Carl Petter Opsahl – Mystery of Listening (2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Carl Petter Opsahl – Mystery of Listening (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:18 minutes | 734 MB | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
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Opsahl is an award winning clarinetist and composer whose last album Kyrkja – with Oddrun Lilja and Ellen Brekken – received international acclaim and was hot-listed by Europe Jazz Network as one of the best jazz albums of 2022.Carl Petter Opsahl is one of the most original and prolific clarinet players coming from Norway. Equally at home in jazz and traditional Norwegian folk music, his art is a unique blend of tradition and innovation, flowing from deep spiritual sources. He has collaborated and recorded with artists such as Wendell Brunious, Tord Gustavsen Jon Christensen, Henry Kaiser, David Lindley, Anders Rogg, Zotora, Jokke & Valentinerne, Åsmund Reistad and Jo Asgeir Lie

Beginning his professional career in 1982, he started out in the New Orleans tradition. He lived in New Orleans for a while playing with several of the city’s jazz musicians and brass bands.

He studied traditional music from Gudbrandsdalen with master fiddler Aslak Brimi at the Ole Bull Academy in Voss. his music in later years are strongly influenced by rythms and colors derived from this tradition.

Carl Petter Opsahl is a founding member of Caledonia Jazzband and Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag and is a honorary citizen of New Orleans.

Tracklist:

1-1. Carl Petter Opsahl – The Longest Journey (04:11)
1-2. Carl Petter Opsahl – Suddenly, A Presence (03:06)
1-3. Carl Petter Opsahl – Dance Theology (01:52)
1-4. Carl Petter Opsahl – Forward, One Step At a Time (01:27)
1-5. Carl Petter Opsahl – March of Love (02:28)
1-6. Carl Petter Opsahl – Troubled Angel (Heidi’s Minne) (05:13)
1-7. Carl Petter Opsahl – Epiclesis (00:57)
1-8. Carl Petter Opsahl – The Song Within You (Johannes) (04:15)
1-9. Carl Petter Opsahl – Acousticon (01:35)
1-10. Carl Petter Opsahl – Loved, Unconditionally (04:35)
1-11. Carl Petter Opsahl – This Is Also You (00:48)
1-12. Carl Petter Opsahl – Earth Sings the Blues (03:10)
1-13. Carl Petter Opsahl – Mountain Wildlife (03:29)
1-14. Carl Petter Opsahl – Consider the Wildflowers (02:39)
1-15. Carl Petter Opsahl – Mystery of Listening (02:24)

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