Odyssey is a Jazz album by Terje Rypdal, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- layered
- hypnotic
- spacey
About
Once you hear the plangent cry that swoons us into “Darkness Falls,” you know you’re in Rypdal territory... Although the album has been reissued on CD, the 24-minute Rolling Stone sadly did not survive the digital makeover. A gorgeous, organ-infused underwater symphony, it flows like a Robin Guthrie excursion with its tinny echoes and whammy bar ornaments before bringing on the album’s most rock-oriented developments. -- (It's available only the Vinyl version.) It is a place of intense clarity and emotive immediacy. The solid bass vamp of “Midnite” (courtesy of Sveinung Hovensjø), which presses on for the next 17 minutes, .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Darkness Falls3:27
- A2Midnite16:37
Side B
- B1Adagio13:09
- B2Better Off Without You7:31
Side C
- C1Over Birkerot4:42
- C2Fare Well11:22
- C3Ballade5:55
Side D
- DRolling Stone23:54
Credits
Performers
- Sveinung Hovensjø6-STRING BASS ELECTRIC BASS BASS
- Svein ChristiansenDRUMS
- Terje RypdalGUITAR SYNTHESIZER SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Brynjulf BlixORGAN SYNTHESIZER ELECTRIC PIANO
- Torbjørn SundeTROMBONE
- Claes RosendahlALTO SAXOPHONE CLARINET
- Erik NilssonBASS CLARINET FLUTE
- Sven LarssonBASS TROMBONE TUBA
- Stefan BrolundDOUBLE BASS
- Georg RiedelDOUBLE BASS CONDUCTOR
- Egil JohansenDRUMS PERCUSSION
- Ivar OlsenFRENCH HORN
- Håkan NyqvistFRENCH HORN TRUMPET
- Lennart ÅbergSOPRANO SAXOPHONE FLUTE
- Ulf AnderssonTENOR SAXOPHONE FLUTE ALTO FLUTE
- Torgny NilssonTROMBONE
- Bertil LövgrenTRUMPET
- Americo BellottoTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 14 pressings tracked on Gatefold