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Thomas Albaek Jakobsen

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Jakobsen, who has long been touted for his drumming skills in the northern part of Denmark, is now being recognized as a composer as well: he penned all of the tracks on the first album by FLUX and in 2010 he wrote two tunes for acclaimed album Canopus by the JazzNord Ensemble, featuring the renowned sax player Dick Oatts. As a musician Jacobsen is also known from his work with the Christina Jones Quintet and the electro acoustic trio Brem/Rizzi/Jakobsen, who work with improvisations on silent movies. Jacobsen earned a masters degree in Arts and Jazz history and studies with such notable Danish and international drummers and composers as Henry Cole, Peter Retzlaff, Soren Moller, Peter Brem and Peter Jensen.About Jakobsen’s drumming the newspaper ‘Flensborg Avis’ wrote, “Thomas Albæk Jakobsen is dynamic

Album

Voyager

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Spirit Soul; Ballad; Departure; Muggy Dusk; ParaJive; Bricks; Scenery; Long Johns.

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Thomas Albæk Jakobsen's Flux: Voyager

Read "Voyager" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Flux is a project from Danish drummer and composer Thomas Albæk Jakobsen. In 2013, he released the album Relations. Voyager is the follow-up and as the name implies, it is an adventurous album that explores many moods, but the tone is predominantly lyrical. An important addition to the group is the experienced pianist ...

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Thomas Albæk Jakobsen's Flux: Voyager

Read "Voyager" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Tranquil tidings, flowing gestures, sweeping statements, curious encounters, and triumphant displays are all incorporated into the music of Danish drummer Thomas Albæk Jakobsen's FLUX. For the band's second album, following Relationships (Self Produced, 2013), Jakobsen sought to highlight the group's development during the two year span between records. That aspect of the work is something that ...

Album

Relationships

Label: Flux Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: Prologue; Blade-ish; A New Beginning; Inception (part I); Largo (part II); Asjahaa; Chicago; Sunday Morning in Late Winter; Epilogue.

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Blade-ish

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Label: Flux Music
Released: 2013
Duration: 6:32

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Thomas Albaek Jakobsen's Flux: Relationships

Read "Relationships" reviewed 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 ...


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