Harmonizing Life Through Jazz

and all the ingenious and original people in it. In terms of style, the compositions range from minimalist dreamscapes to hard-swinging jazz music, always with a focus on the intuitive interaction.

«When recorded Oslo Puzzle, in a beautiful, picturesque studio “Musikkloftet”, located in an old assembly hall surrounded by Norway’s largest mental hospital. For 3 days we worked on the recordings, but on the third and final day of this recording, we decided to film a 4 camera production and record all the songs again as if it were a concert. All of the songs on this record are from this session. In other words, the full album was recorded in an hour and a half on Sunday 30th of May 2020.»

jazztimes.com on Aarums album Absence In Mind (Jazzaway

2006): The music is soft but intense, like a gentle shower that precludes an outright storm-but the trio never gives in to thunder. The title Absence in Mind should give you an idea of what this band is about. (Hint: Think of a crusty jazz bromide.)

jazzfun.de on Aarums album Shakin Our Souls (Ozella 2018):

Jazzfun.de: «Aarum makes something personal out of every musical encounter. Their subtle, subversively smoldering swing is the ideal basis for the leader’s elegant and almost cosmic solos.»

somethingelsereviews.com (USA) on «Shakin Our Souls»: Oslo’s

Anders Aarum is a jazz pianist capable of tackling just about any style of jazz, from his membership in the New Orleans jazz troupe Funky Butt to the downtempo soul of Beady Belle to free jazz with the legendary Sonny Simmons. Pulling together world rhythms, textural shapes and free range playing against the backdrop of modern jazz, Aarum has found a unique voice that’s as attractive as it is distinctive.