Squidco: Bear Brother (Skorpen / Skeidsvoll / Skeidsvoll / Bjorgo / Mellem): Bear Brother

Bear Brother (Skorpen / Skeidsvoll / Skeidsvoll / Bjorgo / Mellem)

Bear Brother

(Creative Sources

- Portugal)

Click for larger image

[x] close image

Price: $17.95

Out of Stock
Quantity in Basket: None

Log In to use our Wish List
Shipping Weight: 3.00 units

Sample The Album:

Product Information:

Personnel:

Erling Skorpen-trumpet

Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll-saxophone

Isach Skeidsvoll-piano

Hakon Norby Bjorgo-bass

Martin Mellem-drums

Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist.

UPC: 5609063404913

Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs491
Squidco Product Code: 25388

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2017
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Skansen Lydstudio, in Trondheim, Norway, in July, 2017.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

Bear Brother is a young quintet that plays energetic and melodious free jazz with references to both American and European improvisational music, comprised of Erling Skorpen on trumpet, Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll on saxophone, Isach Skeidsvoll on piano, Hakon Norby Bjorgo on bass, and Martin Mellem on drums, with each band member contributing compositions, alongside one collective improvisation. Youthful enthusiasm and a love for the free jazz tradition emanate from their music, making for a compelling debut.

Artist Biographies

• Show Bio for Erling Skorpen

Norwegian trumpeter Erling Skorpen is a member of Bear Brother and Snirkel.

-Squidco 11/12/2026

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

^ Hide Bio for Erling Skorpen

• Show Bio for Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll

Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll is a Norwegian saxophonist born in Kleive, More And Romsdal, and living in Oslo, Norway. He studied improvisation at Norges musikkhøgskole and Molde Videregaaende. He is a member of Bear Brother.

-Squidco 11/12/2026

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

^ Hide Bio for Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll

• Show Bio for Isach Skeidsvoll

Pianist Isach Skeidsvoll rom Kleive, More Og Romsdal, Norway who currently lives in Molde, Norway. He is a member of Bear Brother, Garrubo Band. He studied at Grieg Academy, then studied Jazzpiano at Sund Folkehøgskole.-Squidco 11/12/2026

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

^ Hide Bio for Isach Skeidsvoll

• Show Bio for Hakon Norby Bjorgo

Norwegian bassist Håkon Norby Bjørgo is a member of Audun Trio, Bear Brother, and Paal Nilssen-Love's Extra Large Unit.

-Squidco 11/12/2026

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

^ Hide Bio for Hakon Norby Bjorgo

• Show Bio for Martin Mellem

Norwegian drummer Martin Mellem is a member of Azfalt and Bear Brother.

-Squidco 11/12/2026

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

^ Hide Bio for Martin Mellem

Track Listing:

1. Went hunting 5:37

2. Went fishing 3:40

3. Saloon song 7:38

4. Oks og Pokal 5:51

5. Alcatraz 4:07

6. Fiddle Faddle 1:38

7. Ennio 5:18

8. Kuma 5:12

9. Went home 0:49

Recommended & Related Releases:

Skeidsvoll, Lauritz / Isach Skeidsvoll
Chanting Moon, Dancing Sun - Live at Molde International Jazz Festival
(Clean Feed)

Developing their language together since childhood, Norwegian brothers Lauritz Heitmann Skeidsvoll on saxophone and Isach Skeidsvoll on piano & melodica converse in a way that only two family members can, using their knowledge of each other's playing as a confident foundation for remarkable flights of technically challenging yet innately lyrical improvisations.

Microfiche (Alduca / Calligeros / Conner / Gill / Manojlovic / Murphy-Haste / Schack-Arnott)
Everything and Other Infinities
(Creative Sources)

The 2nd release from this Sydney, Austrlian acoustic sextet, creating subtle yet dynamic improvisations influenced by the musical concepts of John Cage and Morton Feldman, balancing contemplative sections with building surges, these works developed on their 2019 Europe tour, which included performances at Copenhagen Jazz Festival as well as shows in Berlin and Stockholm.

Master Oogway
The Concert Koan [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)

Powerful electric jazz roots from the Norwegian quartet of Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll on saxophone, Havard Nordberg Funderud on guitar, Karl Erik E. Horndalsveen on double bass, and Martin Mellem on drums, shredding inspirations from 60s electric Miles and Ornette, with a rock influenced rhythm section and electric guitar work driving great soloing.

Quinteros / Gallio / Elgier / Von Schultz
Mokita
(Creative Sources)

Cellist Cecilia Quinteros formed this free jazz quartet with Christoph Gallio on soprano and alto saxophones, Alex Elgier on piano and Marcelo Von Schultz on drums, recording in Buenos Aires, Argentina for four spectacular improvisations with idiosyncratic language on their instruments and unbridled enthusiasm in their playing, even in introspective moments.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought:

Rempis / Harnik / Zerang
Astragaloi
(Aerophonic)

The 3rd release for the trio of Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis, German pianist Elisabeth Harnik and Chicago percussionist Michael Zerang, performing live at the 2020 ArtActs Festival in St Johan Austria for five outstanding improvisations fueled by their previous trio & duo work and flavored with inside piano preparations, hand percussion and superb soloing from all three.

Mela, Francisco feat. Matthew Shipp / William Parker
Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 1
(577 Records)

A member of pianist McCoy Tyner's Trio and Joe Lavano's Quartet, New York drummer Francisco Mela's own career as a leader is heard in this energetic trio album with two of NY's finest--pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker--recording in the studio in Brooklyn in 2020 for two extended and powerful collective improvisations and a brief "Dark Light".

Dorner, Axel / Mia Dyberg / Pierre Borel / Ernesto Rodrigues / Tristan Honsinger / Guilherme Rodrigues
Laura
(Creative Sources)

An exciting meeting of multi-generational and multi-national, forward-thinking free improvisers performing live at Klub Demboh in Berlin in 2017, from the sextet of Axel Dorner (trumpet), Mia Dyberg (alto saxophone), Pierre Borel (alto saxophone), Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Tristan Honsinger (cello) and Guilherme Rodrigues (cello).

Rodrigues / Dorner / Torres / Frangenheim
Sin
(Creative Sources)

An extended studio improvisation recorded in Berlin-Weissensee, Germany in 2016 from the restrained quartet of Axel Dorner on trumpet, Nuno Torres on alto sax, Alexander Frangenheim on double bass, and Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, using advanced techniques in a monumental journey that finds the quartet in a variety of expansive and intriguing dialogs.

IKB
Apteryx Mantelli
(Creative Sources)

IKB continue their series of albums graced with taxonomic latin names for animals, here with the North Island brown kiwi bird, as the string- and wind-heavy electroacoustic ensemble led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues present this extended improvisation of subtle motion and understated complexity live at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon, Portugal in 2017.

Schindler, Udo / Korhan Erel
leben | nebel
(Creative Sources)

Live at the 66th SALON fur Klang+Kunst in Krailling, Munich, Germany finds festival leader Udo Schindler on cornet, bass, contrabass clarinet, soprano saxophone in a duo with Berlin-based Istanbul-born computer musician Korhan Erel, who designs his own unique instruments with unusual controllers, performing 9 singular dialogs of ethereal and unorthodox sound.

Bistre (Muller / Rodrigues / Wong)
As We Read Along...
(Creative Sources)

A trio of free improvisers recording five detailed and subdued dialogs in the studio, from trombonist Matthias Muller (Splitter Orchester), cellist Guilherme Rodrigues, and guitarist Eric Wong, collective improvisation guided by long pointillistic passages that converge into lyrical focal points, a profound example of concentrative discourse.

Levin, Daniel / Chris Pitsiokos / Brandon Seabrook
Stomiidae
(Dark Tree Records)

A collective trio of vanguard improvisers and frequent New York collaborators, Daniel Levin on cello, Chris Pitsiokos on alto saxophone, and Brandon Seabrook on electric guitar, a working band captured here in the studio at Firehouse 12 for a powerful set of idiosyncratic and exhilarating improvisations with tracks and the title named for a family of deep sea fish.

Bynum, Taylor Ho
Enter the Plustet [CD]
(Firehouse 12 Records)

Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum draws on a variety of techniques from improvised conduction to big band orchestration to deconstructed fanfares, with a large 15 member ensemble of impressive improvisers embodying a diversity of generations, backgrounds, ethnicities, and gender, presenting three large scale compositions that are ambitious and wonderfully accomplished.

Piersanti, Davide / Hui-Chun Lin / Sergio Castrillon / Ulf Mengersen / Klaus Kurvers
Discoveries
(Creative Sources)

Four strings, voice and trombone make up the multinational collective quintet of Davide Piersanti (trombone), Hui-Chun Lin (cello and voice), Sergio Andres Castrillon Arcila (cello), Ulf Mengersen (bass), and Klaus Kurvers (bass) who are captured live at "t-berlin" in 2016 for a set of inventive and active cooperative conversations named for Greek letters.

Raulin, Francois Trio
Trois Plans Sur La Comete
(Hatology)

Pianist Francois Raulin's trio with soprano saxophonist Francois Corneloup and double bassist Bruno Cheviloon, also providing vocals recording in the studio in France, 2000.

Mehta, Rajesh (feat. Paul Lovens)
Orka
(Hatology)

Indian-born, currently Amsterdam-based American Rajesh Mehta expands the timbral and textural palette of the trumpet in twelve pieces with accompaniment by Paul Lovens on drums and cymbals.

Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6
Dulcet Crush
(Hatology)

Trumpeter Manuel Mengis 3rd Hat release, 8 original compositions of sophisticated and enjoyable modern jazz from a sextet with dual sax and guitar leads.

Trio x 3
New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden 2002 [2 CDs]
(Hatology)

Gregorio, Guillermo / Mats Gustafsson / Kjell Nordeson
Background Music
(Hatology)

HATSALE2HATSALE2