Nordic Quartet


Nordic Quartet is an album by English saxophonist John Surman featuring Karin Krog, Terje Rypdal and Vigleik Storaas recorded in 1994 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars, stating, "The group never really meshes their disparate voices together and few of the spacey group originals other than "Wild Bird" are at all memorable. All of the principals have sounded better elsewhere".

Track listing

  1. "Traces" - 7:14
  2. "Unwritten Letter" - 3:49
  3. "Offshore Piper" - 2:09
  4. "Gone to the Dogs" - 3:58
  5. "Double Tripper" - 6:18
  6. "Ved Sørevatn" - 8:06
  7. "Watching Shadows" - 5:20
  8. "The Illusion" - 5:57
  9. "Wild Bird" - 7:30

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