The Source (band)

This article is about Norwegian jazz fusion band. For the British group, see The Source (British group). For the British musician, see The Source (musician).

The Source
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion
Years active	1993-present
Labels	Curling Legs ECM Records Grappa Music
Members	Trygve Seim (1993-present, saxophone) Øyvind Brække (1993-present, trombone) Mats Eilertsen (2005-present, bass) Per Oddvar Johansen (1993-present, drums).
Past members	Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (1993-1995, bass) Finn Guttormsen (1995-2005, bass)

The Source established in 1993 in Trondheim, Norway, is a Norwegian jazz band known for its many recordings and collaborations in musical fusion concepts. Their Christmas concerts are considered a tradition in Norway.

The band, a quartet was made up of Trygve Seim (saxophone), Øyvind Brække (trombone), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass) and Per Oddvar Johansen (drums). In 1995, Finn Guttormsen replaced Flaten on bass. He was replaced by Mats Eilertsen in 2005. The band was nominated to Spellemannprisen in 2007 for its album The Source of Christmas Live.

Recordings

Year	Album title	Record label	Charts NORWAY	Notes
1994	Olemanns kornett	Curling Legs	–	Music influenced by Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus
2002	The Source and Different Cikadas	ECM Records	–	With Cikada Ensemble and Arve Henriksen
2006	The Source	ECM Records	–	Music of Brekke and Edward Vesala
2007	The Source: of Christmas, Live	Grappa Music	–	With Tora Augestad, Marvin Charles, Lars Klevstrand, Jarle Bernhoft, Anne-Lise Berntsen, Finn Guttormsen, Ahmad El Ghazar, Alfred Gamil, Ayman Sedki, Fathy Salama, Mamdouh Serour, Cheb Hocine Derras, Ramadan Mohamed and Saleh el Artist, plus Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps (Norwegian Navy Band) conducted by Christian Eggen
2013	The Source: of Summer	Grappa Music	26

External links

• The Source: of Christmas Official website