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"The airy arrangements afford Young plenty of room to showcase his comely, full-bodied sound and his effortless manner of unraveling melodically cogent improvisations. His gifts as a composer are on full display as well ... he demonstrates an intriguing way of enveloping pop and rock motifs into soft-hued modern jazz ... Young is a burgeoning talent to watch, not just a splendid guitarist but a noteworthy composer too." - JazzTimes.com "A fine addition to an ECM discography ... leverages the strengths of what came before while simultaneously asserting its own independence ... provides Young with even greater freedom than on his previous ECM outings, where he was the sole chordal instrument ... if there's a single word to describe his music it's warm ... demonstrates an ability to simmer in a way that his previous ECM recordings did not. It also represents a first outing by a quintet with plenty of potential ..." - All About Jazz Forever Young features melodically inventive, harmonically sophisticated and rhythmically alert jazz, composed by Norwegian-American guitarist Jacob Young and played by a spirited team of contemporaries. Young and saxophonist Trygve Seim, friends since school days, have been active on the Norwegian jazz scene in numerous combinations and contexts over the years. They are joined on this album by the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, a group with its own 20 year playing history.