Jacob Christoffersen

Sinne Eeg & Jacob Christoffersen: Shikiori 想帰庵

by Dan Bilawsky
July 19, 2025

Vocalist Sinne Eeg and pianist Jacob Christoffersen have been collaborating for two decades. Surprisingly, though, this is their first duo album. And it's a beaut--truly well worth the wait. The musicianship from each is first-rate, their chemistry is palpable, the material--a balanced mix of originals and familiar fare--is both highly sophisticated and completely accessible, and the recording quality is excellent. Shikiori--a 150-year-old home in the Japanese countryside--possesses an aura of tradition and reverence that permeates this entire ...

Benjamin Koppel: The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 21, 2021

Listen to music long enough, and it's almost bound to happen: You're not sure exactly what you want to listen to, but you know that whatever you listen to needs must bump and groove. The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue, an anthology of American jazz, soul and R&B recorded live at a Copenhagen music festival by Danish saxophonist Benjamin Koppel and his big band, is some first-rate scratch for that itch. Ultimate Soul & Jazz neatly packages Koppel's ...

Jacob Christoffersen: Facing The Sun

by Annika Westman
December 13, 2005

Denmark has a great jazz tradition. Just like Paris, Copenhagen has been a haven for jazz musicians in exile (from the US, South Africa, etc.) for decades. Jazz has had a strong position in the city since the '40s, and many great players have been produced in this fertile climate, the best known being Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Well, here is another one that deserves international success: pianist Jacob Christoffersen.

The impression that strikes immediately and persists through the whole CD ...