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Album Review

Jakob Bro, Wadada Leo Smith & Marcus Gilmore: Murasaki

Read "Murasaki" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 2, 2026

Jakob Bro è un chitarrista danese con ormai venti album da leader alle spalle, vanta frequentazioni eccellenti--Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Bley, Paul Motian per citarne alcuni--e anche in quest'ultimo lavoro per la sua etichetta Loveland la compagnia è di quelle che contano. Marcus Gilmore è batterista ormai consacrato ai massimi livelli e Wadada Leo Smith è una leggenda della musica afroamericana. I tre si danno appuntamento alla Power Station di New York l'undici gennaio del 2025 e ...

Album Review

Jakob Bro: Live at The Village Vanguard

Read "Live at The Village Vanguard" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn

by Fran Kursztejn
September 28, 2025

Legendary guitarist Jakob Bro revitalized the pensive romanticism of the ECM Records sound with last year's Taking Turns, and continues his crusade in Live at the Village Vanguard. His strategy is simple: a diverse cast, both in style and generation, slavishly dedicated to a dynamic trajectory, like a viscous alloy rushing violent in an aged riverbed. In this case, the mold is the enduring memory of Paul Motian, chiefly represented by former band mate Joe Lovano, but haunting even Bro's ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jakob Bro, Nikara Warren, John Patitucci, Wayne Shorter, Alex Koo & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 25, 2025

Brooklyn, Brussels, Copenhagen and Paris are the stations this playlist stops at before entering into zero gravity orbits with Wayne Shorter.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 NIKARA presents Black Wall Street “Inner City Blues" The Queen of Kings County (Switch Hit) 0:16 Host talks 9:05 Alex Koo feat. Ambrose Akinmusire “Hey Man, We Should Play Sometime" Blame It on My Chromosomes (WERF) 10:41 Host talks 15:56 Jakob Bro ...

Album Review

Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns

Read "Taking Turns" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
December 14, 2024

Despite being recorded a decade ago, this album from Danish guitarist Jakob Bro sounds as fresh and contemporary as any 2024 release. Taking Turns was originally recorded in New York in 2014; the album release was delayed by ECM Records, who initially preferred to highlight Bro's trio work. The postponement proves fortuitous, as Bro's melodic compositions create expansive soundscapes that invite his all-star sextet to explore and improvise around his delicately rendered musical themes. Bro composed the seven ...

Album Review

Palle Mikkelborg / Jakob Bro / Marilyn Mazur: Strands

by Chris May
December 27, 2023

Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream, or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream... like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel... and so on. There are more déjà vu moments in Strands than Marcel Proust could have waved a madeleine at. Three of the six tracks--"Gefion," “Lykaster" and “Oktober"--were first heard on guitarist Jakob Bro's ECM debut, Gefion (2015). Five of them--"Lykaster" and “Oktober" plus ...

Album Review

Palle Mikkelborg / Jakob Bro / Marilyn Mazur: Strands

Read "Strands" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
November 10, 2023

Strands brings together three of Denmark's finest artists, in their ancestral home. Palle Mikkelborg and Marilyn Mazur have a substantial history together, as does Jakob Bro but to a lesser extent. Bro penned five of the six compositions, one with Mikkelborg, who also contributed one of his pieces. In a storied career which dates to the '60s, Mikkelborg has recorded as a leader in only five previous projects. Nevertheless, his work with Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Gary Peacock, Terje Rypdal, ...

Album Review

Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano: Once Around the Room - A Tribute To Paul Motian

Read "Once Around the Room - A Tribute To Paul Motian" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 31, 2022

Il magistrale percorso da leader di Paul Motian, esploso negli anni ottanta nel trio con Joe Lovano e Bill Frisell, ha avuto significativi tributi a partire dal 2011, l'anno della sua scomparsa: ricordiamo lo String Choir di Joel Harrison, il collettivo Motian Sickness di Jeff Cosgrove, il solo piano di Russ Lossing (Drum Music) e quello successivo di Jean-Marc Padovani (Motian in Motion). Rispetto a questi, il tributo del collettivo guidato da Joe Lovano e Jakob Bro ...