SPIRIT Brede Sørum Quartet

• 1 CLOUDED MIND 03:52
• 2 SPIRIT I 08:04
• 3 SPIRIT II 09:07
• 4 SPIRIT III 03:52
• 5 SPIRIT IV 11:04
• 6 CLARITY 01:22
• Total Runtime 37:21

Info for SPIRIT

SPIRIT is the debut album of Brede Sørum Quartet, with Sørum himself as the frontman. The young quartet offers acoustic music that blooms with pure youth, but with a maturity and musical excess that will make even the most experienced jazz listeners open their ears. The written music is based on the band's ability to create and maintain energy over time with strong musical passion and an energetic interaction. The music opens up, and in good jazz tradition this allows the musicians to freely unfold and embroider the large forms. This is music that breathes, at the same time as it boils, with always an extra gear available.

Sørum has invited some of Norway's most exciting young musicians in jazz and improvisational music into his quartet. They process the music with clear sources of inspiration for the 60's innovations within free jazz and modal jazz. The quartet wants to honor this tradition, while at the same time consciously looking forward to what is to come.

The suite SPIRIT consists of four movements moving from darkness to light, from fog to clarity. The suite has been recorded in one take, testifying to a very mature quartet. It also stands as a strong documentation of the musicians here and now, the quartet itself, and its exploration of creativity and endurance over time. The vision behind the suite is that it can act as a catalyst for a meditative state in the musicians to hopefully reach into the core of their musicality - allowing them to free themselves from body and mind, and be present in the moment and in the music.

Brede Sørum, alto and soprano saxophone
Oliver Skou-Due, piano
Bendik Løland Lundsvoll, double bass
Steinar Heide Bø, drums

Brede Sørum Quartet
is a new, exciting, and uncompromising band led by the up-and-coming Norwegian saxophonist Brede Sørum.

The young quartet offers acoustic music that bubbles with pure youthful energy, but with a maturity and musical surplus comparable to experienced titans. This is music that both breathes and explodes, always with an extra gear ready to kick in.

Sørum has invited some of Norway's most exciting young musicians in jazz and improvisational music to join his quartet. They craft their music with clear inspirations from the innovations of 1960s modal jazz and spiritual music. The quartet aims to honor this tradition while consciously looking forward and honing their unique sound.

The band recently released their first album, "SPIRIT," on Øra Fonogram. The album is a suite consisting of four movements, transitioning from darkness to light, from cloudiness to clarity. The suite was recorded in one take, showcasing a very mature quartet. It also stands as a strong documentation of the musicians here and now, the quartet itself, and their exploration of creativity and endurance over time. The vision behind the suite is for it to act as a catalyst for a meditative state in the musicians, to hopefully reach the core of their musicality - allowing them to free themselves from body and mind, and be present in the moment and the music.

"Sørum leads his quartet with a charismatic, commanding voice and marks himself as a promising creative force to reckon with." - Eyal Hareuveni (salt-peanuts.eu)

"(It is) almost unnatural what enormous maturity they show both in the collective expression and as soloists or individualists." - Tor Hammerø (nettavisen.no)

"This band will set any jazz club on fire" - Audun Vinger (Jazznytt)

This album contains no booklet.