Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling. Over the years, he has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3".

Career

Fypdal was born in Oslo, the son of a composer and orchestra leader. He studied classical piano and trumpet as a child, and then taught himself to play guitar as he entered his teens. Starting out as a Hank Marvin-influenced rock guitarist with The Vanguards, Rypdal turned towards jazz in 1968 and joined Jan Garbarek's group and later George Russell's sextet and orchestra. An important step towards international attention was his participation in the free jazz festival in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1969, where he was part of a band led by Lester Bowie. During his musical studies at Oslo university and conservatory, he led the orchestra of the Norwegian version of the musical Hair. He has often been recorded on the ECM record label, both jazz-oriented material and classical compositions (some of which do not feature Rypdal's guitar).

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Terje Rypdal (album)

Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

"Keep It Like That - Tight" - 12:14

"Rainbow" - 7:05

"Electric Fantasy" - 15:33

"Lontano II" - 3:11

"Tough Enough" - 4:44

Recorded at the Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway on August 12 & 13, 1971

Personnel

Terje Rypdal — guitar, flute

Jan Garbarek — tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet

Ekkehard Fintl — oboe, English horn

Bobo Stenson — electric piano (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)

Arild Andersen — bass, electric bass (tracks 1-4)

Jon Christensen — percussion

Inger Lise Rypdal — vocals

References

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Sart

Sart is a name for the settled inhabitants of Central Asia and the Middle East, which has had shifting meanings over the centuries. Sarts, known sometimes as Ak-Sart in ancient times, did not have any particular ethnic identification, and were usually (though not always) town-dwellers. Since the 16th century and onward Mughal historians referred to the Tajiks of the Kabulistan (now Afghanistan) and surrounding regions as Sarts.

Origin

There are several theories about the origin of the term. It may be derived from the Sanskrit "sarthavaha" (merchant, caravan leader), a term supposedly used by nomads to described settled townspeople. Or it may be a corruption of the Sogdian ethnonym "Soghd."

The earliest known use of the term is in the Turkic text Kutadgu Bilig ("Blessed Knowledge"), dated 1070, in which it refers to the settled population of Kashgaria. In that period the term apparently referred to all settled Muslims of Central Asia, regardless of language.

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani in the Jami' al-Tawarikh writes that Genghis Khan commanded that Arslan Khan, prince of the Muslim Turkic Karluks, be given the title "Sartaqtai", which he considered to be synonymous with "Tajik" (It is possible, however, that Rashid al-din, who was Persian, misunderstood the meaning of this, as "Sartaqtai" was the name of one of the Genghis Khan's sons).

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Sart (album)

Sart is the third album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, his second released on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek's quintet featuring Bobo Stenson, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awards the album 4 stars and states "A strong recording and, along with all of the other early ECM Garbarek releases, recommended for fans who came upon him much later in his career".