Baboon Moon

Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer has his own very individual sound, influenced as much by the poetry of Scandinavian nature as by electronic calculation, and last but not least by colleagues like Miles Davis und Jon Hassell. Molvaer's new album Baboon Moon marks the self-assured new start of a musician who has already travelled a long way. He began his career in the bands of Jon Christensen and Arild Andersen, but gradually broke out more and more beyond the confines of jazz, starting with his 1997 album Khmer. His musical journey took him through a wide variety of styles, and he tried out different degrees of abstraction along the way. He experimented together with musicians like Bill Laswell, Sidsel Endresen and Eivind Aarset, and surrounded himself with DJ's and VJ's, but he also worked on his own. His language of expression remained vivid throughout.
Baboon Moon was recorded at Ocean Sound, one of the world’s most beautifully located recording studios, by a snow-covered beach on the island of Giske near Ålesund on the west coast of Norway. The stunning location has clearly given inspiration to Nils Petter, who made this recording with his two most recent collaborators, guitarist Stian Westerhus and drummer Erland Dahlen. Baboon Moon has been nominated for a Norwegian Grammy, and included in All About Jazz’s list of top albums of the year.

1. Mercury Heart 5:55

2. A Small Realm 3:21

3. Recoil 5:12

4. Bloodline 4:04
5. Sleep With Echoes 5:16

6. Blue Fandango 3:05

7. Prince Of Calm 5:03

8. Coded 4:01

9. Baboon Moon