这是一张CD柜上不能缺少的Piano演奏专辑~ 像“Deep as Love”这样深层的爱意，在Tord Gustavsen的琴声里是藏不住的。那宣泄於静默的告白、轻柔的指尖滑过琴键，带著一份微婉与感伤。若爱情发生后，都将留下满屋子的气味，我们不忍将Tord Gustavsen的琴声抹去。他是Tord Gustavsen，不是诗人、只是一名钢琴师。也许能在他的琴声里找到近期的Keith Jarrett；也许能从他宽阔的琴音、超乎常理的温和曲调找到爱情。他很年轻、并才华横溢，2003年於德国慕尼黑音乐品牌ECM底下灌录的首张专辑《Changing Places》是他的首部钢琴三重奏，典藏爱情乐音。 一向予人前卫印象的ECM不知为何转性，出版了Tord Gustavsen与他的三重奏作品。或许是长年在奥斯陆(Oslo)录音的Manfred Eicher，也闻到那满室诗性般的香气；亦或许是他受到这股挪威新兴活力的吸引。Tord Gustavsen一路上并不孤独，有大提琴手Harald Johnsen以及Supersilent的鼓手Jarle Vespestad相伴。约莫2001年间，Tord Gustavsen与Harald Johnsen、Jarle Vespestad相遇，在Manfred Eicher的鼓励下组成了Tord Gustavsen Trio，并著手《Changing Places》的录音。当年《Changing Places》获得BBC Music Magazine 6月号选为主要推荐专辑、Stereophile杂誌满分的盛讚，在外人看来那似是平步青云。仔细品尝《Changing Places》里Tord Gustavsen的琴音之后，你才会从那淡淡的涟漪里得到那爱的感召。如果用当今欧陆唯一继承能Bill Evans爵士三重奏来形容Tord Gustavsen Trio，大概也没有多少人会提出反驳。 如果你喜欢享受夜的静默，专辑里的“Graceful Touch”会是最佳选择。Tord Gustavsen跟随著Jarle Vespestad的轻盈敲击奏来优雅的琴音，温柔地穿梭於黑白琴键。“At a Glance”里活跃的指尖来回盘旋，Tord Gustavsen总是小心翼翼地诉说著每一段故事，深怕漏掉了什么。“IGN”的优越与华丽，细细品尝Tord Gustavsen的指上功夫是一大享受。“Song of Yearning”、“Turning Point”总像是轻薄的耳语，縈绕在四下寂静的温室。“Your Eyes”凝视著你透明的眼眸，直盯盯的专注。当你闭上眼，那华丽的景致全数抹灭。如果你真的明白爱情，“Song of Yearning”的Tord Gustavsen钢琴独奏曲正透过那何其流畅的诗性与温柔轻敲你的耳际。换个位子，或许能拥有更好的风景。至少Tord Gustavsen会如此认为，所以他用十指「书写爱情」。

One of the great success stories of jazz in the last five years, the Tord Gustavsen Trio follows up their first two hit albums with the eagerly-anticipated Being There. The new release finds the trio continually opening up the music in new and lyrical ways. Along with Gustavsen's infectious music (both ballads and up-tempo) drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Harald Johnsen make considerable contributions to the new album. Johnsen lends his compositional skills with the graceful tango "Karmosin," and Vespestad is often as much a front-line voice in the music as Gustavsen himself. Proving that sensual, spiritual jazz can come from even icy Norway, the Tord Gustavsen Trio stormed onto the jazz scene in 2003 with their debut recording, Changing Places. 2005's The Ground took the band one step further and even topped the pop charts in Norway, an unprecedented achievement. The restraint of Gustavsen's approach and the allure of his simply drawn melodies has spoken to an audience that does not normally concern itself with improvisation.