Mikkonen/Jormin/Kleive

Mikkonen/Jormin/Kleive: KOM-live

by Matthew Wuethrich
March 18, 2003

Recorded live in Helsinki’s KOM Theater during a 1998 Nordic tour, KOM-live offers a meditative study of emotional density and group interaction filtered through an abstract refraction of the piano trio. The group consists of three standouts from the Nordic region: pianist Samuli Mikkonen (Finland), bassist Anders Jormin (Sweden) and drummer Audun Kleive (Norway).

Playing their way through a set of five open-ended, original compositions, the trio fills KOM- live with swirls of sound. Intensity comes through ...