Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal in Warsaw in 2005

Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947 in Oslo) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on several 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.

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).

His compositions "Last Nite" and "Mystery Man" were featured in the Michael Mann film Heat, and included on the soundtrack of the same name^[1].

Discography

As leader

• Bleak House (Polydor/Universal Norway 547 885-2) 1968
• Terje Rypdal (ECM 1016) 1971
• What Comes After (ECM 1031) 1974
• Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away (ECM 1045) 1974
• Odyssey (ECM 1067/8) 1975
• After the Rain (ECM 1083) 1976
• Waves (ECM 1110) 1978
• Rypdal/Vitous/DeJohnette (ECM 1125) 1979
• Descendre (ECM 1144) 1980
• To Be Continued (ECM 1192) 1981
• Eos (with David Darling) (ECM 1263) 1984
• Chaser (ECM 1303) 1985
• Blue (ECM 1346) 1987
• The Singles Collection (ECM 1383) 1989
• Undisonus (ECM 1389) 1990
• Q.E.D. (ECM 1474) 1991
• If Mountains Could Sing (ECM 1554) 1995
• Skywards (ECM 1608) 1997
• Rypdal & Tekrø (RCA 74321 242962) 1997
• Rypdal/Tekrø II 1997
• Double Concerto / 5th Symphony (ECM 1567) 2000
• Lux Aeterna (ECM 1818) 2002
• Selected Recordings (Volume VII of ECM's :rarum series) (rarum 8007) 2002

As sideman

with George Russell

• The Essence of George Russell
• Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969)
• Trip to Prillarguri (Soul Note 121029-2) 1970
• Listen to the Silence (Soul Note 121024-2) 1971

with Jan Garbarek

• Esoteric Circle (1969) (Freedom FCD 41031)
• Afric Pepperbird (1970) (ECM 1007)
• Sart (1971) (ECM 1015)

With Others

• Get Dreamy (The Dream) (Polydor 842 972-2) 1967
• Briskeby Blues (Jan Erik Vold) (Philips 834 711-2) 1969
• Gittin' to Know Y'all (The Baden-Baden Free Jazz Orchestra) (POCJ-2553) 1969
• Min Bul (Polydor 2382003) 1970
• Hav (Jan Erik Vold) (Philips 6507 002) 1971
• Actions (Krzystof Penderecki / Don Cherry & The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra Live in Donaueschingen) (Wergo SM 1010; Philips 6305153; on CD as Transparency TRANS00081971) 1971
• New Violin Summit (Jean-Luc Ponty, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Michał Urbaniak, Nipso Brantner, Wolfgang Dauner, Neville Whitehead, Robert Wyatt) (MPS 3321285-8/MPS 88025-2/MPS2222720-0 - released on CD as Euro Series 468036 504) 1971^[2]
• Popofoni (Krog, Garbarek, Rypdal, et al.) (Sonet SLP 1421,2) 1971
• Real Rock 'N' Roll (Per "Elvis" Granberg & The New Jordal Swingers) (Philips 6317013) 1973
• Morning Glory (John Surman) (Future Music FMRCD-13 L495) 1973
• New Jazz Festival - Hamburg 1975 (Various Artists) 1975
• The Hapless Child (Michael Mantler / Edward Gorey) (Watt/4) 1976
• No Time for Time (Pal Thowsen / Jon Christensen) (Zarepta ZA 34005/Sonet SLP1437) 1976
• Samse Tak! (Egil "Bop" Johansen) (Four Leaf FLC 5013) 1976
• Satu (Edward Vesala) (ECM 1088) 1977
• Bruksdikt for Deg og Meg (Carl Frederik Prytz) (Polydor 2920 172) 1977
• Three Day Moon (Barre Phillips) (ECM 1123) 1978
• Apecalypso Nå (Lars Mjøen & Knut Lystad) (label info?) 1980
• Norsk Rock's Gyldne År (The Vanguards) (SONET SLP 1458) 1980
• Bratislava Jazz Days 1985 (Opus Czechoslovakia 9115 1810-11, two-LP set) 1985
• Comanchero (The Vanguards) (Polydor 831 208-1) 1986
• Nice Guys (Hungry John & The Blue Shadows) (Norwegian label?) 1987
• Natt Jazz 20 Ar (Various Artists) (Grappa Records GRCD 103) 1988
• Contemporary Music for Big Band (Sandvika Storband) (SSCD 002) 1990
• Twang!!! (The Vanguards) (DLP 33043/Triola TRCD 06) 1990
• Vegmerker (Trondhjems Studentersangforening) (Pro Musica PP9022) 1990
• Mnaomai, Mnomai (Heinz Reber) (ECM 1378) 1991
• Water Stories (Ketil Bjørnstad) (ECM 1503) 1993
• Unplugged: Mozart and Rypdal (Hans Petter Bonden) (MTG-CD 21111) 1993
• Deep Harmony (Tomra Brass Band) 1994
• The Sea (Bjørnstad/Darling/Rypdal/Christensen) (ECM 1545) 1995
• Nordic Quartet (Surman/Krog/Rypdal/Storaas) (ECM 1553) 1995
• Come Together: Guitar Tribute To The Beatles, Vol. 2 (Various Artists) 1995
• The Sea II (Bjørnstad/Darling/Christensen/Rypdal) (ECM 1633) 1998
• Bitt (Audun Kleive) (Polygram 5365832) 1997
• Litania - Music of Krzysztof Komeda (Tomasz Stanko Septet) (ECM 1636) 1997
• Meridians (Torbjørn Sunde) (ACT 9263-2) 1997
• Road Song (Knut Mikalsen's Bopalong Quintet) (Villa Records AS VRCD 005) 1997
• Dawn Of A New Century (Secret Garden) (Mercury Records 538 838-2) 1999
• Snøfreser'n/FBI (Øystein Sunde) (Spinner Records GTIS 704 - CD single) 1999
• Kartā (Stockhausen/Andersen/Héral/Rypdal) (ECM 1704) 2000
• Song....Tread Lightly (Palle Mikkelborg) (Sony Denmark CK 91439) 2000
• Navigations (Kyberia) (Simax Classics PSC 1212) 2000
• Open The Door Softly (Helen Davis) (EXLCD 30079, EXLIBRIS) 2000
• Sonata / Nimbus (Birgitte Stærnes) (MTG Record Company; A Corda) 2002
• Magica Lanterna (Ronni Lé Tekrø) 2002
• Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" 2003
• Vanguards Special (The Vanguards 1963-2003) (The Vanguards) (Tylden & Co. GTACD8191/2) 2003
• High Lines (Michael Galasso) (ECM 1713) 2005
• Vossabrygg (ECM 1984) 2006
• Life In Leipzig (Bjørnstad/Rypdal) (ECM 2052) 2008

References

External links

• Terje Rypdal on ECM Records