Terje Rypdal (electric guitar); Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet); Ståle Storløkken (Hammond B-3 organ); Paolo Vinaccia (drums, sampling); Bergen Big Band - Olav Dale conductor

An exciting departure for ECM veteran Rypdal, this extended work, commissioned for the 2009 Bergen Festival, begins with a sound of swirling massed horns likely to bring Coltrane to mind. There is more than a hint of “Ascension” in the opening moments of “Crime Scene”, a work paced like a mystery thriller. The music surrounds the Rypdal quartet with Mikkelborg, Storløkken and Vinnaccia (all of whom recently appeared on the critically-acclaimed “Vossabrygg”) with a 17-piece jazz big band and keeps the action moving at a fast pace. Allaboutjazz reviewed the Bergen premiere: “Rypdal was in fine form...Whether he was playing with a slide or his fingers, his ice-edged tone was instantly recognizable. As was Mikkelborg's, who played trumpet (muted with a Harmon mute at times) and flugelhorn, and making clear his own reference point in Miles Davis...”

TRACK LISITNGS
1. Clint - The Menace
2. Prime Suspects
3. Don Rypero
4. Suspicious Behaviour
5. The Good Cop
6. Is That A Fact
7. Parli con me?!
8. The Criminals
9. Action
10. One Of Those
11. It’s Not Been Written Yet
12. Investigation
13. A Minor Incident
14. Crime Solved