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1997 live album by Barry Guy, Mats Gustafsson, and Raymond Strid with Marilyn Crispell
Gryffgryffgryffs
Live album by Barry Guy, Mats Gustafsson, and Raymond Strid with Marilyn Crispell
Released1997
RecordedJanuary 22, 1996
VenueRadio House, Studio 2, Stockholm
GenreFree jazz
Length56:09
LabelMusic & Arts
CD-1003
ProducerLars-Göran Ulander
Guy/Gustafsson/Strid Trio chronology
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Gryffgryffgryffs: The 1996 Radio Sweden Concert is a live album by the Guy/Gustafsson/Strid Trio, featuring bassist Barry Guy, saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, and percussionist Raymond Strid, with guest artist Marilyn Crispell on piano. It was recorded on January 22, 1996, at the Radio House, Studio 2, in Stockholm, and was released by the Music & Arts label in 1997. In 2017, the album was reissued in digital form by Catalytic Sound.

The album title is a word that appears in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and that, according to author Gaurav Majumdar, suggests "stammering." The remaining track titles were inspired by Joyce ("Ififif"), Tony O'Mally ("Inscape"), Ted Hughes ("Org," "Ghast," and "Orghast") and Tekla Melin ("What Else?").

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars.

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote: "The key sequence consists of three tracks, "Org," "Ghast," "Orghast," which seem to explore a carefully delimited range of ideas, except that Crispell is never content to remain within narrow harmonic or rhythmic bounds. It works, despite her overblown expressionism."

Track listing

  1. "Gryffgryffgryffs" – 7:25
  2. "Ififif" – 13:18
  3. "Inscape" – 7:25
  4. "Org" – 5:59
  5. "Ghast" – 14:48
  6. "Orghast" – 6:47
  7. "What Else?" – 8:28

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio: Gryffgryffgryffs". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  2. "Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio with Marilyn Crispell: Gryffgryffgryffs". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  3. "Music and Arts CD-1003 gryffgryffgryffs: the 1996 Radio Sweden concert". EFI Group. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  4. "Gryffgryffgryffs". Catalytic Sound. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  5. "Gryffgryffgryffs". Music & Arts. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  6. Majumdar, Gaurav (2010). Migrant Form: Anti-colonial Aesthetics in Joyce, Rushdie, and Ray. Peter Lang. p. 62.
  7. Gryffgryffgryffs: The 1996 Radio Sweden Concert (liner notes). Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio with Marilyn Crispell. Music & Arts. 1997. CD-1003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. pp. 647–648.
  9. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 211.
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