Arve Henriksen is a Norwegian trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

 player, renowned for his distinctive, flute-like sound on the trumpet, inspired by the sound of the Japanese shakuhachi

Shakuhachi

The is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of...

 flute. He also sings; his unique wordless vocalising was central to Chiaroscuro, where he often sings in a soprano's range. The control over his head voice

Head voice

Head voice is a term used within vocal music. The use of this term varies widely within vocal pedagogical circles and there is currently no one consistent opinion among vocal music professionals regarding this term...

 is such that in "Opening Image" he could quite easily be mistaken for a woman.

He has played among others with Misha Alperin, Jon Balkes Magnetic North Orchestra, Nils Petter Molvær

Nils Petter Molvær

Nils Petter Molvær also known as NPM is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer. Molvær is considered a pioneer in fusing jazz and electronic music, showcased on his best-selling album Khmer, released by the German record label ECM in October 1997 in Europe and early 1998 in North...

, Audun Kleive

Audun Kleive

Audun Kleive is a Norwegian drummer and percussionist.Audun Kleive grew up in Skien, the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist and composer Iver Kleive. He began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then went to Oslo, where he studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music...

, Trygve Seim

Trygve Seim

Trygve Seim is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Born in Oslo, Norway, Seim started to play the saxophone in 1985 after hearing Jan Garbarek's CD eventyr...

, Terje Isungset

Terje Isungset

Terje Isungset is a Norwegian musician and composer. From his background in jazz and Scandinavian music, he has designed musical instruments from non-traditional materials including ice.-Discography:*"Reise"...

, Christian Wallumrød and recently with Iain Ballamy

Iain Ballamy

Iain Ballamy is a British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player.- Career :Ballamy was schooled at 1975-80 George Abbot School, Guildford. He then studied Musical Instrument Technology from 1980-1982 Merton College...

's Food for Quartet and Supersilent

Supersilent

Supersilent is a Norwegian avant-garde/improvisational music group formed in Bergen in 1997 and signed on Rune Grammofon. They are known for making only improvised music and for the distinctive uniformity of their album covers....

, both bands signed on Rune Grammofon

Rune Grammofon

Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its artists being featured heavily in magazines such as The...

. He has also contributed to David Sylvian

David Sylvian

David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan...

's Nine Horses

Nine Horses

Nine Horses is a musical collaboration between singer/instrumentalist David Sylvian, his brother and frequent collaborator drummer Steve Jansen, and electronic composer/remixer Burnt Friedman....

 project and his latest work, When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima

When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima

When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima is a limited edition CD that was commissioned as an installation piece by the Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation on the island of Naoshima, Japan, as part of the "NAOSHIMA STANDARD 2" exhibition which ran from October 2006 to April 2007...

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Discography

• Sakuteiki (2001), Rune Grammofon
  Rune Grammofon
  Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its artists being featured heavily in magazines such as The...
  
  
• Chiaroscuro (2004), Rune Grammofon
• Strjon (2007), Rune Grammofon
• Cartography (2008), ECM Records
  ECM (record label)
  ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
  
  

External links

• Official Website
• Bungey, John (2007) "Arve Henriksen: Strjon" (review), The Times
  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
  , May 26, 2007
• Bungey, John (2009) "Arve Henriksen: Cartography" (review), The Times
  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
  , January 10, 2009