''Blue'' is an album by guitarist

Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3". Career Rypdal ...

and The Chasers, bassist

Bjørn Kjellemyr Bjørn Kjellemyr (born 4 December 1950 in Bamble, Norway) is a jazz double bassist, known from a variety of musical contexts like Terje Rypdal & The Chasers, Joe Henderson, Bob Berg, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Dag Arnesen, K ...

and drummer

Audun Kleive Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.) He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive. Career Kleive began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then wen ...

, recorded in 1986 and released on the

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "One of the primary attributes of ''Blue'' is its sequencing; the entire recording seems to unfold endlessly and seamlessly. Nothing is rushed, and all parts and players contribute economically. The band establishes a textural point of view to improvise from in every selection, and doesn't seem to be hindered by the guitar-bass-drums limitation. Each track appears to reveal itself as a sound world, full of possibility and limitless space, giving the band a chance to offer itself to these compositions rather than just play them".Jurek, T. P
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Terje Rypdal except as indicated'' # "The Curse" - 1:26 # Kompet Går" (Bjørn Kjellemyr, Audun Kleive, Terje Rypdal) - 6:52 # "I Disremember Quite Well" - 5:06 # "Og Hva Synes VI Om Det" (Kjellemyr, Kleive, Rypdal) - 5:53 # "Last Nite" - 3:30 # "Blue" - 5:43 # "Tanga" - 4:18 # "Om Bare" - 3:03 **Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 1986

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References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Terje Rypdal albums 1987 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher