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Release Date: 16 January 2026
Label: Losen Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7090025833243
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Gentle, contemplative, and melancholic best describes the music on this excellent debut by the S-E-A trio - pianist Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred, bassist Tine Asmundsen and drummer Terje Engen. They have produced an album of contemporary jazz akin to much of what we expect to hear from piano trios across Scandinavia, Norway in particular. The trios of pianist Espen Berg and Tord Gustavsen are obvious points of reference when listening to the S-E-A trio. Comparisons are marginal though - Skjelbred, Enger and Asmundsen have their own distinctive and unified sound. Skjelbred's beautiful compositions are the perfect antidote to today's troubled times.
Led by pianist composer Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred, a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music, Skjelbred has more than seventy published works across a variety of genres, including solo and chamber music, electro-acoustic pieces, works for sinfonietta and orchestra, plus film and theatre scores. He has collaborated with various ensembles and performers, including theatre collective De Utvalgte, percussionist Eirik Raude, art music ensemble Parlor For Svin, Nordic Voices, Ensemble 2000, and flautist Marianne Leth. Skjelbred's works have seen performances across Europe, the USA and Canada.
Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred: piano
Tine Asmundsen: bass
Terje Engen: drums
Recorded November 2024 at Musikkloftet Studio, Asker, Norway.
Produced by Vidar Lunden and Bjorn Bolstad Skjelbred
Tracklisting
Karin Nakagawa, Hans Tutzer & Paolino Dalla Port
Haakon Graf, Erik Smith & Per Mathisen
EH3
Jan Gunnar Hoff Group
Arne Torvik Trio
EH3 (Erland Helbo, Frode Berg & Eric Smith)
Olga Konkova
Per Mathisen
Troen/Arnesen Quartet
S-E-A
Roy Powell
Oskar Lindberget Quintet
Lorenzo De Finti
Hege Saugstad
Pierre-Adrien Charpy
Tim Garland & Geoffrey Keezer
