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Nikolaj Hess
Multiple award-winning pianist and composer Nikolaj Hess is a sophisticated, boundary-pushing virtuoso artist with a sound that spans Nordic jazz, post-bop, new-classical, and Global jazz traditions. His touch on the piano is described as effervescent and golden, and Mitch Myers from Magnet Magazine/Down Beat calls him “one of the most inventive pianists working today”.
His deep background in jazz, classical and scandinavian folk music together with his interest in West-African music has combined in a unique creative amalgam of his own, leading to numerous international collaborations and releases of his own, latest a series of albums based on his peer reviewed artistic research project Transformative Reflections, in the transdisciplinary field of music and visual arts, and a solo concert series at MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum, The Getty Museum, and The Smithsonian. Hess has performed at jazz festivals and high profile venues in many parts of the world, and even played with Fela Kuti and Femi Kuti at the legendary “The Shrine” in Lagos.
Aarhus Jazz Festival 2022
by Jakob Baekgaard
Aarhus Jazz Festival Various Venues Aarhus, Denmark July 9-16, 2022 With around 283,000 citizens, Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark, and the role of playing second fiddle doesn't suit a city that tends to be overshadowed by its big brother, the capital Copenhagen. Or so you would think. In fact, ...
Ravel, Chopin & Debussy for Jazzheads
by Ludovico Granvassu
In the second part of this week's exploration of jazz inspired by classical music, we focus on projects in tribute to the works of three composers that have influenced scores of jazz musicians, Maurice Ravel, Frédéric Chopin and Claude Debussy. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng ...
Morten Haxholm: Vestigium
by Friedrich Kunzmann
The world of bass players in modern and post-bop jazz can be divided into two currents. On the one hand, you'll find the dominant character who leads the compositions with a decisive hand and frequent moments of striking ostinatos. On the other, one finds a personality who seems to walk through the composition and, like camouflage, ...
The Art of the Quintet: Voro Garcia and Magnus Thuelund
by Jakob Baekgaard
A good form is hard to find, but the quintet offers plenty of variety in terms of musical texture and yet has the intimacy that a larger band often misses. Here are two artists who both take full advantage of the format of the quintet. Both are leaders who write their own tunes, and both are ...
Helle Henning: Nordic Sounds
by Suzanne Lorge
If you're watching the latest Disney film in Copenhagen, you're most likely listening to singer Helle Henning. Helle not only sings the character overdubs for big animated film imports in her native Denmark, but she conducts the ensemble singers on these sessions. She also teaches jazz at one of Denmark's foremost music conservatories and recently released ...
Budd Kopman's Best Releases of 2016
by Budd Kopman
Of the seventy or so albums I was fortunate to review this year (with many still waiting in the wings), the releases below (in chronological order) are those that moved me the most and hence that I remember the clearest, even after a year. The quality of the music is uniformly high, and leaving something off ...
Ron Thomas / Paul Klinefelter: Duo
by Budd Kopman
One of the wonderful things about jazz is that it can be appreciated from more than one angle, oftentimes simultaneously: pure entertainment, art as entertainment, art as beauty and art as intellect among others. Some of this, of course, relates to music in general, but jazz as a genre has moved beyond any stylistic boundaries to ...
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