''Chaser'' 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 ...

with 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 1985 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
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Reception

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review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4 stars stating "This 1985 release finds Rypdal working in a hard-hitting power-trio format".Dawson, M. P
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Terje Rypdal except as indicated'' # "Ambiguity" - 8:45 # "Once upon a Time" - 6:16 # "Geysir" (Bjørn Kjellemyr, Audun Kleive, Terje Rypdal) - 6:01 # "A Closer Look" - 5:04 # "Ørnen" - 6:23 # "Chaser" - 5:51 # "Transition" - 1:38 # "Imagi (Theme)" - 4:59 **Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 1985

Personnel

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acoustic bass The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar a ...

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck The ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Terje Rypdal albums 1985 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher