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Gianni Bardaro / Pierluigi Villani: Unfolding Routes
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The monochromatic cover of Unfolding Routes depicts an iconic--and stark--image of a deserted highway leading to an infinite horizon. It's perspective: an integral component of art. This collaboration of two outstanding Italian musicians is no dimensional illusion but, rather, an intelligent and involving artistic journey.Bardaro, Italian-born but now residing in Copenhagen, is a highly ...
Alex Jonsson 3: The Lost Moose
by Eyal Hareuveni
Danish guitarist Alex Jønsson--currently resides in Gothenburg, Sweden-- recently graduated from the acclaimed Danish Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, but already has a defined and focused aesthetics on his first release as a leader. Jønsson, together with reed player Lars Greve and drummer Christian Windfeld, has managed to create a recording of immediate, light and ...
Valby Summer Jazz Festival Reinvents Jazz In Copenhagen This July
In 2012, many stars such as Randy Brecker, Jim Hall and Lee Konitz gave lustre to Valby Summer Jazz. This year the festival once again strives to reinvent and introduce jazz music to new audiences in meetings between great jazz masters and some of the best classical acts, DJ’s, pop vocalists and crooners. Benjamin Koppel presents ...
FUSK: Super Kasper
by Eyal Hareuveni
How does a band introduce freedom to its music? Does the band play free jazz or, to paraphrase saxophonist Joe Lovano, does it play its jazz free? Danish Drummer and leader of the Danish-German quartet FUSK, Kasper Tom Christiansen's, answer to this question is simple: “Who cares?" FUSK defines its own freedom, between contrapuntal springboard melodies, ...
¡haUtUllin!: ¡haUtUllin!
by Eyal Hareuveni
{¡haUtUllin!}} is a new Scandinavian duo-- Norwegian drummer Håkon Berre, residing in Copenhagen, and Finnish guitarist Markus Pesonen-- that aim to break away from the prevailing musical genres and common understanding of their instruments roles and usage. The duo is gifted with reckless energy, imaginary vocabulary and a rebellious, eccentric spirit. The live improvisations embrace all, ...
Kasper Staub Trio: /
by Eyal Hareuveni
The unique title of this debut from the young Danish trio headed by pianist Kasper Staub, /, is explained as the sign that stands for the doubts the trio had to shake off and the choices it took in order to create its music. Staub, bassist Jens Mikkel and drummer Anders Vestergaard have collectively accumulated experiences ...
Take Five With Simon Spang-Hanssen
by AAJ Staff
Meet Simon Spang-Hanssen:First concerts in 1976 with John Tchicai and Strange Brothers, later also with Ben Besiakov, Jesper Lundgaard, Alex Riel, New Jungle Orchestra, Jan Kaspersen, Mozar Terra, Doug Raney.In Paris, from 1985-98: Orchestra National de Jazz, Denis Badault, Andy Emler, Nguyên Lê, Quintet Moutin, Ramuntcho Matta, Edouard Ferlet.Since 1998, ...
Headliners Revealed For Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013, July 5-14 - Chick Corea, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Frisell And More
This weekend Copenhagen Jazz Festival revealed this year's festivalposter and also named the first batch of the headliners that will be performing this July. Already the outlines of the 35th edition of Copenhagen’s huge annual music celebration of all sorts of jazz, world, funk, avant-garde and a lot more are visible. Copenhagen’s unique jazz history is ...
SVIN: Secretly We Are Gay
by Eyal Hareuveni
The Danish quartet SVIN sees its mission to “create a greater genre diversity in a world where the music industry's cash register sets the agenda." In its rebellious musical universe this band find inspiration in the manic aggression of Sonic Youth, mixing it with the fragile, celestial compositions of Arvo Pärt and spicing it with African ...
Thomas Albaek Jakobsen's Flux: Relationships
by Eyal Hareuveni
The aptly-titled Relationships describes best the debut release of Danish drummer Thomas Albæk Jakobsen's quintet Flux. It is all about the relationships between the musicians, their emphatic interplay, how they inspire each other and the way comprising pieces are weaved together to form a distinctive whole. Jakobsen's well-crafted compositions have a strong melodic ...
