Henriksen, Seim, Jormin, Ounaskari - Arcanum (2025)

Arve Henriksen / Trygve Seim / Anders Jormin / Markku Ounaskari
Arcanum
2025 - ECM Records: ECM 2795 / 751 0477
https://www.ecmrecords.com/product/arcanum-arve-henriksen-trygve-seim-anders-jormin-markku-ounaskari/

* Arve Henriksen : trumpet, electronics
* Trygve Seim : soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
* Anders Jormin : double bass
* Markku Ounaskari: drums, percussion

https://www.arvemusic.com/
https://www.trygveseim.com/
https://www.xgac.se/jormin/index.html
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/markku-ounaskari-mn0001539741

Recorded by Thomas Vang at The Village Recording,
Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 2023.

Reviews
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By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/arcanum-mw0004512505

Trumpeter/electronicist Arve Henriksen, saxophonist Trygve Seim, bassist Anders
Jormin, and drummer Markku Ounaskari have worked together in various groupings
since the late '90s. Most notably, they worked collectively on three of
vocalist/kantele player Sinikka Langeland's albums -- 2006's Starflowers,
2011's The Land That Is Not, and 2016's The Magical Forest (the latter also
with Trio Mediaeval) -- convincing them of their collective creative
potential. Arcanum is the quartet's debut. These 16 cuts offer a seamless weave
of avant-jazz and folk music that at times recalls early outings by Jan
Garbarek and Bobo Stenson. That said, the ghosts haunting this outing include
the Ornette Coleman Quartet with Don Cherry. [...]

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By Mike Gates
https://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/arve-henriksen-trgve-seim-anders-jormin-marku-ounaskari/

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/henriksen-seim-jormin-ounaskari-arcanum-album-review

By Nick Lea
https://jazzviews.net/arve-henriksen-trygve-seim-anders-jormin-markku-ounaskari-arcanum/

By Michael Toland
https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/arve-henriksen-trygve-seim-anders-jormin-markku-ounaskari-arcanum-ecm

By Frank Graham
https://ukjazznews.com/arve-henriksen-trygve-seim-anders-jormin-markku-ounaskari-arcanum/

Osku Rajala (fi)
https://www.jazzrytmit.fi/s8-levyarvostelut/c29-levyarvostelut/arve-henriksen-arcanum/

Dick Hovenga (nl)
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/henriksen-seim-jormin-ounaskari-arcanum/

Werner Stiefele (de)
https://www.rondomagazin.de/kritiken.php?kritiken_id=13154

Joaquín Madariaga B. (es)
https://www.rockaxis.com/vanguardia/disco/47020/arcanum-arve-henriksen-trygve-seim-anders-jormin-&-markku-ounaskari/