| Søyr | |
| Origin: | Trondheim, Norway |
| Genre: | Jazz and big bands |
| Years Active: | 1976- |
| Label: | Odin Records Curling Legs ECM Records |
| Current Members: | Elin Rosseland Torgrim Sollid Jan Andresen Nils Jansen Bodil Vossgård Rob Waring Rune Klakegg Tor Mathisrud Frank Jakobsen Tom Olstad Edvard Askeland Eldbjørg Raknes Morten Halle Vidar Johansen Astrid Kvalbein Christian Jaksjø Erling Aksdal Guro Gravem Johansen Knut Aalefjær Per Einar Watle Børge Petersen-Øverleir Torstein Lofthus |
Søyr (established 1976 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musical group, led from the start oftrumpeter Torgrim Sollid.[1]
Søyr was initially inspired by folk music from Stor-Elvdal (among others Ole Mørk Sandvik) and released the album Søyr (1977) and Cierny Peter (1983), and performed at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 1977. The band is still active, and was involved on tour in South Africa in the summer of 2004. The Free State «Søyr» was established in Moldejazz 1997.[2]
The band moved (with leader Sollid) to Oslo and assumed a more avant-garde style with a big band flair. Dag Arnesen was in the lineup 1981–82, and also Kenny Wheeler played within Søyr for four years.[3] «Nye Søyr» released compositions by Vidar Johansen, Rune Klakegg, Torgrim Sollid, Rob Waring and Jon Balke på platen Vectors (1988) with the original lineup. Then came the 25-year anniversary with a new album Alene hjemme (2001).[2]