Jazz Articles about Trygve Seim

Trygve Seim / Oyvind Braekke / Per Oddvar Johansen: The Source and Different Cikadas

by Mark F. Turner
August 13, 2002

One listen to the recording The Source and Different Cikadas will thrust the adventurous jazz enthusiast into an arena of discriminating music. The recording combines the efforts of European artists from the group The Source--featuring saxophonist Trygve Seim, trombonist Øyvind Brække, and Per Oddvar Johansen on drums, with the string ensemble The Cikada Quartet. Popular in the Scandinavian jazz underground, The Source creatively blends various jazz styles with other music art forms to create their own unique style. Influences on ...