It"s been four years since Norwegian trumpeter/Nu Jazz progenitor Nils Petter Molvær released a studio album.Hamada sounds unlike anything Molvær has done before, though it would be impossible for him to have achieved it without traveling the path he has since the groundbreaking Khmer (ECM, 1997).Stunning growth and unexpected directional shifts make Hamada one of Molvær"s most moving and challenging records to date.