Over the years, a disproportional number of great horn players have come out of Norway, from the likes of Jan Garbarek through Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Karl Seglem, Tore Brunborg and others, to the younger generation of Håkon Kornstad, Mathias Eick etc.
So when Daniel Herskedal releases his third album "Slow Eastbound Train" (Edition Records, 2015), it is only fair to ask if the world really needs yet another horn player from our little country in the North.
Well, I am, after all, Norwegian so maybe I should tread carefully here, but I still choose to answer my own question: "Yes, indeed".
Herskedal plays not one but two somewhat unusual horns as solo instruments, the tuba and the bass trumpet, which sets him apart from all other Norwegian horn players and most of the international ones as well.
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