Grimsta

Atle Nymo - Tenor Sax/Contrabass Clarinet Magnus Broo – Trumpet Mattias Ståhl - Vibraphone/Soprano Sax Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – Bass Håkon Mjåset Johansen – Drums. Keeping an all-star collective ensemble going is a steep challenge in the best of times. I.P.A., a quintet that brings together some of Scandinavia's most esteemed improvisers, has created a striking new album in the worst of times. The group's sixth release overall and third for Cuneiform, Grimsta is an emphatic statement about the ineluctable power of musical communion; it's a project bristling with energy sparked by shaping new works together in real time. I.P.A. sounds energized and fearless on Grimsta, a program that explores a wide array of kinetic jazz idioms. Named after an ancient forest near Broo's house in Stockholm, it's an