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Article: Album Review

Lars Bech Pilgaards Slowburn: Som før

Read "Som før" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Danish guitarist Lars Bech Pilgaard has been involved in a number of underground projects and has his own record label, Mom Eat Dad Records. Recently, he has moved in an exciting new direction where influences from African music, jazz and experimental rock are combined. This original sound was featured prominently on his new project, Klimaforandringer (Climate ...

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Article: Album Review

Girls in Airports: Fables

Read "Fables" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Copenhagen quartet Girls in Airport is in fine form on Fables, its fourth release, and first on the Edition Records label. There are fewer big tunes than before although the band's trademark melodic hooks and rhythmic drive, its understated lyricism and hypnotic grooves are all present in abundance. What's been brought into sharper focus is the ...

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Mads la Cour's Almugi: Quartet

Read "Quartet" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Almugi is an ancient Scandinavian word that describes free men of the Kingdom who are gifted with exceptional goodness. It is also the name of an ongoing musical project of Danish cornet and trumpet player Mads la Cour, member of the Danish Radio Big Band. The first recording of this project featured la Cour in a ...

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Breidablik

Label: Hiatus Label
Released: 2014
Track listing: Part 1-1; Part 1-2; Part 1-3; Part 2-1; Part 2-2; Part 2-3; Part 3-4.

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Article: Year in Review

Jakob Baekgaard's Best Releases of 2014

Read "Jakob Baekgaard's Best Releases of 2014" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


2014 proved to be another fruitful year for jazz. The artists on this list represent many different musical directions, but that is the wonder of jazz. It is so many things and the world would indeed be poorer if the idiom was restricted to one particular sound. These artists all have a fresh approach to the ...

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Lars Greve: Breidablik

Read "Breidablik" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The beautiful cover of Danish saxophonist Lars Greve's album Breidablik has a secret that only reveals itself when looking closely at the surface. The name of the artist is hidden in the corner, printed with almost invisible letters, while all attention is directed towards an abstract sublime image. Is it nature or not? ...

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Penumbra Ensemble: Penumbra Ensemble

Read "Penumbra Ensemble" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Penumbra Ensemble is the project of Swedish guitarist Henrik Olsson, who is based in Copenhagen. The ensemble's self-titled debut enlists noteworthy young Danish jazz musicians, including drummer Mads Forsby and saxophonist Lars Greve from Girls In Airports. The project is carried by Olsson's original concept where musical voices are twisted and turned. There ...

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Latest from Danish Barefoot Records

Read "Latest from Danish Barefoot Records" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The 2012 edition of the Copenhagen Jazz festival offered a musical snapshot of the vibrant and varied Danish improvisational scene and its strong ties with other European improv scenes. The festival hosted 18 concerts, organized by the music collective and record label Barefoot Records. Half of those concerts were recorded, enjoying the presence of many guests ...

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Article: Album Review

Lars Bech Pilgaards Slowburn: Freiheit

Read "Freiheit" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The sophomore release of Danish guitarist Lars Bech Pilgaard's Slowburn quartet (following Mammut, Mom Eat Dad Records, 2012) blends his diverse and often conflicting tastes for alternative, art rock, punk and no wave, raw sounds and free- form improvisation. Pilgaard is assisted by the same attentive musicians that played on the quartet debut--renowned bassist Thommy Andersson, ...

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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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