Arve Henriksen - Arcanum - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Scandinavian project Arcanum brings together four artists all well-known to followers of directions in music at ECM Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin and Markku Ounaskari. They've played together in many permutations over the years, but this is their first album as a quartet. Compositions by Anders Jormin and Trygve Seim, the Finnish traditional InchArmon LapsetInch (Children of Mercy), and Jormin's arrangement of Ornette Coleman's InchWhat Reason Could I GiveInch are slotted into a programme of graceful collective improvisations distinguished by lyrical imagination, reflective soloing and sensitive group interaction. PERSONNEL Arve Henriksen - (trumpet) Trygve Seim - (saxophone) Anders Jormin - (double bass) Markku Ounaskari - (drums, percussion)