With *Seeing*, Tord Gustavsen begins a new chapter in the vast and complex cycle of his trio recordings that started in 2003 with *Changing Places* — an album now considered a classic. This new album of compact little songs with highly concentrated forms "reflects my personal evolution," the Norwegian pianist confides: "the older I get, the more I feel I'm moving toward the essential, both from an intimate and artistic point of view." Through five original pieces, two cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, a traditional Norwegian religious hymn, as well as the 19th-century English hymn *Nearer My God, to Thee*, Tord Gustavsen, accompanied by his usual partners Jarle Vespestad on drums and Steinar Raknes on double bass, explores at its most intimate this unique blend of jazz, blues, gospel, Scandinavian folk, and church music that has defined his originality for over twenty years. Because he "cherishes melody above all else," as Tord reaffirms, the group — extraordinarily tight yet restrained — patiently develops its music to reach heights of sensitivity. Tord Gustavsen, at the peak of his trio artistry, shapes and controls the overall discourse with a touch of infinite delicacy, as if subtly haloed by the spirituality of gospel.
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