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Heathland

Label: Self released
Released: 2020
Track listing: Heathland ; Stillness ; …and Darkness Crept In ; Out of Shape ; Icicles ; The Sun Is Slowly Rising ; Paul; Re: Herr Sehr Schwer ; Emu

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Alex Jønsson: Heathland

Read "Heathland" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Danish guitarist/composer Alex Jonsson returns with the same trio heard on Heart Of Gold: Live In Aarhus (Self Produced, 2016), with bassist Jens Mikkel Madsen and drummer Andreas Skamby. This is a studio recording with richer sound, but the band's music shows considerable growth beyond that. The title tune opens the set, a rubato exercise in ...

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Alex Jønsson

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Alex Jønsson is an award-winning Danish guitarist, composer and improviser. He has been greatly recognized for his Nordic and melancholic expression – both as a composer and a soloist - and has toured in most of Europe as well as in India. Most people will know him from orchestras like I Think You’re Awesome, Mirja Klippel and Bagland. Yet, in recent years, as a composer and a bandleader, Alex Jønsson has raised his profile as one of the most interesting jazz guitarists on the modern scene. He has released four albums as a leader, played on a number of significant releases and has been nominated for a Danish Music Award Jazz no less than nine times!

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Simon Eskildsen Trio: Introducing the Simon Eskildsen Trio

Read "Introducing the Simon Eskildsen Trio" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The art of the piano trio is very difficult to master and yet very simple. It is all about chemistry. Three players trying to find a language together, traversing a path that has been explored so many times before. Keeping the heavy heritage of the piano trio in mind, including leaders like Bill ...

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Jakob Sorensen: Nomad

Read "Nomad" reviewed by Nick Davies


Scandinavian jazz has always found its strength in its musicians like Jakob Bro, who is a guitarist and has worked with such names as Bill Frisell but is also band leader in his own right; as well as double bassist Jasper Hoiby, who leads the critically acclaimed band Phronesis while being an in demand sideman. Young ...

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Heart Of Gold: Live In Aarhus

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Heart of Gold; Niðaróss; Näkemiin, Nesøya; Et deilig land å reise fra; War Is Peace; I kveld blir det snø; Puzzle.

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Article: Album Review

Alex Jønsson: Heart Of Gold: Live In Aarhus

Read "Heart Of Gold: Live In Aarhus" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Recorded live at a living room concert, Heart of Gold presents an intimate portrait of Danish guitarist/composer Alex Jønsson and his trio. The title tune opens the set: it's not the well known Neil Young song, but it does have an Americana tinge. Drummer Andreas Skamby sets up a pillow of sound using mallets, bassist Jens ...

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Spy On Your Friends

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Ambient Jazz: Pauseland & Jakob Sørensen

Read "Ambient Jazz: Pauseland & Jakob Sørensen" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


In a world that is fast-paced and in constant movement, contemplation has become an increasingly important value. However, it is a value that it is sometimes hard to achieve. A possibility is to listen to music that invites it. The albums from Danish jazz group Pauseland and trumpeter Jakob Sørensen both offer room for introspection and ...

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Girls with Radical Haircuts

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: Øresund, Baby; Dark Blue; Detecting Turtles; Girls With Radical Haircuts; Dear Deer; Paul; Mme. Joseph Perraud; Alfons.


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