If there was a crime such as 'musical kidnapping', Norwegian trumpet player Nils Petter Molvaer would have to spend many years behind bars. He knows better than anyone how to take his audience on trips to exotic areas with his mix of jazz and electronics. Ambient sounds, in which gravity does not play a role, effortlessly transition into subtle breakbeats that bring you back to earth. With drum and
… bass wild terrain is being explored. All this in support of Molvaer's thin trumpet sounds that effortlessly maneuver through the landscape. Streamer contains eight live recordings of the Jazz Happening in Finland and the London Marquee, on which Molvaer and his band go even deeper than on his sublime studio CDs. Only the thunderous applause makes you realize that these are concert registrations. (AD)more