Terje Rypdal

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Terje Rypdal (born 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. The distorted guitar tone he favors, frequently embellished with his use of volume swells, has more in common with rock music than with the cleaner sounds associated with jazz guitarists. Today, Rypdal is an important member of the Norwegian jazz community. His collaborations as guitarist and composer with other ECM artists Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling in 90s are also noteworthy. In those compositions he found a way out of jazz and classical compositions to a modern and more avant-garde unique style.

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Hayzi22 wrote:
yesterday morning

Terje Rypdal is my favorite.

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mybadfriend wrote:
November 2009

and Abrecrombie...as well , ah? lisa? Double concerto from Rypdal's Rarum VII is an example of kind music which sounds like miracle

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Lisanovitch wrote:
October 2009

the best inventive guitarists are: Terje Rypdal, Eivnd Aaarset ,Zailm Atoyanh & David Torn

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LeneChristin wrote:
July 2009

"Bleak House" is one of my new favourite albums.

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matetoth wrote:
May 2009

agreed + nels cline

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ambiantissimo wrote:
April 2009

the best inventive guitarists are: Terje Rypdal, Zailm Atoyanh, Eivnd Aaarset & David Torn

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serda1925 wrote:
March 2009

belle découverte pour moi! je remercie beaucoup a Sal..ça me plait beaucoup!

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marcfantin wrote:
February 2009

Terje J'adore L'album "blues" et les autres) super marc

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arjensbag wrote:
December 2008

Vastly underrated.

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helianne wrote:
November 2008

THE INVENTIVE GUITARIST...........I LOVE Uuuuuuuuuu.

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northern_lumi wrote:
November 2008

Just listened to the works on Heat OST. He's a guinus!

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BobbyLobster wrote:
October 2008

A very inspiring musician. I wrote a song with the nam 'Terje' to thank him for all the moments of inspiration!

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

Terje Rypdal—now connected to the group ➤ future of jaZz

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PopplagiWest wrote:
August 2008

No words. His music is glorious.

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psynaturecybine wrote:
June 2008

he is touched by god

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Dadal1er wrote:
May 2008

Per Ulv means the wolf in Norwegian. Reference to The Roadrunner cartoons.

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bluesbomb wrote:
April 2008

Great

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chillionaire wrote:
March 2008

who is Per Ulv? anyway the song's great

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trommelars wrote:
August 2007

The Bleak House concert at Molde International Jazz Festival was utter crap. When Rypdal can't even play his own songs correctly (he sounded like a nervous student on recital), and the two drummers can't keep the same time, they shouldn't have bothered playing at all.

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ferociousdanny wrote:
July 2007

Absolutely awesome... bleak house.

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