Gregorio/Gustafsson/Nordeson

Gregorio/Gustafsson/Nordeson: Background Music

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1998

“Unimagined hybrids of Richie Kamuca and Evan Parker, Shelly Manne and Paul Lovens, Jimmy Giuffre and Floros Floridos," says John Corbett in his liner notes. Cool free improv. Sound impossible? Guillermo Gregorio, Mats Gustafsson and Kjell Nordeson pull it off on Background Music.

Background Music is music on the edge of silence, characterized by intricate mutual listening on the part of all three musicians. Gregorio and Gustafsson don't leave behind their years of work at the outer edges of free ...