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Article: Year in Review

Jakob Baekgaard’s Best Releases of 2013

Read "Jakob Baekgaard’s Best Releases of 2013" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


So much good music and so much to choose from. Every day provides the opportunity to hear something new or rediscover the magic in old tunes. The records on this list don't have much in common, except they all sound completely fresh and open and have their own take on what it means to create jazz ...

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Article: Live Review

Tampere Jazz Happening 2013

Read "Tampere Jazz Happening 2013" reviewed by John Ephland


Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland October 31-November 3, 2013 It all started with a whimper. Or, rather, a quiet, almost serene drum roll. You knew things were going to eventually explode, but, of course, the getting there was half the fun. The Danish drum duo Toto was working in tandem in what ...

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Article: Album Review

Girls in Airports: Kaikoura

Read "Kaikoura" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Since releasing its self-titled debut in 2010, the Danish group Girls in Airports has managed to create their own expression, a unique blend of Nordic jazz lyricism, indie-rock influences and sounds from around the world, including the pentatonic scales of Ethiopian music, dub sounds of Jamaica and Brazilian rhythms. This is truly a globalized band if ...

Article: Album Review

Girls in Airports: Migration

Read "Migration" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Secondo disco a nome del gruppo danese Girls In Airports, un quintetto di giovani musicisti privo di contrabbasso, con due sassofoni in front line, tastiere elettroniche e delle percussioni in stile orientale accanto alla batteria. La musica è curiosa ed eclettica, un jazz moderno che pesca in modo non troppo caratterizzato dal classico stile nordico fino ...

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Migration

Label: Mawi Music
Released: 2011

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Article: Album Review

Girls in Airports: Migration

Read "Migration" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The view of the world is not greater than the eyes of the beholder and it is easy to remain bound to a particular culture and musical tradition, trying to find safety in familiar sounds. Beauty, however, is often found in the unexpected and unknown and like true musical travelers; Danish group Girls in Airports has ...

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Label: Mawi Music
Released: 2010

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Girls in Airports

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Track listing: Myanmar; Ferry For Sale; Girls in Airports; Halfway There; Moving In; Half An Hour In The Shower; Widow Bird; Plants and Trees; 30.000; New Year's Eve At The Hospice; Ticket To Nowhere.

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Article: Album Review

Girls in Airports: Girls in Airports

Read "Girls in Airports" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The influence of world music has been somewhat rare in Danish jazz, with the notable exception of Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra, which for several years has incorporated Asian music and African folklore into their particular bouncing brand of avant-garde wilderness. The arrival of Girls in Airports signals an altogether different approach to merging different sounds ...


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