Jon Rune Str?m

Born: January 29, 1985

Sudden Dusk

By Dave Rempis

Label: Aerophonic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Omen; Half Stack; Bright Side.

Archer: Sudden Dusk

by Mark Corroto
March 30, 2025

Saxophonist and label chief Dave Rempis invites listeners to come for the punk rock and stay for the meditation session. With his new quartet, Archer, the Chicagoan joins forces with Dutch guitarist Terrie Ex and the Norwegian rhythm duo of bassist Jon Rune Strøm and drummer Tollef Østvang. Sudden Dusk captures two live performances from the ...

Utos

By Marthe Lea

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Furore; Namsen; Eldars Pols; Sulida; Toros; Lagen; For Pedro; Utos; Song For Che.

Circles

By Friends & Neighbors

Label: Clean Feed
Released: 2024
Track listing: Cecil; Circles; Ghost March; Son; Charles; Hymn Infinitum; Latin Phonetics.

Sulida: Utos

by John Sharpe
November 4, 2024

Under the collective moniker Sulida, up-and-coming young Norwegian saxophonist Marthe Lea joins forces with more established countrymen, bassist Jon Rune Strøm and drummer Dag Erik Knedal Andersen, in an exhilarating mix of improv and tunefulness. It is not just the egalitarian name, but the repertoire also. With the exception of one cover and single cuts by ...

Friends & Neighbors: Circles

by John Sharpe
May 26, 2024

Even some 60 years after its birth, the free jazz of the American New Thing remains a fertile source of inspiration in 2024. On its sixth album, Circles, Norwegian quintet Friends & Neighbors continues to find rich avenues to explore in its updated repurposing of the naked expressionism of the 1960's avant-garde. An unchanged line up ...

Friends & Neighbors: Circles

by Mark Corroto
April 12, 2024

Let's talk about Bird. Bird, not as in the sobriquet given to Charlie Parker but the actions of a bird, such as a parrot. Many a musician mechanically repeats the music of their musical heroes. For example, after Parker, we hear Phil Woods and Sonny Stitt recycling bebop. The Miles Davis' quintet of the 1960s begat ...

Dances With Questions

By Steve Swell

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Ullmann Harnik Swell Strom; Brano Zingaro Holmlander Nilssen-Love; Emmeluth Ullmann Swell Nilssen-Love; Trzaska De Backer Holmlander Strom; Zingaro Brano Coudoux Harnik; CD2: Holmlander Harnik Trzaska Ullmann; Brano Swell Coudoux Emmeluth; De Backer Zingaro Strom Nilssen-Love; Ullmann Swell Coudoux Holmlander; Trzaska De Backer Harnik Nilssen-Love; Zingaro Emmeluth Brano Strom; Finale Everyone; CD3: Dances With Questions.

Marbles

By Andre Roligheten

Label: Odin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Sonny River; Ariel��s Song; Whale Waltz; Lagoon Mist; Pyramid Dance; Moon Shade; Twini Bliss; Live Sover.