''North Story'' is an album by Ukrainian pianist Misha Alperin recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
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Reception

The

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review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "set of mysterious original compositions... Combining Russian folk, modern classical, and free jazz influences".Adler, D. R
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Mikhail Alperin except as indicated'' # "Morning" - 6:39 # "Psalm No. 1" - 7:34 # "Ironical Evening" - 8:06 # "Alone" - 4:42 # "Afternoon" - 9:22 # "Psalm No. 2" - 6:59 # "North Story" - 5:27 # "Etude" - 6:35 # "Kristi-Blodsdråper (Fucsia)" (

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) - 4:35 :*Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in September 1995.

Personnel

Mikhail Alperin Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018) was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio. AllMusic.com Biography Alperin ...

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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 keyboa ...

Arkady Shilkloper Arkady Shilkloper (born 17 October 1956) is a Russian multi-instrumentalist (horn, alphorn, flugelhorn, corno da caccia, didgeridoo, shofar, and others) and composer, currently living in Berlin. He is known as one of the best jazz performers ...

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fluegelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

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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 (while th ...

Terje Gewelt Terje Gewelt (born 8 June 1960) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass). Career Gewelt was born in Oslo and raised in Larvik, a small town on the southeastern coast of Norway. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, switched to elec ...

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References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Mikhail Alperin albums 1996 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher