Whereas Tord Gustavsen does it very well

You’d think a band that come on look­ing like a set of undertaker’s coffin bear­ers, with a pian­ist that crouches over the piano like someone was going to steal it and a bass player who looks like his day job is an embalmer, would be pretty gloomy fare.  But no, even with a trio Gust­avsen built up to lots of impress­ive moments and now that he has added Tore Brun­borg on the sax­o­phone it’s all more upbeat and really beau­ti­ful. Jarle Vespestad plays around the drum kit del­ic­ately and invent­ively.  Mats Eilertsen didn’t get too many solos on the bass but was solidly there all the way through.   I hope Brun­borg is a fixture.