Suite for the Seven Mountains explained

Suite for the Seven Mountains
Type:	studio
Artist:	Marius Neset
Cover:	Suite for the Seven Mountains.jpg
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Edition, Calibrated Records
Producer:	Marius Neset & Anton Eger
Chronology:	Marius Neset
Next Title:	Golden Xplosion
Next Year:	2011

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 and his «People Are Machines».^[1]

Reception

The review by the Marlbank.net awarded the album 4 stars, and the reviewer Erik Steinskog of the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende awarded the album 4 stars (dice).^[1]

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^{[2] [3]}

Kirkemusikki Bergen in the review of Neset's album Suite For The Seven Mountains states:

... Suite for the seven mountains was his first solo release and is a very successful crossover composition written for jazz quartet and string quintet with a classical chamber music expression...^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Marius Neset

Personnel

People Are Machines

• Marius Neset - tenor & soprano saxophones
• Magnus Hjorth - piano
• Petter Eldh - double bass
• Anton Eger - drums

Additional string quartet

• Patricia Mia Andersen - violin
• Karen Johanne Pedersen - violin
• Andreas Birk - viola
• Christoffer Ohlsson - cello

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ambisiøst: Improvisasjonens styrker . Norwegian . Erik . Steinskog . . 2008-12-17 . 2011-09-05.
2. Web site: Tender is the north . Marlbank.net . 2013-09-04 . 2013-09-05.
3. Web site: Marius Neset: Golden Xplosion (2011) . All About Jazz . July 6, 2011 . September 5, 2013 . Patterson, Ian.
4. Web site: "Suite for the seven Mountains" . Kirkemusikki Bergen . 2011-04-21 . 2011-09-03.