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Pianist Arne Torvik from Molde has long been an important piece in the music scene in northwestern Norway, but he is also a name that makes his presence on the international stage. In the spring of 2021, his band Arne Torvik Trio released their debut album Northwestern Songs on Losen Records, and in 2024 the sequel Songs for Roman. Both releases have received good reviews from international and Norwegian reviewers. The music has also spread well in the digital world via curated jazz charts, giving the trio over 4 million plays of the song "Compromises".

In the spring of 2027, Tuva Halse and Arne Torvik will release their debut album Sleeping Music on Jazzland Recordings

Album

Sleeping Music

By Tuva Halse and Arne Torvik

Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2027

Article: Live Review

Moldejazz Jam Sessions: What Makes Them Tick?

by Daniel Mège
August 26, 2026

Jam sessions are greatest fun for jazz musicians and the audience. Yet behind their apparent spontaneity lies one of the most demanding traditions in jazz. Learning the repertoire, the language and the unwritten codes can take years, and it is in this sometimes intimidating setting that musicians can make or break their reputation. The Moldejazz jam ...

Article: Live Review

Moldejazz 2026

by Daniel Mège
August 4, 2026

Located at 62°7 North, Moldejazz (the Molde International Jazz Festival) is the ideal place for a festival in week 29, in early summer. A floral scent drifts through The Town of Roses, a ribbon less than a kilometer wide wedged into a peninsula between fjord and mountains. Even once it has set, the sun is never far ...

Album

Northwestern Songs

By Arne Torvik

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Compromises; Psalm; First Song; Åpent Rom; Home; Iver; Johan.

Article: Album Review

Arne Torvik: Northwestern Songs

Read "Northwestern Songs" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
April 15, 2021

A vibrant modern jazz hub, Norway is famous for having introduced the likes of Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen and Arild Andersen to the international jazz landscape--all of whom had brought something fundamentally new to the jazz tradition in the '70s. As chance would have it, each of the mentioned heavyweights were also mainly at ...