01. Adhan [00:03:20]
02. Saraswati [00:04:28]
03. Le Cimetiere Marin [00:04:28]
04. The Sacristan [00:03:11]
05. Lament [00:03:54]
06. Portal [00:04:10]
07. Alhambra [00:05:04]
08. Bayon [00:03:42]
09. Abandoned Cathedral [00:04:15]
10. Shelter From The Storm [00:03:33]

Arve Henriksen: trumpets, field recordings (1), voice (5, 9); 
Jan Bang: samples (1-4, 6, 8, 9), programming (6, 9), live sampling (7); 
Erik Honoré: samples (1, 2, 4, 5), synth bass (1, 4, 6, 8), synthesizers (2, 3, 4), drum programming (2, 3), live sampling (7), vocal (10), instruments (10);
Lars Danielsson: double bass (3); 
Stahlquartett (Jan Heinke: violin; Alexander Fülle: violin; Michael Antoni: viola; Peter Andreas: cello): string quartet (3); 
Eivind Aarset: guitars (7, 8), sampled guitar (9); 
Jon Balke: piano (7), sampled piano (9); 
Ingar Zach: percussion (7); 
Christian Wallumrød: sampled piano (3); 
The Norwegian Wind Ensemble: sampled wind instruments (8); 
Peter Tornquist: sampled excerpts from "Alba" (8); 
Rolf Wallin: sampled crystal chord (9).

Despite his many followers, nobody plays a trumpet quite like the plaintively expressive Norwegian Arve Henriksen, the man whose inspirations are flautists as much as they are ambient brass stars such as Nils Petter Molvaer. This new album contains 10 sublime reflections on religious sites and buildings. If it just represented diplomatic awe around holy places, it could have ended up as spiritually upmarket mood music, but Henriksen's real priorities are the untapped sonic possibilities of the trumpet, as well as ideology-free meditation. On the elegaic Adhan, he cultivates an evocative unsteadiness that makes him sound creatively buffeted by solitude, but he's harder and more incisive (as if peering from the prow of a craft on a foaming sea) on Saraswati, sad but passionate on Le Cimitiere Marin, close to the vocal purity of a chorister on Lament, and in league with the Miles Davis of Sketches of Spain on the softly pealing Bayon. --- John Fordham, theguardian.com

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1 	Blå Veg	3:57
2 	Hambopolskavalsen	5:22
3 	Budbringeren	6:16
4 	Seclusive Song	3:52
5 	Hymn	7:40
6 	Aceh	4:39
7 	Keen	5:13
8 	Arco Akropolis	3:41
9 	Salm	2:06

Cello – Svante Henryson
Double Bass – Mats Eilertsen
Drums – Audun Kleive
Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Piano – Arve Henriksen
Violin, Hardingfele [Hardanger Fiddle] – Gjermund Larsen
Violin, Hardingfele [Hardanger Fiddle], Viola d'Amore – Nils Økland

There are musicians who defy compartmentalization based on ever shifting interests and styles. Fewer are those like trumpeter Arve Henriksen whose organic nature precludes musical definition. Throughout his career as a leader on the Rune Grammofon label, he has created collections that seem bound together only by his presence. The delicate Asian influences of Sakuteiki (2001), the electronics of Strjon (2007) and the poetically haunting Places of Worship (2013) bear little resemblance to each other save the sometimes intangibly recognizable presence of Henriksen. The Nature of Connections adds yet another dimension to Henriksen's growing portfolio with its combination of evocative folksiness and classical influence.

In the group dialogs that make up The Nature of Connections, Henriksen is often content to participate from the periphery. In this democratic outing, we are well into the third track before being reminded that this is the trumpeter's album. Similarly, Henriksen contributes only one writing credit in the nine pieces here with the others being shared (along with arranging credits) among the broader group, plus a contribution from Supersilent keyboardist Ståle Storløkken. Henriksen employs two violins/fiddles, a cello and a double bass and rounds out the group with one time Food and current Tord Gustavsen Ensemble bassist Mats Eilertsen and drummer Audun Kleive—who along with being a past collaborator—was formerly a member of Jon Balke's Magnetic North Orchestra.

"Blå Veg"—Henriksen's writing contribution—is a classically influenced chamber piece that sets the stage for three subsequent pieces ("Hambopolskavalsen." "Budbringeren" and the more darkly toned "Seclusive Song") that share a distinctive Celtic touch. There are few elements of conventional jazz on The Nature of Connections but Storløkken's "Hymn" and "Keen" stand out in that respect; the latter benefitting from cellist Svante Henryson's creative improvisation. As expected however, jazz sensibility is not a Henriksen priority. More typical of the tone here is piece like "Arco Akropolis," a convergence of classical and folk elements that build slowly and dramatically over the short course of the piece and then fade away.

The Nature of Connections is the only purely acoustic Henriksen collection to date. It would be inadequate to simply describe it as lyrical and atmospheric, though it is both. The aesthetic nature of these pieces asks the listener look forward rather than hoping to become lost in a memorable hook. What each track presents is an individual personality but from a higher level and from the integrated interpretations of all the musicians and in that regard Henriksen has created yet another extraordinary collection. ---Karl Ackermann, allaboutjazz.com

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1 	Kom 	3:38
2 	Þá 	5:40
3 	Undan 	4:58
4 	Forkunn 	4:36
5 	Mín 	5:03
6 	Opna 	5:03
7 	Blíð 	7:22
8 	Náð 	3:11

Bass – Skúli Sverrisson
Guitar – Hilmar Jensson
Trumpet, Voice, Electronics – Arve Henriksen

An Icelandic-Norwegian trio that lends a touch of emotional, experimental, ambient-tinted jazz to the final evening of norDIG. The trio received a Nordic Music Prize honourable mention for their disc Saumur (2016), which has also won several music prizes in Iceland. ---musiikkitalo.fi

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1. Patient Zero (02:16)
2. Groundswell (05:36)
3. Towards Language (02:53)
4. Demarcation Line (06:08)
5. Transitory (02:57)
6. Hibernal (05:37)
7. Realign (03:02)
8. Vivification (07:32)
9. Paridae (02:28)

Bass [Synth Bass] – Erik Honoré (tracks: 2, 8)
Guitar [Guitars], Electronics – Eivind Aarset
 Producer [Produced By] – Jan Bang
Sampler [Livesampling], Sampler [Samples], Programmed By [Programming] – Jan Bang
Synthesizer – Erik Honoré (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
Trumpet [Trumpets], Vocals, Electronics – Arve Henriksen
Vocals [Vocal] – Anna Maria Friman (tracks: 9)

Arve Henriksen is a major representative of a golden generation of Norwegian jazz musicians. This is his ninth solo album (eight on Rune Grammofon and one on ECM), he has also released a dozen albums as a founder member of Supersilent and appears on well over a hundred records by artists like David Sylvian, Jon Balke, Trygve Seim, Imogen Heap, Arild Andersen and many more. With "Towards Language" trumpeter Arve Henriksen is back with his trusted long time musical partners Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. --- runegrammofon.com

Exquisite new recordings from preeminent avant-garde trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Arve Henriksen for his spiritual home, Rune Grammofon, arriving over three years since his Chron | Cosmic Creation [2014] LP and a handful of collaborations with Supersilent, among others, over the interim.

By now you should know this guy is in possession of a genuinely wonderful sonic wanderlust, the sort of spirit that is instinctively guided by emotion and prone to lead him into the most enchanted and enchanting headspaces - and if you don’t know, we recommend you do a lot of catching up!

That said, you’d do well to start with Towards Language, one of his most accessible ports of call, rendering a ninth solo LP instalment of magickally wistful themes lead by his virtuosic lines of flight and underlined by an array of live-sampling, electronics, synths, guitars and vocals.

From first listens we’re most snagged by the gently pulsating, airborne elegance of Vivification with its sublime Reichian phasing and bubbling undertow, and likewise a little smitten with the deep blue tone of Demarcation Line, but we’re sure deeper listens will reveal even more alluring aspects. ---boomkat.com

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