NORWAY: Cecilie Grundt Quintet – Contemporary Old School (2019)

 Cecilie Grundt - saxophone Øyvind Mathisen - trumpet Håvard Aufles - piano Morten Stai - bass Åsmund Smidt - drums Cecilie formed her first band as a leader,


Cecilie Grundt Quintet, in 2016 which features Øyvind Mathisen on trumpet, Håvard Aufles on piano, Morten Stai on bass and Åsmund Smidt on drums. The band is characterized by communicative interplay through playfulness and curiosity, expressing a contemporary jazz language influenced by the jazz tradition and beyond. The musicians are always given great freedom to flavour the music in their own way. Cecilie Grundt Quintet is still developing, exploring new melodies and structures, and playing with different time signatures.