The Thing (The Thing album)

The Thing is an album by saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, who then took the album title as the name of their trio. The album was recorded in February 2000 and released that year by Crazy Wisdom, part of Universal.

The Thing
Studio album by
The Thing
Released2000
Recorded10, 11 February 2000. Atlantis Studios, Stockholm
GenreFree jazz
LabelCrazy Wisdom/Universal
ProducerChristian Falk, Mats Gustafsson
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Recording and music

The album was recorded on 10 and 11 February 2000, in Atlantis Studios, Stockholm.[3] Four of the six tracks are interpretations of compositions by Don Cherry.[1]

Releases

The album was first released in 2000 by Crazy Wisdon, part of Universal Group.[3] It was also included in the box set Now and Forever in 2007.[3]

Reception

The Thing received a positive review from The Penguin Guide to Jazz, which described it as "A great modern free-jazz record".[2] The AllMusic reviewer summarised that "Gustafsson's furious and dense delivery receives great backing from Håker Flaten, who moves effortlessly from pizzicato to arco, and Nilssen-Love, who has the necessary energy to sustain the saxophonist's sonic onslaught", but criticised the performances on one track as "self-indulgence".[1]

Track listing
  1. "Awake Nu" (Don Cherry) – 5:06
  2. "Mopti" (Cherry) – 11:35
  3. "Cherryco" (Cherry) – 8:45
  4. "Ode to Don" (Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love) – 3:37
  5. "The Art of Steve Roney – Smilin'" (Gustafsson, Flaten, Nilssen-Love) – 2:38
  6. "Trans-Love Airways" (Cherry) – 19:17

Personnel

References
  1. Drouot, Alain "The Thing – The Thing". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. pp. 618–619. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. In Now and Forever [Liner notes]. Smalltown Superjazz. p. 5.
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