Mette Henriette

The untitled ECM double-album debut of young Norwegian saxophonist, composer and improviser Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg is an arrestingly original musical statement. ‘Jazz’ players and ‘classical’ players are drawn together in her ensembles, but the music shapes its own world, outside genre definitions. Mette Henriette is interlacing form and freedom in fresh ways here, as her intense and focused tenor saxophone sound moves inside compositions of sometimes disarming fragility. In this music, vulnerability can be as potent a force as full-tilt blowing, but there is a place for both. The recording’s expressive and emotional range is wide. Disc one here features trio music with Mette Henriette, pianist Johan Lindvall and cellist Katrine Schiøtt. Disc two has Mette’s “sinfonietta” with thirteen players.

PERSONNEL:

• METTE HENRIETE, saxophone
• JOHAN LINDVALL, piano
• KATRINE SCHIØTT, violoncello

Recorded in Oslo between 2013-2014.

TRACKS:

• A1. o0o
• A2. THE TABOO
• A3. ALL EARS
• A4. 3 - 4 - 5
• A5. IN CIRCLES
• A6. I DO
• A7. 0

• B1. PASSÉ
• B2. WILDHEART
• B3. PEARL RAFTER
• B4. LATE À LA CARTE
• B5. I
• B6. THIS WILL PASS TOO