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Trygve Seim (NO) at Sellosali
Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on January 12, 2022
When
Wed, February 2, 2022
17:00
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Musicians
Mats Eilertsen
bassMarkku Ounaskari
drumsAbout
Tickets 30/25 € + delivery fee (from 1 €)
Duration 1 h 10 min
Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim's eighth ECM album, Helsinki Songs, is a classic-in-the-making. It was with his ECM leader debut, Different Rivers, that Seim made an immediate impact on the jazz scene, with the album winning the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik as Album of the Year in 2001. Since then, the saxophonist has been heard on more than 20 ECM releases.
A natural improviser, Seim has ventured beyond early jazz playing to expand his palette via studies of Arabic music in Cairo. He has also explored Indian classical traditions. In recent years, the saxophonist recognized certain kinships that these traditions – with their scales, modes and melodic arabesques – have with the folk music of his native Norway, even as he has returned to the format of the classic jazz quartet. ...