Danish drummer Daniel Sommer proudly presents the second installment of his critically acclaimed Nordic Trilogy, a project aiming to capture and document Nordic improvisation and composition across three carefully curated ensembles. Featuring Swedish bassist Johannes Lundberg and Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen, ‘Sounds & Sequences’ is set to release on April Records on October 25th.

A followup to ‘As Time Passes’ featuring Sommer alongside UK guitarist Rob Luft and Norwegian ECM bassist Arild Andersen, the project develops as Sommer says, “not to try to make the same kind of music three times in a row, but rather to shed light on Nordic improvisation today from various angles and perspectives.”

With a focus on vulnerability, intuition, and the dialogue between electronic and acoustic sounds, ‘Sounds & Sequences’ offers a striking contrast in aesthetic and mood to the previous record, tied together by a shared sense of refined musical literacy, poetic sensitivity and open-hearted exploration.

Drawing inspiration from chamber music, spiritual jazz, and electronic and ambient music, the trio made several visits to Studio Epidemin in Gothenburg several times between March 2022 and... more
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released October 25, 2024

Daniel Sommer: Drums
Arve Henriksen: Trumpet, Electronics, Vocal
Johannes Lundberg: Double Bass, Electronics

Recorded at Studio Epidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 24th 2022, December 19th 2022 and December 27th–28th, 2023



Recorded & Mixed by Johannes Lundberg
Produced by Daniel Sommer, Arve Henriksen & Johannes Lundberg
Mastered by John Fomsgaard at Karmacrew
Cover artwork by Martin Aalykke Kristensen / Can Family
Photo by Kristin Lidell
Cover design by Enrico Andreis
Liner Notes by Michael Tucker, Jazz Journal

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