''Suite for the Seven Mountains'' (released April 15, 2008 in UK by the label Edition Records – CALI074CD) is the debut album of the Norwegian saxophonist

Marius Neset Marius Søfteland Neset (born 2 January 1985 in Os, Hordaland) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) living in Copenhagen. He is known from collaborations within the jazz bands "People Are Machines", "Kaktusch", "JazzKamikaze" and Django Bat ...

and his «People Are Machines».

Reception

The review by the Marlbank.net awarded the album 4 stars, and the reviewer Erik Steinskog of the Norwegian newspaper

Bergens Tidende ''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end ...

awarded the album 4 stars (dice).

Review

The debut album of the Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset is a suite for jazz quartet and string quartet. Neset give us an elevated chamber music experience including seven movements with consistently strong compositions Kirkemusikki Bergen in the review of Neset's album ''Suite For The Seven Mountains'' states:

Track listing

:''All compositions by Marius Neset''

Personnel

;People Are Machines *

- tenor & soprano saxophones * Magnus Hjorth - piano *

Petter Eldh Frans Petter Eldh (born 19 September 1983 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish jazz bass player and composer, who predominantly has worked first in Denmark, and since 2009 he has lived in Berlin. Biography Eldh was raised in a family of artists. At ...

- double bass *

Anton Eger Anton Eger (born 9 December 1980) is a Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, known from a series of recordings and collaborations with musicians like Django Bates, Marius Neset, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Ivo Neame, and Jasper Høiby. Career Eger ...

- drums ;Additional string quartet *Patricia Mia Andersen - violin *Karen Johanne Pedersen - violin *Andreas Birk - viola *Christoffer Ohlsson - cello

References

External links

* {{Authority control Marius Neset albums 2008 debut albums