Green Shading into Blue

Green Shading into Blue an album by the Arild Andersen Quartet.[1] It was recorded in April 1978 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen, and rhythm section Lars Jansson, Andersen and Pål Thowsen.[2]

Green Shading into Blue
Studio album by
the Arild Andersen Quartet
Released1978
RecordedApril 1978
StudioTalent Studios
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length45:46
LabelECM 1127
ProducerManfred Eicher
Arild Andersen chronology
Shimri
(1976)
Green Shading into Blue
(1978)
Lifelines
(1980)

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Jim Todd stated: "This is an outstanding group of individual talents who can communicate musically with one another at the highest level. For the 1978 follow-up, though, incongruous elements have now been grafted on here and there: occasional bits of string synthesizer, 'soft rock' riffing, passages of sensitive, new age noodling. The result is neither particularly commercial, nor especially good jazz, relative to the players who made it."[3]

Professional ratings
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AllMusic     [3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Arild Andersen except as indicated
  1. "Sole" - 9:33
  2. "The Guitarist" - 3:57
  3. "Anima" (Lars Jansson) - 9:00
  4. "Radka's Samba" - 4:10
  5. "Terhi" (Jansson) - 3:02
  6. "Green Shading into Blue" - 9:04
  7. "Jana" - 7:00

Personnel

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Arild Andersen Quartet

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References

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  1. ^ Longley, Martin (16 Feb 2001). "Culture: Arild chases the pure and beautiful in music". Birmingham Post. p. 16.
  2. ^ ECM discography accessed November 17, 2011
  3. ^ a b Todd, J. AllMusic Review accessed November 17, 2011