Laila
Context
First track of The Sea II (ECM 1633), recorded in December 1996 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo and released in February 1998. The quartet of Bjørnstad, Rypdal, Darling and Christensen takes up the formula of The Sea again.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to ECM and European jazz, Nordic jazz. Among the origins and influences of ECM and European jazz: Free jazz, Modal, French jazz, Polish jazz, Free improvisation and European free.