This episode I feature the music of Norwegian bass player and composer Arild Andersen.  He had his beginnings with the Jan Garbarek Quartet back in '67 and as you could imagine that early ECM Records sound has permeated his own recordings as well.  I would have to say though that he is not as ethereal or experimental as we might hear from some of the other ECM artists heard on the show.  Nonetheless his recordings are well worth listening to as his bass playing is extraordinary!  He has a great list of recordings both as leader and sideman with some of the legends of jazz, Don Cherry, Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea and more.  I know you will love his style, his sound and his compositions - I certainly do!  Enjoy!!

This episode I feature the music of Norwegian bass player and composer Arild Andersen.  He had his beginnings with the Jan Garbarek Quartet back in '67 and as you could imagine that early ECM Records sound has permeated his own recordings as well.  I would have to say though that he is not as ethereal or experimental as we might hear from some of the other ECM artists heard on the show.  Nonetheless his recordings are well worth listening to as his bass playing is extraordinary!  He has a great list of recordings both as leader and sideman with some of the legends of jazz, Don Cherry, Dexter Gordon, Phil Woods, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea and more.  I know you will love his style, his sound and his compositions - I certainly do!  Enjoy!!