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Anne Mette Iversen

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"Racing A Butterfly toggles between artful calm and joyful swing. And the album’s title track, which premieres here, offers an exuberant musical translation of the bandleader’s experience in a park one day . . . Listeners might not have a chance to see a replay of the race, but they’ll likely enjoy hearing the play-by-play." - Dave Cantor, DownBeat Magazine
"Anne Mette Iversen brings instrumental dexterity as well as sharp compositional and band-leading skills with her."
– The New Yorker
“Anne Mette Iversen has been the best reason to pay attention to the Brooklyn Jazz Underground collective . . . a durable listening pleasure for new and expanded discoveries . . .” – Britt Robson, JazzTimes (Editor’s Pick review on Round Trip) 
“Thoroughly compelling and wholly rewarding material.“ – Yoshi Kato, DownBeat Magazine (4.5 stars on Round Trip)
“Iversen is now based in Berlin, though her leading role in the Brooklyn Jazz Underground has had a huge impact on the New York scene.”
– David R. Adler, The Village Voice
“Iversen’s long-running quartet includes saxophonist John Ellis and pianist Danny Grissett, who both play wonderfully burnished improvisations here that bounce off Iversen’s fertile material . . . The only real problem with So Many Roads is that the journey ends before you want it to.” – Bradley Bambarger, DownBeat Magazine
“[a] highly rewarding road trip through Anne Mette Iversen’s fertile mind” – Jeff Tamarkin, JazzTimes 
“This is a great piece of music . . . it’s like two groups performing simultaneously, and periodically bleeding into each other’s worlds in fascinating and thrilling ways.” – Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance
“Brimming with bold sounds, Round Trip is a successful achievement where no redundancy is found. This CD packs all the virtuosity and straightforwardness of these musicians whose rapport is equally laudable since they bring a cutting honesty and luxurious gravitas into the innovative jazz sphere.” – Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail
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