{{Infobox album | name = Extended Circle | type = Album | artist = the Tord Gustavsen Quartet | cover = Extended Circle.jpg | alt = | released = January 17, 2014 | recorded = June 2013 | venue = | studio = Rainbow Studio<br>Oslo, Norway | genre = Jazz | length = 51:03 | label = ECM 2358 | producer = Manfred Eicher | prev_title = The Well | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = What Was Said | next_year = 2016 | chronology = Tord Gustavsen }} '''''Extended Circle''''' is an album by the Tord Gustavsen Quartet recorded in June 2013 and released on ECM January the following year. The quartet features saxophonist Tore Brunborg and rhythm section Mats Eilertsen and Jarle Vespestad.<ref name="ECM Catalogue2">[http://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2300/2358.php ECM Catalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222163339/http://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2300/2358.php|date=2014-02-22}} accessed February 17, 2014</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''AllMusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic2" /> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="TheGuardian2" /> }} The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "On ''Extended Circle'', the pianist's roots remain contemplative, but the maturity of the communication among these players provides a more fluid and physical sense of motion, revealing a multi-faceted approach to both playing his tunes and improvising."<ref name="Allmusic2">Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002602758|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed February 17, 2014</ref>
Writing in The Guardian, John Fordham called it "a delicious collage of hypnotic grooving, softly stroked gospel themes, and perhaps more gloves-off jazz piano from the leader than on all five of his previous ECM albums."<ref name="TheGuardian2">Fordham, J. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/16/tord-gustavsen-quartet-extended-circles-review The Guardian Review], January 17, 2014</ref>
The All About Jazz review by John Kelman said that "the evolution ''Expanded Circle'' demonstrates is equally the inevitable consequence of regular recording and touring with this group of hyper-talented musicians."<ref>Kelman, J. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tord-gustavsen-quartet-extended-circle-by-john-kelman ''Extended Circle'' Review] ''All About Jazz'', January 29, 2014</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_writing = Tord Gustavsen except as noted | title1 = Right There | length1 = 2:55 | title2 = Eg veit i himmerik ei borg | length2 = 5:40 | writer2 = ''Traditional Norwegian religious hymn'' | title3 = Entrance | length3 = 2:54 | writer3 = {{hlist|Vespestad|Eilertsen|Gustavsen|Brunborg}} | title4 = The Gift | length4 = 6:21 | title5 = Staying There | length5 = 4:54 | title6 = Silent Spaces | length6 = 3:32 | title7 = Entrance [Variation] | length7 = 2:49 | writer7 = {{hlist|Vespestad|Eilertsen|Gustavsen|Brunborg}} | title8 = Devotion | length8 = 4:38 | title9 = The Embrace | length9 = 5:01 | title10 = Bass Transition | length10 = 0:43 | title11 = Glow | length11 = 5:13 | title12 = The Prodigal Song | length12 = 6:23 }}
==Personnel==
=== Tord Gustavsen Quartet ===
* Tord Gustavsen – piano * Tore Brunborg – tenor saxophone * Mats Eilertsen – bass * Jarle Vespestad – drums
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