Oslo Puzzle Anders Aarum Trio

• 1 Oslo Puzzle 04:05
• 2 El Jucan 04:44
• 3 The Wandering Lilly 03:28
• 4 Tune In, Drop Out! 05:14
• 5 Spaghetti Junction 05:00
• 6 Ivory Tower 05:45
• 7 Jason Paradisa & the Beautiful Fire 03:34
• 8 Subway Acrobat 04:59
• 9 Drachmanns Point of View 03:51
• 10 Pata Paso 06:13
• Total Runtime 46:53

Info for Oslo Puzzle

After 15 years of waiting: Audio portraits of Oslo's tragic heroes by Norway's least Nordic piano trio.

The idea for the album came to Aarum after reading "Oslo originals" – a book about the fascinating residents from the Norwegian capital's history. Each track on the album, he decided, would paint a portrait of one of these personalities. Take “El Jucan”, a tribute to Einar Olsen, who walked the streets as a fakir, swallowed swords, flames and glass and lay on a bed of nails.

In an inspiring twist of serendipity, the recording studio happened to be in the immediate vicinity of a mental hospital. This set the mood perfectly, as many of the personalities captured on the album battled with alcoholism and deteriorating psychological health.

The entire album, the first one by the current line-up of the trio after 15 years, was recorded in a single 1,5 hour short session. Thanks to this impressive achievement, the Anders Aarum trio are now originals as well. They, too, have now become part of the Oslo puzzle.

"One of the very few albums that I wanted to listen to several times in a row, which, when you have so many reviews in front of you, at least for me, already says a lot about how high the quality of the music on this album is, which, by the way, is also convincing in every respect in terms of sound. This album is simply terrific! A revelation for anyone who has even a little affection for trio jazz and a real tip for the connoisseurs of the genre!" (Claus Volke, hoeren-und-fuehlen.de)

Anders Aarum, piano
Jens Fossum, double bass
Hermund Nygard, drums

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Booklet for Oslo Puzzle