Arve Henriksen "The Nature Of Connections"

Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Instrumental Jazz, Folk, Chamber, Fusion
Label: Rune Grammofon
Release date: August 22, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Bla Veg - 03 :57
2. Hambopolskavalsen - 05 :21
3. Budbringeren - 06 :16
4. Seclusive Song - 03 :52
5. Hymn - 07 :39
6. Aceh - 04 :39
7. Keen - 05 :13
8. Arco Akropolis - 03 :41
9. Salm - 02 :06

Line-up: 

Arve Henriksen (Supersilent) - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, piano
Nils Økland - violin, Hardanger fiddle, viola d'amore
Svante Henryson - cello
Gjermund Larsen - violin, Hardanger fiddle
Mats Eilertsen - double bass
Audun Kleive - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The Nature of Connections finds Arve working in harness with some of Norway's most distinguished and dynamic musician-craftsmen, drawn from the fields of folk, improvisation and jazz. Each one brought specialist components and skills honed over many years to Arve's workshop, where the results were assembled and polished to a high gleam. The Nature of Connections almost entirely features pieces composed by Arve's collaborators. Recorded in the sparkling acoustics of Oslo's legendary Rainbow Studio by Jan Erik Kongshaug, it's an album with closer ties to Nordic folk and contemporary, minimalist chamber music than any of Arve's previous releases. The trumpeter had planned to make an album with a string quartet for many years but never quite found the right formula. Finally, a specially commissioned tour brought him together with violinists Nils Økland and Gjermund Larsen, cellist Svante Henryson and double bassist Mats Eilertsen, all of whom now appear as the central planks in The Nature of Connections. Another welcome guest is drummer Audun Kleive, veteran of Norwegian jazz ensembles including Masqualero, JoKleBa!, Generator X, Terje Rypdal and Jon Balke. "The brilliant thing about collaboration with others is that your collaborators very often have better ideas than yourself," says Arve, typically modest. "At the same time, some naive and simple ideas from my head are sometimes enough to illustrate that moment and that special feeling of a story. I have gradually started to trust that feeling." His instincts are correct, leading to some of the warmest and most organic sounding music of his career. Highlights include the solemn chamber music of "Seclusive Song," and the stately progress of "Hymn" -- composed by Arve's keyboardist partner in the long-running Norwegian improv ensemble Supersilent, Ståle Storløkken -- which paces itself around Henryson's repetitive, gently churning cello.(forcedexposure.com)

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