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The Nordic Fusion of BoogiePost Recordings
by Eyal Hareuveni
Swedish, Copenhagen-based guitarist Samuel Hällkvist and Swedish, Gothenburg-based guitarist Thomas Gunillasson suggest two different perspectives on the legacy of fusion on their new recordings, one reaches for infinite, futuristic sounds and the other is rooted in fusion technical legacy. Samuel Hällkvist Variety of Live BoogiePost Recordings 2015 ...
Jesper Lundgaard, featuring Enrico Pieranunzi & Alex Riel: 60 Out Of Shape
by Chris Mosey
Back in the glory days the Copenhagen jazz club Montmartre was known as The Village Vanguard of Europe." In the 1960s some of the biggest names in the music played there: Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz... the list goes on. And on: Roland Kirk, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, ...
Mads La Cour e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Mads La Cour: Onestà e sincerità. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. M.L.C.: La capacità di creare uno spazio libero all'interno di una forma rigida. AAJ: Come musicista, il momento in cui ...
Michael Ricci: A Modern Day Jazz Messenger
by Ian Patterson
All About Jazz is celebrating its twentieth anniversary but for founder Michael Ricci it's business as usual. For the Philadelphian that means dedicating huge amounts of time and energy to giving jazz musicians everywhere a platform, promoting the music globally, providing numerous services and encouraging debate around the key issues facing jazz today. This ...
Sands Fonnesbæk Riel: Take One
by Chris Mosey
In October 2014 pianist Christian Sands, a protégé of Billy Taylor, known mainly for with his work with bassist Christian McBride's trio, played two nights to remember at Copenhagen's legendary jazz club Montmartre. The highlights are captured on this Storyville double album. Sands plays with (rather than is accompanied by) phenomenal local bassist ...
Simon Toldam: A New Perspective in Jazz
by Jakob Baekgaard
Danish pianist and composer Simon Toldam is a man who is used to getting involved in many different musical situations. Toldam thrives on diversity and he has played all kinds of music, from folk music to modern jazz and avant-garde. No matter what he is playing, he invests himself in the different musical contexts and brings ...
Jazz for Kids: Copenhagen Jazz Festival
by Eyal Hareuveni
Jazz for Kids: Folkegaven (Kresten Osgood & Lars Greve) and Sun Ra for KidsCopenhagen Jazz Festival Søndermarken Park, Frederiksberg July 10, 2015 The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a massive event, lasting 10 days, offering 1,200 concerts that envelope all corners of the Danish capital and draws an audience of about 250,000 ...
Tomasz Dąbrowski FREE4ARTS: Six Months and Ten Drops
by Eyal Hareuveni
FREE4ARTS may be the most Nordic-sounding group of Polish, Copenhagen-based prolific trumpeter Tomasz Dąbrowski. The quartet features colleagues from the musicians-run collective and record label Barefoot Records including baritone saxophonist Sven Dam Meinild, who also plays in Dąbrowski international quartet Ocean Fanfare, and drummer Kasper Tom Christiansen, who collaborated before with Dąbrowski in the Polish-Danish trio ...
Jean-Michel Pilc, Marilyn Mazur, Mads Vinding: Composing
by Chris Mosey
A magical mystery tour with two heavies of the avant garde and one good old reliable jazz bassist who fits in anywhere. To be more precise: American/Danish percussionist Marilyn Mazur, she of the frizzy hair and intense eyes; French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, he of the goatee beard and dark, moody gaze; and Denmark's Mads Vinding, he ...
Glostrup Trioen/Alice Carreri: Spirit
by Chris Mosey
Some time between 1000 and 1197, the Danish village of Glostrup was founded by a man called Glob. In the 17th century it comprised eight farms and 13 houses. Today, engulfed as a suburb by the capital Copenhagen, it even boasts its own jazz trio. Its members, Torben Kjaer (piano), Henrik Dhyrbye (bass) ...


