''Beyond the Mist'' is the debut album by a quartet co-led by two Danish jazz musicians: saxophonist

Lotte Anker Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble. Musical career Anker studied music at the Copenhagen University f ...

and pianist Mette Petersen, which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Danish Stunt label.

Reception

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'' notes that the album "is well worth searching out, not least for the interplay between two of the most interesting female performers in European free jazz. The improvisations here are well centred and almost earthy in impact, contrary to any false impression ´mist' may have given." In a review for

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, Charles Farrell says "''Beyond the Mist'' is genuinely interactive quartet music: The players are all integral to its success, contributing to the common language. Each also manages to establish a strong individual voice along the way."Farrell, Charle
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Track listing

# "Beyond the Mist" (Lotte Anker/Mette Petersen) – 2:56 # "Guardian" (Mette Petersen) – 6:36 # "Månegal" (Mette Petersen) – 8:06 # "Februar" (Lotte Anker) – 4:58 # "Syeeda's Song Flute" (

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

)– 8:44 # "Flossing" (Lotte Anker) – 8:24 # "Pieces of My Master's Pieces" (Mette Petersen) – 5:19

Personnel

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soprano sax The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

*Mette Petersen –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Jesper Lundgaard Jesper Lundgaard (born 12 June 1954) is a Danish jazz bassist, bandleader, composer and record producer. Since his debut in the mid-1970s, he has been among the most prominent bassists in Danish jazz and as a sideman he has appeared on more tha ...

– bass *Jens Jefsen – bass on 7 *Jesper Elén – drums

References

{{Authority control 1989 albums Lotte Anker albums