''Sideways'' is an album by Norwegian guitarist and composer

Jacob Young Jacob Wayne Young (born September 10, 1979) is an American actor and producer. He is a five-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 2002 for his role as Lucky Spencer in the soap opera ''General Hospital'' (2000–2003). He is best know ...

released on the

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label in 2008.

Reception

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awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Matt Collar, states "Much like other ECM releases, with its mix of laid-back edginess and ambient, searching improvisations, ''Sideways'' works just as well on a cerebral, engaging level as on a background, afterglow level". On All About Jazz Budd Kopman observed "''Sideways'' is remarkable in how its many layers interact to produce music that combines beauty and intellectual rigor" while John Kelman wrote "Young's very strength is his ability to compel and evoke in the most understated fashion. The beautifully spacious ''Sideways'' finds him comfortably evolving, bringing together his personal biculturalism with a musical cosmopolitanism that transcends any single stylistic authority".Kelman, J.
All About Jazz Review
April 11, 2008.

Track listing

''All compositions by Jacob Young'' # "Sideways" – 6:41 # "Time Rebel" – 5:14 # "Slow Bo-Bo" – 5:07 # "Near South End" – 5:26 # "Out of Night" – 10:16 # "Hanna's Lament" – 4:02 # "St. Ella" – 4:35 # "Maybe We Can" – 6:53 # "Wide Asleep" – 5:30 # "Gazing at Stars" – 2:03

Personnel

– guitar * Mathias Eick – trumpet *Vidar Johansen –

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Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sve ...

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– drums

Credits

*Engineered by

Jan Erik Kongshaug Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his chi ...

*Design by Sascha Kleis *Liner photos by Colin Eick *Produced by Manfred Eicher

Notes

*Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 2006

References

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