Saxophonist Karsten Vogel and Multi-Instrumentalist Robin Taylor Interviewed at AAJ

Meeting two diametrically different individuals currently active on the fusion scene in Denmark only drives home the fact that a variety of paths can lead to the contemporary stage. How different are they? One adorned in biker boots and pulling on a well chewed briar pipe, the other dapper in black jacket and slacks, flitting between chair and kitchen to cater for his hosts. One a self-taught musician, veteran of countless rock bands over the years and still a mean axe-man, the other a survivor of the late 1960s Copenhagen psychedelic scene that rivaled the West coast in its commitment to experimentation and the emergent radical youth culture.

Robin Taylor is a composer and multi-instrumentalist known mainly outside his home country of Denmark, while saxophonist Karsten Vogel has been a prominent figure on the Danish jazz and fusion scenes for the last forty years. The two have led their own separate careers but, in recent years, have come together often in Taylor's group, Taylor's Universe.

AAJ's Anthony Shaw had the rare opportunity to speak with the two of them together at Vogel's Copenhagen home.

Check out Karsten Vogel & Robin Taylor: The Bird and Bear of Danish Fusion at AAJ today!