Anne Iversen Mette - So Many Roads

So Many Roads was composed specifically for Iversen's group Double Life. The music is quite unique in that it utilizes a one-movement compositional form, and boasts an exquisite balance of integration and interaction between the string group and the jazz group. Take note of the musicians' excellent blend, and exchange of ideas and emotions. The music on So Many Roads has the ability to conjure up and provoke emotions, feelings and vivid images. In a word, it is picturesque. Good art transforms within the listener, viewer or reader, to become a deeply personal experience and bring them on a journey as well. So Many Roads started out with the idea of being a journey through a mythological world, an imaginary description of travel and related experiences, but it ended up being so closely connected to my own personal life and actually describing a very special period and special experience of my life instead. One could say that a journey, as a theme, has been a part of Iversen's music all along, but So Many Roads became both a premonition and a resolution to 57 months of her own life instead of some fantasy world. During the protracted period of creating this album, the subject matter quickly changed from the imaginary to reality! 'So Many Roads comprises a tune-rich, 36-minute suite in which jazz and classical elements are beautifully in sync.' - Bradley Bambarger, Downbeat 'A highly rewarding roadtrip though Anne Mette Iversen's fertile mind.' - Jeff Tamarkin, JazzTimes 'The two ensembles are complimentary and well-integrated into textures used to delineate moods that are sometimes lively and devil-may-care, sometimes brooding and reflective.' - Jay Harvey Upstage 'Iversen's opening solo dwells securely within the realm of players like Jimmy Garrison and Charles Mingus, who seemed at times to be wrestling the instrument into submission.' - Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance.