Marbles by Anne Mette Iversen's Ternion Q Expanded

'Marbles' brings together seven top-tier musicians from across Europe. Ternion Q Expanded, the vibrant seven-piece ensemble led by visionary bassist and composer Anne Mette Iversen, is jazz in constant motion; built on structure, driven by curiosity, and alive with interaction. It is a dynamic exploration of layered form, rhythmic interplay, and creative exchange in contemporary jazz.

Rooted in the metaphor of marble runs, Marbles evokes the beauty of systems in motion — paths diverging and converging, elements interacting, music finding its way in real time. Marble runs are an image of things finding their own, natural way. Like running water that always finds a path, or the neurons in our brain that find new ways if known paths get disrupted. Like the compositional writing process for this album, which took turns and twists, often through imposed obstructions, the best marble runs contain multiple paths for the marbles to get to the goal, and all of that is an important part of this album, multiple ways. Many of the compositions on Marbles have multiple layers, multiple levels and ways of being understood. In musical terms these are: multiple rhythmic layers, like the A-sections of ‘Threefold’ which is playing with both cross-rhythms and anticipations; multiple melodies, like on ‘Double Arches’, ‘Square Root of a Dream’ and ‘Marble for Minor’; and on ‘Two Twisted Spires’ there are even multiple layers of harmony in play, simultaneously. And of course there are sections with multiple, collective, solos telling parallel and multiple stories simultaneously.

Marbles embodies the idea that music, like life, flows and grows through interaction and discovery. It is a record built for repeat listening — complex yet inviting, sophisticated yet alive with spontaneity.

Danish bassist and composer Anne Mette Iversen shares her time between NYC and Berlin. She has 11 albums out as a leader and toured extensively in Europe and the US. 2016 she was Composer in Residence for Norrbotten Big Band (S). She is co-founder of Brooklyn Jazz Underground, co-owner of BJURecords and Professor of Composition and Arrangement at the Institute of Music, Hochschule Osnabrück (D).

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