Ended the weekend and welcomed the working week after a swim with Surrounded by Sea an album by British saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in Switzerland in 2014 and released on the ECM label the following year.
Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM reviews:
"Surrounded by Sea marks the fifth ECM appearance by English saxophonist Andy Sheppard. To the configuration of bassist Michel Benita and drummer Sebastian Rochford (with whom he previously recorded as Trio Libero) he now welcomes the ambient touch of guitarist Eivind Aarset. The latter, perhaps more than any other, evokes the encompassing waters of the album’s title, and draws on the relationship formed on Sheppard’s ECM debut, Movements in Colour.
Emphasis sides with Sheppard’s compositions, which have the first and final word on Surrounded by Sea. “Tipping Point,” co-written with Benita, opens the set on a distant shore.."
https://ecmreviews.com/2015/08/31/surrounded-by-sea/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyrn9zKMbpg&list=PLcKiWZa176FizPm4cVyM0rCRBe15vCxbP&index=1