Eos (album)
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Eos is the eleventh album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...

 recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Probably Rypdal's most experimental release, it's a set of heavily electronic duets with cellist David Darling".

Track listing

All compositions by Terje Rypdal except as indicated
  1. "Laser" - 4:08
  2. "Eos" - 14:35
  3. "Bedtime Story" - 5:58
  4. "Light Years" (David Darling) - 4:48
  5. "Melody" - 2:17
  6. "Mirage" - 9:13
  7. "Adagietto" - 5:06
    • Recorded at Talent Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 1983

Personnel

  • Terje Rypdal
    Terje Rypdal
    Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...

     — electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • David Darling
    David Darling (musician)
    David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...

     — cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

    , 8 string electric cello
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