Olav Torget

Olav Torget: Suburban Jive

by John Kelman
August 24, 2008

Much is written about Norway's incorporation of its folk tradition into jazz, not especially different than what Americans have been doing within their own borders. The highly influential Jon Balke has infused his own recondite music with Africo-centric rhythms on albums like Statements (ECM, 2006), while saxophonist Trygve Seim has recently spent a lot of time in the Middle East, and the effect on his playing is clear. Guitarist Olav Torget, last heard on Norwegian saxophonist/goat horn innovator Karl Seglem's ...