Per Oddvar Johansen

Tore Brunborg with Eivind Aarset, Steinar Raknes, Per Oddvar Johansen – Slow Snow (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:19 minutes | 1012 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music

On a per-capita basis, no other country in the world spawns more top-class jazz musicians than Norway. Jan Garbarek is the guiding star, but it was also the second generation born in the 60s that helped ‘Nordic Jazz’ to global notoriety: Nils Petter Molvær, Bugge Wesseltoft, Geir Lysne, Eivind Aarset and saxophonist Tore Brunborg. Although highly respected in the Norwegian jazz scene, Brunborg has until now been known internationally as a sideman, however this year, the 54 year-old brings out his own international release, his ACT debut ‘Slow Snow’.

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