''Floating'' (released October 3, 2005 in

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on the label EmArcy - ) is an album by the Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.

Review

For the first time in his rich and multifaceted career, Bjørnstad give us an album with a trio constellation. He has a strong relationship to the melody and the melody to him. We have through some 30 years had the pleasure to witness this mutual love affair, and it has in no way diminished. Here we encounter melody and Bjørnstad in a new constellation and both thrive. Even though this is the first meeting between the three, there are large doses of empathy present and that they have a lot to talk about.

Reception

The Gemm review awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

#«Floating» (6:43) #«The Sorrow In Her Eyes» (5:01) #«Memory» (3:03) #«Ray Of Light» (6:52) #«Looking Back» (2:25) #«Caravan Moving» (2:55) #«Thought» (2:23) #«The Woman On The Pier» (5:06) #«Undercurrent» (3:54) #«The Rainbow» (4:06) #«The Course» (6:39) #«Her Singing» (3:41) #«The Face» (5:13) #«As You Always Said (To Rolf)» (3:58) #«The Waiting Room» (3:02) #«Floating (Epilogue)» (2:43)

Personnel

* Ketil Bjørnstad -

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

* Palle Danielsson -

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

* Marilyn Mazur -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Credits

*Composer & producer – Ketil Bjørnstad *Liner notes – Ketil Bjørnstad *Recorded and mastered in Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway, May/June 2005

Notes

References

External links

Ketil Bjørnstad Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Floating (Ketil Bjornstad album) 2005 albums Ketil Bjørnstad albums EmArcy Records albums Universal Music Group albums