Beyond the Mist (Lotte Anker album) explained

Beyond the Mist
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lotte Anker, Mette Petersen
Cover:	Beyond_the_mist_Anker_cover.jpeg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	February 26 & 27, 1989
Studio:	Sun Studio, Copenhagen
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:03
Label:	Stunt
Producer:	Bjarne Hansen
Chronology:	Lotte Anker
Next Title:	Being
Next Year:	1993

Beyond the Mist is the debut album by a quartet co-led by two Danish jazz musicians: saxophonist Lotte Anker and pianist Mette Petersen, which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Danish Stunt label.^[1]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that the album "is well worth searching out, not least for the interplay between two of the most interesting female performers in European free jazz. The improvisations here are well centred and almost earthy in impact, contrary to any false impression ´mist' may have given."^[2]

In a review for Wondering Sound, Charles Farrell says "Beyond the Mist is genuinely interactive quartet music: The players are all integral to its success, contributing to the common language. Each also manages to establish a strong individual voice along the way."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Beyond the Mist" (Lotte Anker/Mette Petersen) – 2:56
2. "Guardian" (Mette Petersen) – 6:36
3. "Månegal" (Mette Petersen) – 8:06
4. "Februar" (Lotte Anker) – 4:58
5. "Syeeda's Song Flute" (John Coltrane)– 8:44
6. "Flossing" (Lotte Anker) – 8:24
7. "Pieces of My Master's Pieces" (Mette Petersen) – 5:19

Personnel

• Lotte Anker – soprano sax
• Mette Petersen – piano
• Jesper Lundgaard – bass
• Jens Jefsen – bass on 7
• Jesper Elén – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lotte Anker Mette Petersen Quartet - Beyond the Mist . Jazz Music Archives . November 16, 2023.
2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 8th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2006. Penguin. London. 0141023279. 37. registration.
3. Farrell, Charles Beyond the Mist review at Wondering Sound