I am very excited about the CD. It features some great heavywight L.A. musicians: David Garfield on keyboards, Ernest Tibbs on bass, and Jeff Olson on drums. Bassist Tim Landers is also featured.
I had initially planned to record an all jazz CD with a couple of semi-electric jazz-funk tunes included. We started recording the more funky stuff on the first session. The cats just sounded so hot on that stuff that I decided to make the whole album a more funky and perhaps more "commercial" project. I also wrote a couple of vocal tunes, so I'm singing on this CD, too.
I've been a professional musician and music educator most of my life. My main instrument is saxophone and I double, like most sax players, on flute and clarinet. I have also been a singer on and off throughout my musical career. I have a Master of Music degree - Jazz Studies concentration.
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More soon, folks!-
Terje
REVIEWS
"Sometimes you can tell a book by its cover. Basking in the glow of a Pacific Coast sunset, cheerfully holding his tenor, Norwegian Terje Lie embodies the music on the smooth sounding Traveler: easy, funky and fun. Supported by some of the best Los Angeles musicians, Lie plays alto, tenor and soprano on a collection of catch y and grooving originals. He has an ingratiating sound on tenor, and uses it well on the funky "Pier Avenue" and heavy back-beated "Runnin' Outta Time." His soprano is clear and pristine, be it with the slapped bass support by Ernest Tibbs on "Warp 7" or with the dreamy and atmospheric keyboards supplied by David Garfield on "MDDIII." The best and most alluring moment comes when Lie's tenor joins with Garfield's keyboards in a lovely and romantic duet during "My Love." This Scandinavian has plenty of warmth and allure to his playing. Smooth jazz fans will certainly want this one."
—George Harris, All About Jazz magazine
"Terje Lie—TRAVELER: What can you say about a Norwegian that felt like a New Yorker in his soul but dug the southern California vibe much better than the Big Apple cold who has been playing since he was a kid? You can say he finally made the debut album he's been waiting his whole life to make and that he knows it's important to make a good first impression because you don't get another chance. This is a fine introduction to a non-stop gig machine that will play anything anywhere but is a pretty dandy sax man that add s something to smooth jazz via his outsiders perspective. A nicely driving set that gives jazzbos a new player to celebrate."
—Chris Spector - www.midwestrecord.com
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