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August Rosenbaum

Born: April 30, 1987

24-year old pianist August Rosenbaum is an active contributor to the progressive Danish jazz scene. In 2010 he won a Danish Grammy for his debut "Beholder" and was named '#1 New Danish Jazz Act'. Oct 2011 marks the release of a new trio record titled "Live LP". AR has worked with artists such as Quadron, Robin Hannibal, Jesper Just, Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan and renowned composer Else-Marie Pade

Kaspersen, Jan

Born: April 22, 1948

Jan Kaspersen Pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Born 22 April 1948 in Copenhagen. Studied piano with Duke Jordan, Kjell Olson, and Herman D. Koppel, and jazz theory with George Russell. Study trips to The Gambia, West Africa, in 1983 and 1985. Active on the jazz scene since 1969, primarily in Denmark, but also in Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the USA, and Russia. Awarded DJBFA's composer prize in 1987, the JASA prize in 1988, Statens Kunstfonds 3-year work grant in 1993 and lifelong grant from 1998. Kaspersen has played with such groups as "Blue Sun" 1969-72, "Alif" 1976-78, and "Nada" 1978-80

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Rasmus Kjærsgaard - Saxophones Thomas Fryland - Trumpet Graig Earle - Bass Carsten Landors - Drums Saxophonist Rasmus Kjærsgaard has been fascinated by the James Bond films and their music since long before Jazz became the love of his life. Inspired by the fierce swing and humorous undertones of tenor saxophonist and bodybuilder Sonny Rollins’ musical style in the 1950’s, (when he recorded music from westerns, comedies, etc), Kjærsgaard has allied himself with trumpeter Thomas Fryland, Canadian bassist Graig Earle and drummer Carsten Landors to present classic Bond music with a contemporary jazz aesthetic. When Monty Norman and John Berry presented the first musical tones of Dr

JuliousBass

Born: November 8, 1972

Julious Bass (bio) Low end is an an absolutely fundamental element in hip-hop, and ironically, there aren't many bass players that present themselves as "hip hop bassists". The sample / digital dominated culture within the genre usually leave "old school" instrumentalists under the shadows, but this is definitely not the case of Julious Bass, who set out to create a unique sound with his sharp lyrical flow and groovy, funk-inspired slap bass lines - bridging the gaps between his own creativity and the technical skills learned at the London Music School. As a performer, Julious managed to share the stage with artists the likes of Busta Rhymes, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, Jennifer Hudson and Jay Z, just to name a few, while his own music ranges from hip-hop to rock, funk and soul with a kaleidoscopic feel, influenced by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Victor Wooten,and Drake, among others Let the songs tell you the rest of the story, stream tracks and find out more about Julious Bass on his official website. http://www.juliousbass.com/

Michael Dalgas

Born: November 28, 1978

Danish drummer educated with a diploma degree at the Academy of Music Michael Dalgas' playing is characterised by a great dynamic range, energetic groove as well as a highly developed sense of time. The music of Michael Dalgas is melodic and often melancholy but with great nearness and character. Michael Dalgas' second solo album with Michael Dalgas Trio called "Death of a Tree" is released on the Danish label Gateway Music 29th of July 2020. Started to play the snare drum at the age of 11 in a local marching band. Starts taking piano lessons in high school and was introduced to music theory, fusion and jazz. Was introduced to drummers like Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Ben Riley, Philly Joe Jones and Ed Thigpen. Studied at Vestbirk music folk high school in the spring of 2001 Got accepted at the Conservatory of Music in 2002. Master degree from the Conservatory of Music in 2008. Release debute record as bandleader called "Skylight Lounge", 2009 at Barefoot Records. Release second album as bandleader with Michael Dalgas Trio "Death of a Tree, 2020 Gateway Music. Teaches drums guitar, piano and ensemble playing.

Håkon Berre

Born: August 19, 1980

Norwegian drummer. Former student of drummers such as Per Oddvar Johansen, Martin Andersen and Stefan Pasborg. Has also studied Max/MSP with Jakob Riis. Lives in Copenhagen where he is mainly focusing on the avantgarde scene, working on incorporating realtime electronics into free improvisation. Has worked with artists such as John Pelosi, Petter Wettre, Ole Staveteig, Simon-Spang Hanssen, Stephan Meinberg, Paul Brosseau, Peter Brötzmann, Wu Wei, Marc Bernstein, Martin Schack, Thommy Andersson, Niels Præstholm, Bob Rockwell, Jonas Westergaard and Jeppe Skovbakke. Håkon has released 6 CD’s on the danish/norwegian record label “Barefoot Records” (www.barefoot-records.com), where he also is one of the co-founders and contributes as a graphic designer.

Lotte Anker

Born: 1958

Lotte Anker was born 1958 in Copenhagen. As a child and young she studied classical piano but took up the saxophone and improvised music in 1980, primarily influenced through the music of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter but also the more experimental jazzscene in Scandinavia at that time. She has studied music at the Copenhagen University from 1980-84 and par-ticipated in several courses and workshops lead by e.g.: Joe Henderson, David Liebman, John Tchicai, Marilyn Mazur, David Murray. As a composer she is mostly selftaught but has a degree in composition from Rhytmic Conservatory, Cph. Compositionclass led by Bob Brookmeyer as well as danish contemporary composers such as Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgren, Svend Hvidtfeldt-Nielsen, Hans Abrahamsen. Lotte Anker has played in various danish/scandinavian groups e.g.: Marilyn Mazurs “Primi Band" ,Two Bass-Hit, Saxmachine (saxophonequartet), Jazzgroup 90, Art-Out, Marilyn Mazurs “Summerquartet” etc

European Youth Jazz Orchestra 2007

Swinging Europe - The European Youth Jazz Orchestra 2007. Conducted by Lars Møller, Denmark. This year’s choice of conductor to front the European Youth Jazz Orchestra - EYJO is the Dane Lars Møller. Inspired by exiting American jazz influences mixed with the unique melodic tradition of Scandinavia, the EYJO 07 show presents new compositions and fresh re-arrangements of the groundbreaking and sax-playing comet, known from the progressive big band The Orchestra. Compelling rhythmic intensity mixed with a broad emotional expression marks his contemporary and highly original music for the gifted young musicians

Jesper Lundgaard

Born: June 12, 1954

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Born 1954 in Hilleroed, Denmark.
Started to play bass at the age of 16.
Studied music at Aarhus University from 1976, and played at the local jazzclub Tagskaegget with many American jazz-greats, e.g Roy Eldridge, Harry Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Doug and Jimmy Raney.

In 1978 was with the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra doing a 3 months Europe tour.

In 1979 moved to Copenhagen, played at the jazz clubs of La Fontaine, Slukefter, and Montmartre.

Has performed with Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Tommy Flanagan, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Chet Baker, Duke Jordan, Michel Petrucciani, John Scofield, just to mention a few.

Has played as a member of the Thad Jones Eclipse, The Radio Jazz Group, the Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band, the Bob Rockwell Quartet, and the Bent Jaedig Quartet

Marilyn Mazur

Born: January 18, 1955

Marilyn Mazur was born in New York in 1955. She has beenliving in Denmark since age six. As a child and teenager sheplayed classical piano and danced ballet.

She started her musical career as a dancer with CreativeDance Theatre in 1971. As composer/pianist she formedher first band Zirenes in 1973. From 1975 she worked aspercussionist, drummer and singer with various groups, andbecame known on the danish musicscene as the colorfulpercussionist/composer of the group Six Winds withdrummer Alex Riel and as the leader of the all-women-musictheatre-group Primi Band.

Marilyn Mazur is educated at the Royal Danish Academy ofMusic, but is largely autodidact on her instruments, inspiredby music from all over the world. She received the BenWebster Award in 1983, and the same year started a jazzquartet with saxophonist Uffe Markussen. She continued todevelope her very personal forms of musicalcommunication with various - mostly european - artists.