{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = What Was Said | type = Album | artist = <br/>Tord Gustavsen <br/>Simin Tander <br/>Jarle Vespestad | cover = What Was Said.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = January 29, 2016 | recorded = April 2015<br>Rainbow Studio, Oslo | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 59:50 | label = ECM<br><small>ECM 2465</small> | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Tord Gustavsen | prev_title = Extended Circle | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = The Other Side | next_year = 2018 }}
'''''What Was Said''''' (released January 29, 2016, on the ECM label) is an album by pianist Tord Gustavsen, vocalist Simin Tander and drummer Jarle Vespestad.<ref name="ECM Catalogue">{{cite web | url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/1452516760/what-was-said-tord-gustavsen-simin-tander-jarle-vespestad | title=Tord Gustavsen – What Was Said – Simin Tander Jarle Vespestad | publisher=ECM Records | accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''AllMusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="TheGuardian"/> }} [[File:Gustavsen-Tander-Vespestad-Vossajazz2016.jpg|thumb|260px|Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad at Vossajazz 2016.]] The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded ''What Was Said'' 4 stars and stated "This band incorporates improvisational elements into the core of each composition, and the role of the singer is as a co-conspirator in the creation of the moment.".<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002906622|pure_url=yes}} | title=Tord Gustavsen / Simin Tander / Jarle Vespestad – What Was Said | work=AllMusic Review | last=Jurek | first=Thom | publisher=AllMusic.com | accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref> They also selected it as one of their Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2016/favorite-jazz Allmusic Favorite Jazz Albums of 2016]</ref>
Writing in The Guardian, John Fordham called it "returning to simple songs with religious roots, and to collaboration with a remarkable singer".<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/28/tord-gustavsensimin-tanderjarle-vespestad-what-was-said-review-beguiling-new-song-project | title=Tord Gustavsen/Simin Tander/Jarle Vespestad: What Was Said review – beguiling new song project | last=Fordham | first=John | work=The Guardian | date=January 28, 2016 | accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref>
The All About Jazz review by Mark Sullivan said that "However unorthodox all this cross-translation seems, Tander makes it sound completely natural. Her intimate, lyrical voice is equally at home in both languages, as well as singing wordless vocalese and improvising. Gustavson still plays the piano as his main instrument, but has augmented it with discreet electronics and occasional synthesizer bass, while Vespestad provides percussive textures or timekeeping as required. So the group is a true trio, not just a vocalist with accompanists."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/what-was-said-tord-gustavsen-ecm-records-review-by-mark-sullivan.php | title=Tord Gustavsen With Simin Tander & Jarle Vespestad: What Was Said | work=Musical reviews | last=Sullivan | first=Mark | publisher=All About Jazz | date=February 22, 2016 | accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref>
The album was awarded Album of the year by The German Record Critics' Award.
==Track listing== {{tracklist | title1 = Your Grief | note1 = Created by Tord Gustavsen / Jalai Al-Din Rumi | length1 = 2:45 | title2 = I See You | note2 = Created by Hans Adolf Brorson / Traditional | length2 = 5:10 | title3 = Imagine the Fog Disappearing | note3 = Created by Mathilda Montgomery-Caderhielm / Wilhelm Andreas Wexels | length3 = 6:23 | title4 = A Castle in Heaven | note4 = Created by Bernt Støylen / Traditional | length4 = 4:46 | title5 = Journey of Life | note5 = Created by Elias Blix / Traditional | length5 = 7:26 | title6 = I Refuse | note6 = Created by Tord Gustavsen / Kenneth Rexroth | length6 = 5:42 | title7 = What Was Said to the Rose/O Sacred Head | note7 = Created by Tord Gustavsen / Hans Leo Hassler / Jalai Al-Din Rumi | length7 = 5:35 | title8 = The Way You Play My Heart | note8 = Created by Tord Gustavsen | length8 = 3:03 | title9 = Rull | note9 = Created by Tord Gustavsen | length9 = 3:08 | title10 = The Source of Now | note10 = Created by Tord Gustavsen / Jalai Al-Din Rumi | length10 = 4:25 | title11 = Sweet Melting | note11 = Created by Johan Ludvig Allendorf / Peder Jacobsen / Traditional | length11 = 3:23 | title12 = Longing to Praise Thee | note12 = Created by Traditional | length12 = 4:26 | title13 = Sweet Melting Afterglow | note13 = Created by Johan Ludvig Allendorf / Tord Gustavsen / Peder Jacobsen / Simin Tander / Traditional / Jarle Vespestad | length13 = 3:39 }}
==Personnel== * Tord Gustavsen – piano * Simin Tander – vocals * Jarle Vespestad – drums
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Category:ECM Records albums Category:Tord Gustavsen albums Category:2016 albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher