Green Shading into Blue

Green Shading into Blue
Studio album by the Arild Andersen Quartet
Released	1978
Recorded	April 1978
Studio	Talent Studios Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:46
Label	ECM 1127
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Arild Andersen chronology
Shimri (1976) Green Shading into Blue (1978) Lifelines (1980)

Green Shading into Blue an album by the Arild Andersen Quartet.[1] It was recorded in April 1978 and released on ECM later that year. The quartet features saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen, and rhythm section Lars Jansson, Andersen and Pål Thowsen.[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Jim Todd stated: "This is an outstanding group of individual talents who can communicate musically with one another at the highest level. For the 1978 follow-up, though, incongruous elements have now been grafted on here and there: occasional bits of string synthesizer, 'soft rock' riffing, passages of sensitive, new age noodling. The result is neither particularly commercial, nor especially good jazz, relative to the players who made it."[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Arild Andersen except as indicated

1. "Sole" - 9:33
2. "The Guitarist" - 3:57
3. "Anima" (Lars Jansson) - 9:00
4. "Radka's Samba" - 4:10
5. "Terhi" (Jansson) - 3:02
6. "Green Shading into Blue" - 9:04
7. "Jana" - 7:00

Personnel

Arild Andersen Quartet

• Juhani Aaltonen – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Lars Jansson – piano, moog synthesizer, string ensemble
• Arild Andersen – bass
• Pål Thowsen – drums, percussion

References

1. Longley, Martin (16 Feb 2001). "Culture: Arild chases the pure and beautiful in music". Birmingham Post. p. 16.
2. ECM discography accessed November 17, 2011
3. Todd, J. AllMusic Review accessed November 17, 2011