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MILO SONGS!

Anne Mette Iversen Quartet "Milo Songs" is available now.

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Anne Mette Iversen Quartet will be touring in Denmark April 17-23, 2012.

THE POETRY OF EARTH COLLECTION

The new "Poetry of Earth" album, recorded in July, 2011, will be released in March 2012 on Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records. Tourdates on the US East Coast are March 13-18. Check out videos from our first concert on my YOU TUBE CHANNEL and see pictures on the NEWS page.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT "MILO SONGS"

"...perhaps one of the most gifted if not unsung bassist/composers in music today."..."Iversen surrounds herself with an incredible trio of musicians to make this quartet as solid as any working ensemble today. It is because of a well traveled history together that this quartet can take the music to new and different places not only with each live performance but with each spin of this magnificent disc." - @Critical Jazz, digitalnews.blogspot.com. Read the full review here.

"Anne Mette Iversen is no longer an up and coming bassist/composer, she is part of the next standard in jazz"..."Her ability to combine modern themes and classic structures into something that reaches on a deeply personally level with each record is rare among composers in recent years. "Milo Songs" is a definite must listen for everyone." - Stephan Moore, JazzWrap, Oct 2011. Read the full review here.

A "víbrant outing" "Milo Songs" is called by JazzTimes, Aug 2011. Read the full review here.

"A powerful artistic achievement, a jazz musician's/-composer's manifestation." - Ivan Rod, GAFFA, Aug 2011. Read the full review here.

And check out the really fine review from Shaun Brady, Downbeat, Sept 2011, as well, right here.

"There is little clutter in this music, it does not shout: instead, it has a playful quality that allows the musicians to be themselves inside Ms. Iversen's "musical house". Andrew Hill often created "thorny" music that challenged both musician and listener but, throughout his life, his music seemed to both expand and contract,to reflect his experiences yet always be searching for somethingbeyond the physical borders of the composition. Anne Mette Iversen's also has that quality, with structures that expand and contract, melodies that do not imitate the style of Hill but continually move forward. The musicians "talk" to each other and us through the music making "Milo Songs" a truly fine experience." - Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest. Read the full review here.

"The thing with Iversen is that her artistry divulges a little more of itself with each listen until the music I think was pretty good at first listen turns into an exquisite work of art by the 5th of 6th." - S. Victor Aaron, Something Else

"A marvelous intimate set"..."Although Iversen’s solos are suitably meaty, her compositions are artfully lofted passes that allow Grissett, saxman John Ellis, and drum Otis Brown III to score both repeatedly and spectacularly." J Hunter, Nippertown!

Interplay within the quartet is consistently alive on a high plane of delight and imaginative nerve." - Jay Harvey, The Indianapolis Star

"Child’s Worlds with Iversen taking a solo might be the highpoint of this excellent set with Grissett and Ellis shining as well and Brown being terrifiic in pushing this performance forward." - Ron W, In a Blue Moon

"Bassist and composer Anne Mette Iversen leads her Quartet on a supremely satisfying little journey. It’s so refreshing to hear music like this. Sincere and humble yet joyous, performed with effortless mastery and recorded pure with no effects or studio trickery." - Superfan 2011