CALLING SIGNALS Frode Gjerstad alto saxphone Hasse Poulson guitars and effects Nick Stephens double bass Louis Moholo drums   Fjord Deep, Mountain High 5:40     Threeways Meet 4:42     Crossing The Bar 19:40   Dots And Dashes 4:39     The Last Three Notes 7:47   Drum’n’Bass 3:22   Unanticipated Turns 9:16     The Breeze And Us 5:07   Recorded by Frode Gjerstad at Dudversive Studio Notting Hill Gate, London, November 1996 Artwork Fay Stephens Loose Torque LT 004 Price (pounds sterling) £10.00 + p&p £1.95 OR CONTACT HERE for Multibuys and Saving including two or more purchases and reduced postage deals.

"The whole thing is continually complex, fascinating, and, best of all, it unfolds right in front of your ears." Read review by Dan Rose at One Final Note, September 2005, by http://www.onefinalnote.com/reviews/g/gjerstad-frode/calling-signals.asp

Frode and I started Calling Signals after an all day memorial concert for John Stevens. We played a trio with Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset and were followed onstage by trombonist Paul Rutherford. We determined afterwards to form a quartet. We toured the UK and played some gigs in Norway. I hope to release a live recording of this group in 2006.
The group on this recording was assembled to play Stavanger, Bergen and London Jazz Festivals. In 1996 Frode came to London with his mobile studio and John Steven’s son, Richie, offered his studio space, although in truth there wasn’t much space. Richie was temporarily storing his dad’s vast record collection there. Giants from the past looked out at us as classic record sleeves formed a freeze around the walls. Ironically, the records that had inspired John in the past now surrounded the group that was conceived to celebrate his music.