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ECM recording artist, bandleader and composer, Andy Sheppard (Warminster, 20 january 1957) 
is one of Europe's leading saxophonists and one of a very few British musicians to have made 
a significant impact on the international jazz scene, playing and writing for settings from solo 
to big band and chamber orchestra. Sheppard has composed over 350 works that incorporate a strong 
and characteristic sense of lyricism alongside a very personal use of rhythms from Asia, Africa and South America. 

With Aarsets ambient drones and electronic textures as a backdrop, Sheppard and Co. seem to have 
even more space to explore. The music embraced includes new compositions, open improvisations, 
an Elvis Costello tune, and the Gaelic traditional ballad Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir which appears in three variations, 
a thematic thread through the album. (www.ecmrecords.com)

'Surrounded by Sea' is an intimate statement whose chemistry belies the quartet's brief existence. 
There's a bold honesty in the music's refined contours and graceful adventure that invites and rewards the patient listener.
(John Kelman, All About Jazz)


Release date: 17.04.2015
ECM 2432

Andy Sheppard - tenor and soprano saxophones
Eivind Aarset - guitar, electronics
Michel Benita - double bass
Sebastian Rochford - drums

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-05-18 20:53:09

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Analyzed: Andy Sheppard Quartet / Surrounded By Sea
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -1.35 dB   -18.88 dB      6:16 01-Tipping Point
DR12      -2.64 dB   -19.35 dB      5:16 02-I Want to Vanish
DR13      -2.48 dB   -20.12 dB      4:18 03-Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir, Pt. 1
DR14      -2.76 dB   -21.79 dB      5:06 04-Origin of Species
DR14       0.00 dB   -17.90 dB      5:09 05-They Aren't Perfect and Neither Am I
DR13      -1.81 dB   -19.55 dB      5:02 06-Medication
DR11      -4.73 dB   -20.72 dB      1:14 07-Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir, Pt. 2
DR14      -3.71 dB   -22.86 dB      6:18 08-The Impossibility of Silence
DR12      -1.56 dB   -17.42 dB      3:49 09-I See Your Eyes Before Me
DR13      -1.69 dB   -21.06 dB      4:19 10-A Letter
DR12      -3.58 dB   -20.02 dB      3:29 11-Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir, Pt. 3
DR13      -1.29 dB   -18.46 dB      3:09 12-Looking for Ornette
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2814 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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