Artist Info: Motif

Atle Nymo: Sax and clarinettes

Eivind Lønning: Trumpet

Håvard Wiik: Piano

Ole Morten Vågan: Bass

Håkon Mjåset Johansen: Drums

A decade into their tenure, MOTIF is still polishing the personal sound they have been meticulously shaping since the beginning, a sound labeled a.o. as “a remarkable combination of powerful writing, simpatico free play, and stylistic cross-pollination” (John Kelman, Allaboutjazz, on 2008´s “Apo Calypso”). [read more...]