Pelle Vallgren

REKON: REKON

by Dan McClenaghan
December 27, 2020

For jazz fans of a certain age—those who began their appreciation of the music during the '60s—American trumpeter Art Farmer's To Sweden With Love (Atlantic, 1964) may have served as an introduction to Scandinavian cool. The Nordic subgenre has come into full bloom in the new millennium with music from Norway's Tord Gustavsen Trio, Sweden's electro-piano trio the Esbjorn Svensson Trio ( E.S.T.), Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim and more. Which brings us to REKON, the electro-improv trio, and ...