The Other Side (Tord Gustavsen album)

The Other Side
The Other Side
Studio album by Tord Gustavsen Trio
Released	August 31, 2018
Recorded	January 2018
Studio	Rainbow Studio; Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:28
Label	ECM 2608
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Tord Gustavsen chronology

The Other Side is an album by the Tord Gustavsen Trio recorded in January 2018 and released on ECM August later that year. The trio features rhythm section Sigurd Hole and Jarle Vespestad.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
PopMatters	^[3]
All About Jazz	^[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Thom Jurek stated "The Other Side represents a new beginning, one that exists in its own space apart from the larger group outings, but also separate from the previous trio. This group is more inquisitive than assertive -- whether playing one of Gustavsen's seven originals, traditional songs, or the three adaptations of J.S. Bach compositions ... The Other Side offers an expanded version of Gustavsen's trio signature. It retains the elemental articulations of melodic focus that made the previous version unique, but asks far more questions of the material needing to deliver answers, creating a constantly evolving, affirmative body of music."^[2]

On PopMatters, John Garratt noted "There's plenty to like in The Other Side 's loose feel in how composition swirls with improvisation. It's also too easy to let it pass you by ... Even when his playing is at its most rapid, Tord Gustavsen still applies a minimal approach that is frightened to wake the baby."^[3]

The All About Jazz review by Mike Jurkovic said that "All his compositions on The Other Side bare their secrets slowly and play out their methodically expressionistic hauntings with a gospel-influenced left hand seemingly rooted thousands of miles away in the muddy Louisiana delta ... The Other Side is a warm, whole-cloth adventure of spacious interiors ... Gustavsen freely mixes the ancient music of Norway with his love of Bach, the pianist arranging three chorales for the album; amongst them, the Vespestad-led "Schlafes Bruder" integrates a deep groove that Bach may never have imagined."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Tord Gustavsen except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Tunnel"		6:04
2.	"Kirken, den er et gammelt hus"	Ludvig Mathias Lindeman	5:13
3.	"Re-Melt"		5:16
4.	"Duality"		4:37
5.	"Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro"	Traditional	3:54
6.	"Taste and See"		3:14
7.	"Schlafes Bruder"	Johann Sebastian Bach	4:54
8.	"Jesu, meine Freude / Jesus, det eneste"	Bach/Traditional	4:32
9.	"The Other Side"		3:24
10.	"O Traurigkeit"	Bach	3:33
11.	"Left Over Lullaby No. 4"		2:28
12.	"Curves"		6:19

Personnel

Tord Gustavsen Trio

References

^ ECM Catalogue accessed January 18, 2019
^ ^a ^b Jurek, Tom. Tord Gustavsen – The Other Side: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Garratt, J. PopMatters Review, January 18, 2019
^ ^a ^b Jurkovic, M. All About Jazz Review accessed January 18, 2019

[ECM_Catalogue-1] ECM Catalogue accessed January 18, 2019

[Allmusic-2] Jurek, Tom. Tord Gustavsen – The Other Side: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2018.

[PopMatters-3] Garratt, J. PopMatters Review, January 18, 2019

[AAJ-4] Jurkovic, M. All About Jazz Review accessed January 18, 2019

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v t e Tord Gustavsen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Changing Places (2001 & 2002) The Ground (2004) Being There (2006) Restored, Returned (2009) The Well (2011) Extended Circle (2013) What Was Said (2015) The Other Side (2018)