TRYGVE SEIM - Different Rivers (2000) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Trygve Seim’s ECM debut instantly established his reputation, winning the German Record Critics Prize as Album of the Year (Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik). In the International Herald Tribune, Mike Zwerin observed that “Different Rivers is melancholy, lonely, hypnotizing music – harder to escape from than to listen to. Like a fireplace in an ice palace, you get hooked on it; it's almost physical. ... Seim's version of the ECM sound presents a wind-instrument chamber ensemble, a sort of slow-floating, pianissimo little-big band with occasional understated kicks. The shadow of Gil Evans hovers. The horn-blowers finesse their personal, breathy, non-symphonic textures from behind the beat.” Recorded 1998 and 1999. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Sorrows 6'27
(Trygve Seim)
2    Ulrikas Dans 7'49
(Trygve Seim)
3    Intangible Waltz 5'47
(Trygve Seim)
4    Different Rivers 5'51
(Trygve Seim)
5    Bhavana 4'23
(Trygve Seim)
6    The Aftermath: African Sunrise 6'16
(Trygve Seim)
7    Search Silence 0'50
(David Gald, Trygve Seim, Nils Jansen, Havard Lund, Bernt Simen Lund, Arve Henriksen, Hild Sofie Tafjord)
8    For Edward 5'33
(Trygve Seim, Arve Henriksen)
9    Breathe 9'19
(Trygve Seim)
10    Between 2'18
(Trygve Seim)
Credits :
Trygve Seim - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet, Vocal, Trumpophone
Havard Lund - Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Nils Jansen - Bass Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet, Sopranino Saxophone
Hild Sofie Tafjord - French Horn
Oyvind Braekke - Trombone
David Gald - Tuba
Stian Carstensen - Accordion
Bernt Simen Lund, Morten Hannisdal - Cello
Per Oddvar Johansen, Paal Nilssen-Love - Drums
Sidsel Endresen - Recitation

TRYGVE SEIM - Sangam (2004) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

“Sangam”, means “coming together”, in Sanskrit, sometimes taken to signify “the meeting point of three rivers”. Interpret that literally in Trygve Seim’s case and the different rivers might symbolize the cross-referencing of jazz, contemporary composition and diverse world folk traditions in his work. On the second ECM album issued under his name, the Norwegian saxophonist draws inspiration from musical and non-musical sources both local and far-flung, bringing these influences to bear on compositions and arrangements that are uniquely personal. Seim has been heard recently with The Source, the improvising group he co-leads with Øyvind Brække and Per Oddvar Johansen (both featured here), and has guested on Christian Wallumrød’s “Sofienberg Variations”, but “Sangam” is closer in spirit to “Different Rivers”, the ECM debut that overwhelmed international critics in 2001. ecm
Tracklist :
1    Sangam 6'26
(Trygve Seim)
2    Dansante 12'01
(Trygve Seim)
3    9'23
Beginning an Ending
(Trygve Seim)
Trygve Seim - Himmelrand i Tidevand
4    part I 8'17
5    part II 6'23
6    part III 9'01
7    part IV 5'12
8    Trio 6'57
(Trygve Seim)
9    Prayer 5'31
(Trygve Seim)
Credits :
Trygve Seim - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Havard Lund - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Nils Jansen - Bass Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet
Tone Reichelt - French Horn
Lars Andreas Haug - Tuba
Frode Haltli - Accordion
Morten Hannisdal - Cello
Per Oddvar Johansen - Drums
Oyvind Braekke, Christian Eggen, Helge Sunde - Trombone