Jazz Articles about Aske Drasbaek

About Aske Drasbaek

Album Review

Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble: Non-Places

Read "Non-Places" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
July 20, 2026

Non-Places is a large ensemble project from the Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble, led by Italian composers Anna Bignami and Laura Veltri. Their nonet, consisting of six horns and a piano trio, brings together some of the leading musicians from the Danish jazz scene. Blending composition, improvisation and slight electronic elements, the group takes influences ranging from contemporary jazz to experimental music. The album takes its title from the concept introduced by French anthropologist Marc Augé, who described “non-places" ...

Album Review

Aske Drasbaek: Old Ghost

Read "Old Ghost" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 3, 2013

Danish reed player Aske Drasbæk, member of the contemporary Danish jazz quartet Orpheus and Det ny bigband, began to play the baritone saxophone only three years ago. It happened after he discovered the music of Lars Gullin by accident and immediately fell in love with the great Swedish baritone saxophonist's full, round sound. A year later, Drasbæk bought an old baritone sax and began practicing the big horn in attempt to find his own sound and explore its possibilities.