{{Infobox album | name = Descendre | type = Album | artist = Terje Rypdal | cover = Descendre cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = March 1979 | venue = | studio = Talent Studio<br>Oslo, Norway | genre = Jazz | length = 44:48 | label = ECM 1144 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Terje Rypdal | prev_title = Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = To Be Continued | next_year = 1981 }}
'''''Descendre''''' is the ninth album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label. The trio features trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg and drummer Jon Christensen.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1144.php? ECM discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905045018/http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1144.php |date=2012-09-05 }} accessed September 13, 2011</ref>
==Reception== The AllMusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4 stars stating "The unusual trio form of guitar, trumpet, and drums makes for some gorgeous floating sounds".<ref name="Allmusic">Dawson, M. P. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/descendre-r146794 Allmusic Review] accessed September 9, 2011</ref> {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 174 }}</ref> }}
==Track listing== :''All compositions by Terje Rypdal'' # "Avskjed" - 5:44 # "Circles" - 11:15 # "Descendre" - 3:11 # "Innseiling" - 7:57 # "Men of Mystery" - 8:25 # "Speil" - 8:25 ==Personnel== *Terje Rypdal – electric guitar, keyboards, flute *Palle Mikkelborg – trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards *Jon Christensen – drums, percussion
==References== {{reflist}} {{Terje Rypdal}} {{Authority control}}
Category:ECM Records albums Category:Terje Rypdal albums Category:1980 albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher