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''Neck of the Woods'' (released Aug 27, 2012 in
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by the label Edition Records – EDN1034 is an album by the Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset together with the tubaist
Daniel Herskedal Daniel Herskedal (born 2 April 1982) is a Norwegian jazz tubist. He is regarded as one of the most talented jazz tubists in Norway. Career Herskedal started playing the French horn as a boy, then later took up the tuba. He started formal studi ...
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Reception

The review by Terje Mosnes of the Norwegian newspaper
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awarded the album 4 stars (dice), the review by John Fordham of the British newspaper
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awarded the album 3 stars, and the reviewer Ian Mann of the Jazz Mann awarded the album 4 stars


Review

The album ''Neck of the Woods'' is an album that increases its appeal with repeated listening. Neset and Herskedal guides us into a mysterious brass landscape that is rich of surprises. The
critique Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is commonly understood as fault finding and negative judgment,Rodolphe Gasché (2007''The honor of thinking: critique, theory, philosophy''p ...
Terje Mosnes of the Norwegian newspaper
Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
, in his review of Neset's album ''Neck of the Woods'' states:
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
critique Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is commonly understood as fault finding and negative judgment,Rodolphe Gasché (2007''The honor of thinking: critique, theory, philosophy''p ...
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, in his review of the album ''Neck of the Woods'' states: The
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critique Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is commonly understood as fault finding and negative judgment,Rodolphe Gasché (2007''The honor of thinking: critique, theory, philosophy''p ...
Ian Patterson, in his review of the album ''Neck of the Woods'' states:


Track listing

:''All compositions by Daniel Herskedal & Marius Neset except where other are noted'' #Neck Of The Woods (5:33) #Preludium (2:27) #Lutra Lutra (2:50) #Eg Er Framand (5:54) - traditional #The Shepherd (0:59) #Ara's Dance (4:24) #The Christmas Song (4:32) #Dragon's Eye (2:53) #Introduction To Swan Island (1:56) #Swan Island (5:21) #The Wedding (4:00) - composed by Abdullah Ibrahim


Personnel

* Marius Neset - saxophone *
Daniel Herskedal Daniel Herskedal (born 2 April 1982) is a Norwegian jazz tubist. He is regarded as one of the most talented jazz tubists in Norway. Career Herskedal started playing the French horn as a boy, then later took up the tuba. He started formal studi ...
- tuba ;Additional musicians *Hallvar Djupvik - vocal solo (track # 4) *
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Credits

*Recorded by August Wanngren *Mixed & Masered by August Wanngren *Design & cower photo by Darren Rumney *Additional photo by Enok Holsegård *Produced by Marius Neset & Daniel Herskedal *Executive producer Dave Stapleton


Notes

;Recorded at: *Fredriksberg Kirke (Copenhagen, DK) December 2010 *Kulturskolan I Lund (Lund, SE) February 2011 *We Know Music Studios (Copenhagen, DK) June 2011 and May 2012 ;Mixed and mastered in: *We Know Music Studios


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neck of the Woods Marius Neset albums Edition Records albums 2012 albums