submitted on Sun, 08/24/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
Much is written about Norway's incorporation of its folk tradition into jazz, not especially different than what Americans have been doing within their own borders. The highly influential Jon Balke has infused his own recondite music with Africo-centric rhythms on albums like Statements (ECM, 2006), while saxophonist Trygve Seim has recently spent a lot of time in the Middle East, and the effect on his playing is clear. Guitarist Olav Torget, last heard on Norwegian saxophonist/goat horn innovator Karl Seglem's urbs (Ozella, 2008), mines similar polyrhythmic territory as Balke but, with a less abstruse approach to writing, is more direct and accessible...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: John Kelman
