Jazz Articles about Hildegunn Øiseth

About Hildegunn Øiseth

Album Review

Dorota Piotrowska & Sound Circle feat. Greg Osby: Voices of Human Consciousness

Read "Voices of Human Consciousness" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
May 15, 2026

La quarantaduenne batterista polacca Dorota Piotrowska riunisce in questo ambizioso album un supergruppo in cui spicca il sax alto di Greg Osby, accanto ad altri strumentisti tutti di livello dal buono in su, che --ciascuno con le proprie specificità--contribuiscono alla riuscita del lavoro, composito, articolato, fra episodi più squisitamente jazzistici e altri in cui i luoghi di provenienza dei musicisti coinvolti (in totale si toccano Stati Uniti, Polonia, Libano, Cuba e Norvegia) assumono il giusto peso. Nel complesso ...

Album Review

Hildegunn Øiseth: Time Is Coming

Read "Time Is Coming" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
June 13, 2016

Norwegian trumpeter/composer Hildegunn Oiseth has been a full time professional player since age 24, beginning with the Bohuslän Big Band. She has been featured in several projects with the Trondheim Jazzorkester, and can be heard hosting national radio shows. In addition to trumpet and flugelhorn she has been fascinated with more ancient instruments, including the “bukkehorn" (goat horn, so called because it is made from the horn of a ram or goat) heard on two tracks here. She brought an ...

Album Review

Hildegunn Oiseth: Valencia

Read "Valencia" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 8, 2014

A name is sometimes able to conjure a whole world. In the case of Norwegian trumpeter Hildegunn Øiseth, the name of the Spanish city Valencia embodies a wealth of associations and feelings, which find their way into her music. Her album Valencia was recorded in producer Odd Gjelsnes' Studio Berxeta and the contrast between the peaceful orange plantation where the studio is located and the pulsating passion of the city seeps into the music. ...