Grace (Ketil Bjørnstad album) explained

Grace
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling
Border:	yes
Released:	2001
Recorded:	Live at Vossajazz, March 2000
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	66:35
Label:	EmArcy Universal Music
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Ketil Bjørnstad
Prev Title:	Epigraphs
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Before the Light
Next Year:	2001

Grace (released 2001 by EmArcy, international release by Universal Music) is an album by the Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Panorama review by Harald Christian Langaas (15.2.2001, © Panorama Media) awarded the album four stars, stating:

... The lyrics of Grace is from the old English poet, John Donne, and it is truly beautiful and wise words for thought, which certainly deserves to be brought to light. Still, I might mention the embossed instrumental improvisation parties as the most successful. This is where the band's best qualities come into their own...

The Amazon.com readers review awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ketil Bjørnstad.

1. «No Man Is An Iland...» (3:53)
2. «Lovers' Infiniteness» (6:44)
3. «The Bait» (2:41)
4. «White» (1:33)
5. «The Anniversary» (5:24)
6. «Love's Growth» (5:56)
7. «Song» (5:13)
8. «Love's Usury» (6:13)
9. «Naked» (2:51)
10. «Grace» (4:35)^[4]
11. «The Indifferent» (4:06)
12. «Mystery» (3:25)
13. «The Canonization» (5:50)
14. «Take A Flat Map...» (4:32)
15. «No Man Is An Iland... (Finale)» (3:39)

Personnel

• Ketil Bjørnstad - piano
• Anneli Drecker - vocals
• Bendik Hofseth - saxophones & vocals
• Arild Andersen - double bass
• Trilok Gurtu - percussion
• Eivind Aarset - guitar & electronics
• Jan Bang - samplings & electronics^[5]

External links

• Ketil Bjørnstad Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ketil Bjørnstad: Grace (CD) . Norwegian . Panorama.no . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041019142527/http://www.panorama.no/vis.php?kat=1&did=546 . 2004-10-19 .
2. Web site: Ketil Bjørnstad . 2011-11-07 . Kalleklev.no.
3. Web site: Grace - Ketil Bjørnstad . German . Amazon.de.
4. Web site: Grace - Anneli Drecker, Ketil Bjørnstad, Jan Bang . Youtube.com.
5. Web site: Ketil Bjørnstad - Grace . Emarcy.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071117034917/http://www.emarcy.com/release.php?id=87 . 2007-11-17 .