The songs Gustavsen writes sound like standards-in-the-making - lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line.

Introducing a new piano trio from Norway. Tord Gustavsen's young group, already making waves in the Far North - where "Changing Places" has soared into the pop charts - is telling new stories within the framework of the jazz tradition. This is music that sings, at once gentle and robust. The songs Gustavsen writes sound like standards-in-the-making - lyrical, immediately memorable songs, songs of an appealing freshness, yet sophisticated in their involvement with the melodic line. And the trio improvises, with flair and originality, inside their structures.

Tord Gustavsen - piano Harald Johnsen - double-bass Jarle Vespestad - drums

"With his very first record as a leader, Tord Gustavsen has created an instant classic - Gustavsen is a master of pianistic control and restraint. This is the least grandstanding great jazz album I have heard since Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue"."

• Richard Lehnert, Stereophile

"Technical display is at a premium, and the compositions, all by the leader, are beguiling simple and intensely melodic. Gustavsen avoids flourishes of emotion, and while it's brave to begin an album at the funereal pace of "Deep As Love", it's braver still to continue that way. Changing Places is a distinctive achievement and marks the emergence of a potentially major talent."

• Andy Hamilton, Jazz Review

Tracks:

Deep as Love Graceful Touch IGN Melted Matter At a Glance Song of Yearning Turning Point Interlude Where Breathing Starts Going Places Your Eyes Graceful Touch, Variation Song of Yearning (solo)

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