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Being There | 
| Artist: Tord Gustavsen Trio
Label: ECM
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 14461
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.8 x 0.5
MPN: 000875702
UPC: 602517235175
EAN: 0602517235175
ASIN: B000NVL4EM
Release Date: April 30, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | At Home | | • | Vicar Street | | • | Draw Near | | • | Blessed Feet | | • | Sani | | • | Interlude | | • | Karosin | | • | Still There | | • | Where We Went | | • | Cocoon | | • | Around You | | • | Vesper |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
Contemporary music poetry December 28, 2008
This is not the verdict of a specialist for which this reviewer has no pretensions but an impressionistic sketch of his emotional response to the music. The extreme fascination of this music to me is due to its spare elegance, restrained and haunting melody, tranquility, a touch of melancholy and exquisite rendition;a distillate of contemporary music poetry.
 Not quite being there. But nearly. November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't bought the second or third CD from Tord - the first is nice, but too gentle and smooth for me on the whole. Where Jarrett digs and delves and constantly challenges himself to the point where he achieves state-of-grace, Tord sounds timid. It is haunting but not completely rewarding for me.
All the same, I have tickets for the concert next Friday 5th December at St Martins church (just off Trafalgar Square). Seems like the ideal venue for his minimal approach. This might persuade me to make another purchase - who knows.
Consistently superb September 2, 2008
An original album that spans from classic beauty to blues and funky notes. Once I got it into my CD player I did not remove it for a long time - one of those that finds of true treasue that happen once a year.....
Being There August 10, 2008
This is no less and no more than the first two. The three seem to meld together and a luscious trio of trios results. I always hesitate on which one to choose and usually listen to all three (if I have the luxury of time), on the trot.
A new level of quiet rapture January 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Being There" takes the quiet rapture of the trio's previous album (The Ground) to a new level.
There are beautiful slow pieces that gradually unfold with paradoxically crystalline warmth (At Home, Draw Near, Sani, Still There), an intriguing angular piece (Karmosin) and three up-tempo numbers - the funky Blessed Feet, the Spanish-tinged Where We Went and my favourite, Vicar Street. Half of the track is a tense, urgent build-up that then resolves into a gorgeous yearning theme.
I've seen some great drummers and percussionists in my time (e.g. Airto Moreira, Mike Shrieve of Santana, Zakir Hussein) and the trio's Jarle Vesperstad is up there with the best, but in his own distinctive way. In his hands a standard drum kit becomes a real instrument.
What I love about the Tord Gustavsen Trio is that they show masterfully how improvised music can be melodically accessible without being schmaltzy and technically satisfying without degenerating into ego-tripping clever-clever stuff. It takes outstanding musicians to play such apparently simple music.
This is another album from the trio that can appeal to people who like it "easy on the ear", but will richly reward more discerning music lovers.
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