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- HCR 25) is a studio album (LP) by the Norwegian guitarist Thorgeir Stubø, including two live recordings.

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oriented influence through his own, more modal-based compositions, "Flight" and "For Wes and Pat". On

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's classic "Fall", there is also used synthesizer, and electric piano is also represented on a track.

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's gorgeous ballad "Theme for Ernie" as made famous by Coltrane, also interpreted the great trio with acoustic guitars, like "Chelsea Bridge" ( Strayhorn) and " Autumn in New York" (

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Track listing

;A side #"Flight" (9:50)
(Thorgeir Stubø) #"Fall" (4:34)
(Wayne Shorter) #"Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home" (9:38)
(Oscar Peterson) #"Autumn In New York» (2:25)
(Vernon Duke) ;B side #"For Wes & Pat" (6:58)
(Thorgeir Stubø) #"Theme For Ernie" (6:42)
(Fred Lacey) #"

" (7:52)
(Horace Silver) #"Chelsea Bridge" (4:52)
(Billy Strayhorn)

Personnel

* Thorgeir Stubø –

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

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– piano (tracks: A1-A2, B1 & B4) * Lars Sjösten – piano (tracks: A3 & B3) * Krister Andersson –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

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double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

(tracks: A1 & B1-B2) *

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– double bass (tracks: A3 & B3) *

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– drums &

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(tracks: A1 & B1-B2) * Egil "Bop" Johansen – drums (tracks: A3 & B3)

Credits

*Producer – Thorgeir Stubø *Engineer – Arve Hoel (tracks: A3, B3) *Executive Producer –

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*Liner notes – Mike Hennessey *Photography by Ole J. Andreassen *Produced & engineered by

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Notes

*Recorded June 9 and 10, 1985, in Rainbow Studios,

. "Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home" and "Nica's Dream" recorded live December 16, 1983, at Prelaten, Tromsø.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flight (Thorgeir Stubo album) Thorgeir Stubø albums 1985 albums