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Jakob Bro

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Jakob Bro (1978) is a Danish guitar player and composer living in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is currently leading a quartet with Mark Turner, Joey Baron and Thomas Morgan, a quartet with Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan and Jorge Rossy and a trio with Joey Baron and Thomas Morgan. In the spring of 2018 he released the highly acclaimed album Returnings through ECM Records. In October that same year his trio released the album Bay Of Rainbows, recorded at the Jazz Standard in New York. Bro is also working with his tentet with Jesper Zeuthen, Peter Laugesen, Andrew D’Angelo, Chris Speed, Kresten Osgood, Jakob Høyer, Thomas Morgan, AC, Nikolaj Torp-Larsen and Søren Kjærgaard and he collaborates with Thomas Knak (Opiate) and with Larry Grenadier, Jorge Rossy and Arve Henriksen. Jakob Bro is a former member of Paul Motian & The Electric Bebop Band (Garden of Eden, ECM – 2006) and of Tomasz Stanko’s Dark Eyes Quintet (Dark Eyes, ECM – 2009). He has released 15 records as a bandleader including musicians like Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Bley, Chris Cheek, Thomas Morgan, Ben Street, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Andrew D’Angelo, Chris Speed, George Garzone, Craig Taborn, Oscar Noriega, David Virelles, Jon Christensen, Jesper Zeuthen, Anders Christensen, Peter Laugesen, Kresten Osgood, Jakob Høyer, Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Jonas Westergaard, Søren Kjærgaard, Nikolaj Torp Larsen and many more. He has toured in Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, South Africa, USA and most of Europe.

Album

Bro/Knak

Label: Loveland Records
Released: 2026

Album

Live at The Village Vanguard

Label: Loveland Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sound Creation Dug Abacus Pause; Colors; Song To An Old Friend; Once Around The Park; Once Around The Room; As It Should Be; Mumbo Jumbo.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

John O’Gallagher, Ivo Perelman, Jon Irabagon & Tomas Fujiwara

Read "John O’Gallagher, Ivo Perelman, Jon Irabagon & Tomas Fujiwara" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Three of today's premier saxophonists share this edition's spotlight, as all have new releases--John O'Gallagher, Ivo Perelman & Jon Irabagon. O'Gallagher, now living in Portugal, reunites with guitarist Ben Monder on his new Ancestral and pulls off a first for master drummers Billy Hart and {{m: Andrew Cyrille who had never played together. Perelman, on the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Few Of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things (So Far), Part 6

Read "A Few Of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things (So Far), Part 6" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Here's the final part of our retrospective focusing on the tracks from the first half of 2025 that have sparked our imagination and set the tone for the rest of the year. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Silke Eberhard Trio “New Dance" ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Anouar Brahem, Chris Gall, José Luiz Martins & More

Read "Anouar Brahem, Chris Gall, José Luiz Martins & More" reviewed by Marek J. Śmietański


Our 110th episode features new releases from various artists--it's annex to Spring 2025. So, Albums not mentioned until now, that reached me with a delay or that I previously overlooked. This selection is very international and very diverse, and by the way--very spring-like (meaning greenish). After all, diversity is a source of strength. Podcast in Polish ...

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Luke Stewart, Silvia Bolognesi & Alexander Hawkins

Read "Luke Stewart, Silvia Bolognesi & Alexander Hawkins" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


I confess to having a thing about basses, particularly of the acoustic kind, so I got all excited when the latest Luke Stewart album rolled in. About to do a gig with his Remembrance Quintet, he change course and combined musicians from his Silt Trio and the Quintet for a live gig which was recorded with ...

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Article: Album Review

Hvalfugl: Bag Vore Øjne Strømmer Drømme Sagte Forbi

Read "Bag Vore Øjne Strømmer Drømme Sagte Forbi" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


An impossible creature flies across the sky; a whale-bird. It has the heaviness and mythic stature of a whale and the lightness of a bird in slow flight. It is both grounded and free. This creature does not exist and yet it does exist in music. Since 2016, the Danish trio, Hvalfugl (Whale-bird), has created its ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Brittany Davis, Joe Lovano, Steve Hirsh & Jakob Bro

Read "Brittany Davis, Joe Lovano, Steve Hirsh & Jakob Bro" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


If you haven't heard of singer/pianist Brittany Davis, find her new album Black Thunder now! Ms Davis, who hails from Seattle and is blind, has released a very exciting recording that evokes echoes of Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Fay Victor and other great female singers. The fact that she and her trio, despite not being all ...

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Jamie Baum, Jon Irabagon, and Cassie Kinoshi

Read "Jamie Baum, Jon Irabagon, and Cassie Kinoshi" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features recent releases by Jamie Baum, Jon Irabagon, and Cassie Kinoshi as well as older music by Geri Allen, George Cables, and Barry Altschul. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 George Cables “Up ...


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