''Restored, Returned'' is an album by Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen Ensemble recorded in January 2009 and released on

ECM ECM may refer to the following: Economics and commerce * Engineering change management * Equity capital markets * Error correction model, an econometric model * European Common Market Mathematics * Lenstra's Elliptic curve method for factor ...

later that year.

Reception

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars. The

All About Jazz ''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...

reviewer John Kelman stated:

Gustavsen continues to be a marvel of economical invention, a player who speaks little but says much. ''Restored, Returned'' is a logical extension/expansion on his previous ECM releases, as his nuanced, tender playing eschews stereotypical references to Norwegian music as icy or cool, even as "The Way In" cinematically traverses imaginary bodies of water explored regularly by pianist Ketil Bjørnstad. But with more colors at his disposal and a greater attention to song form—even as the result feels somehow freer—Gustavsen has shaped an album even more appealing in its subtle but unmistakable experimentation

Track listing

# "The Child Within" (3:48) # "Way In" (4:29) # "Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love" (2:50) # "Spiral Song" (4:01) # "Restored, Returned" (5:55) # "Left Over Lullaby No. 2" (4:44) # "The Swirl/Wrapped In a Yielding Air" (5:23) # "Left Over Lullaby No. 1/O Stand, Stand At the Window" (7:18) # "Your Crooked Heart" (3:41) # "The Gaze" (5:39) # "Left Over Lullaby No. 3" (3:04)

Personnel

* Tord Gustavsen – piano *

Kristin Asbjørnsen Kristin Asbjørnsen (born 12 May 1971) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz singer and composer whose focus is on improvised music. She is known for musical projects like Dadafon including with Carl Haakon Waadeland, Krøyt, Kvitretten, and Nymark Co ...

– vocals (tracks: 3–8, 11) *

Tore Brunborg Tore Brunborg (born 20 May 1960) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician and composer who plays saxophone. He was born in Trondheim but grew up in Voss where a jazz environment was flowering. Known from numerous appearances with international g ...

–

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

(tracks: 4–8, 10) &

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

(track: 1) *

Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, S ...

– double bass (tracks: 2–10) *

Jarle Vespestad Jarle Vespestad (born 16 April 1966) is a Norwegian jazz musician (percussion), the younger brother of jazz musician Liz Tove Vespestad, and a central member of Tord Gustavsen's projects. Career Vespestad was born in Kirkenes and picked up ...

– drums (tracks: 2–10)

Credits

*Design – Sascha Kleis *Engineer – Jan Erik Kongshaug *Cover photography – Jan Fricke *Liner photos – Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen *Producer – Manfred Eicher *Words By –

W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, ...

(tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8)

Notes

*All compositions by Tord Gustavsen *Lyrics in tracks 3, 5, 7 & 7 are from Auden's "

Another Time Another Time may refer to: * Another Time (book), ''Another Time'' (book), a 1940 book of poems by W. H. Auden * Another Time (Jeff Williams album), ''Another Time'' (Jeff Williams album), 2011 * Another Time (Earth, Wind & Fire album), ''Another T ...

" *Recorded in January 2009 at Rainbow Studio,

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

*Producer

Manfred Eicher Manfred Eicher (born 9 July 1943) is a German record producer and the founder of ECM Records. Life and career Eicher was born in Lindau, Germany. He studied music at the Academy of Music in Berlin. He started as a double-bass player of classi ...

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Tord Gustavsen albums 2009 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher