intoxicatingly discordant melodies, impressionism such as that on "Winter Serenade," or an unearthly sadness in his reflective pieces. Bleak House is a timeless and important recording and a pleasure to hear in this remastered format".

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"In 1968, Terje Rypdal was a long way from the iconic status he quickly achieved within the European jazz community. He had just left stints in a pair of rock bands in his native Norway - The Vanguards and The Dream - and was settling into a studio in Oslo to record Bleak House, the guitarist/composer's first solo album. And at the time, he wasn't entirely sure what direction he wanted to go in, musically speaking ... What Bleak House may lack in consistency, it more than makes up for in its substance and its resolute spirit ... Would that all of our rough drafts be as fascinating and reissue-worthy as this".

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"The reissue of Bleak House gives us a lot to unpack. From a historical perspective, it represents a bridge in the European transition from jazz-rock into their unique avant-garde/free jazz hybrid. For Rypdal-even at this early stage of his career-his incorporation of post-bop, fusion and avant-garde, into a cohesive album, was a peerless feat of imagination. Rypdal has always been a heady composer, capable of floating intoxicatingly discordant melodies, impressionism such as that on "Winter Serenade," or an unearthly sadness in his reflective pieces. Bleak House is a timeless and important recording and a pleasure to hear in this remastered format".

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"In 1968, Terje Rypdal was a long way from the iconic status he quickly achieved within the European jazz community. He had just left stints in a pair of rock bands in his native Norway - The Vanguards and The Dream - and was settling into a studio in Oslo to record Bleak House, the guitarist/composer's first solo album. And at the time, he wasn't entirely sure what direction he wanted to go in, musically speaking ... What Bleak House may lack in consistency, it more than makes up for in its substance and its resolute spirit ... Would that all of our rough drafts be as fascinating and reissue-worthy as this".

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