Jazz Articles about Guy Sion

Guy Sion: Away

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 22, 2012

The title of Israel-born, Oslo-based saxophonist Guy Sion's debut symbolizes his state of mind, having been away from home, moving from one place to another in the last decade--leaving Israel for music studies in Amsterdam, then moving to New York and finally settling in Oslo. Sion's original compositions reflect this long winding road-- modern American jazz with a taste of calm, Nordic lyricism that involves both American and Norwegian musicians. Sion tends to write well-crafted and linear ...