Before they changed their name to Transjoik, JazzJoik Ensemble relased the CD Saajve Dance in 1994. The group were then:

Frode Fjellheim (piano, synth. og vocals)
Nils-Olav Johansen (gitar og vocals)
Tor Haugerud (drums)
Snorre Bjerck (perc.)
Håvard Lund (clarinett, bass-clarinett and soprano-sax)
Torbjørn Hillersøy (bass)

"There`s only one other performer who comes close to doing what this band does, and that`s Mari Boine. What both Norwegian bands have in common is roots in the Sami traditions of Lapland, but while Boine takes a folk/pop 
approach, this ensemble goes the jazz route. 

In a unique fusion of the ancient style of joikking with an ambient, rambling jazz improvisation. The results are quite successful, and the raspy, droning quality of Fjellheim`s joikking meshes carily with the band`s saxophones, drums, bass and keyboards. 

Touches of wood-winds, bag-pipes and some harp-like synth lines add mysticism and a strange gentleness. 

While a few tracks edge into aimless noodling, most of the songs here have solid folk roots and some have a wild adventurousness that equals anything being done in Europe today. 

The Ensemble lacks the superficial flash of some of the bigger stars of Scandinavian folk-roots right now, but it has far more intelligence and daring that almost any other."