Composed by: Knut Riisnæs Quartet 2nd thoughts Knut Riisnæs Quartet 2nd thoughts Composed by: 1 2nd Thoughts 5:08 Mulgrew Miller Knut Riisnæs Quartet 1 2nd Thoughts 5:08 Mulgrew Miller Knut Riisnæs Quartet 2 Petite Prix 5:15 Anders Aarum 2 Petite Prix 5:15 Anders Aarum 3 She Was Too Good To Me 4:50 Richard Rodgers 2nd Thoughts 3 She Was Too Good To Me 4:50 Richard Rodgers 2nd Thoughts 4 Meet The Wickeds 6:11 Anders Aarum 4 Meet The Wickeds 6:11 Anders Aarum 5 Sniper 4:33 Anders Aarum 5 Sniper 4:33 Anders Aarum 6 Touching 4:58 Knut Riisnæs 6 Touching 4:58 Knut Riisnæs 7 Liten vals 6:54 Dag Arnesen 7 Liten vals 6:54 Dag Arnesen 8 Crazy She Calls Me 7:21 Carl Sigman 8 Crazy She Calls Me 7:21 Carl Sigman Total Time 45:26 Total Time 45:26 Knut Riisnæs – saxophone Knut Riisnæs – saxophone Anders Aarum – piano Anders Aarum – piano Jens Fossum – bass Jens Fossum – bass Tom Olstad – drums Tom Olstad – drums Track 1-6 recorded at Sparkle Sound Studios, Sofiemyr Track 1-6 recorded at Sparkle Sound Studios, Sofiemyr by Marius Stegegjerde-Kristiansen, 19.10.2015 and 10.12.2015 by Marius Stegegjerde-Kristiansen, 19.10.2015 and 10.12.2015 Track 7 recorded live at Herr Nilsen, Oslo by Anders Brenna 29.05.2016 Track 7 recorded live at Herr Nilsen, Oslo by Anders Brenna 29.05.2016 Track 8 recorded live at Herr Nilsen, Oslo by Anders Brenna 09.04.2016 Track 8 recorded live at Herr Nilsen, Oslo by Anders Brenna 09.04.2016 Mixed at Musikkloftet, Oslo by Vidar Lunden, September 2016 Mixed at Musikkloftet, Oslo by Vidar Lunden, September 2016 Mastered at Musikkloftet, Oslo by Vidar Lunden, October 2016 Losen Records LOS 146-2

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Anders Aarum (piano) studied extensively at acad- Tom Olstad (drums) has been playing profession- emies in both Norway and Sweden. In addition to ally in on stages and in studios with trios and with producing and composing material on over 100 orchestras since 1975. He has played/recorded albums for other artists, he has released three with among others, Art Farmer, , solo CDs under his own name. He has worked James Moody, and . with the likes of Sonny Simmons, Herb Geller, He released a solo album, Changes for Mingus Jesper Thilo, Silje Nergaard, Leroy Jones, Roscoe in 2007 (Poncha Jazz Records). Mitchell and Louis Stewart.

Jens Fossum (bass) studied at NTNU (jazz depart- ment) in Trondheim, Norway. He has a Masters degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami. He released his first solo album,Bass Detector in 2015 on the German label, Ozella Records. Jens was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannspris) with the Sigurd Køhn Quartet (2006) and the Fossum/Aarum Quartet (2008).

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