Jazz Articles about Jan Kopinski

Jan Kopinski's Reflektor: Mirrors

by Chris May
July 26, 2011

Jan Kopinski's ReflektorMirrors33 Jazz2011 Tenor saxophonist Jan Kopinski is best known for his pioneering improv-meets-funk band, Pinksi Zoo. Formed in the mid-1980s, Pinski Zoo burst onto the emerging British delinquent-jazz scene around the same time as Rip Rig & Panic, then fronted by multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry's adopted daughter, Neneh. Rip Rig & Panic sweetened its avant-garde jazz content with guitars, songs with hooks, some savvy rock and roll image building, and ...