danish jazz compilation 2012 - booklet
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Booklet for JazzDanmarks "Danish Jazz Compilation 2012", released on download-card.TRANSCRIPT
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$IUR�EHDW��HWKQR�MD]]� LQÀXHQFHG�*LUOV�in Airports are dedicated to collecting world impressions and turning them into a new sound. They received a Danish Music Award in 2010 for the Best Jazz Crossover Release with WKHLU�¿UVW�DOEXP��7KHLU�VHFRQG�UHOHDVH�“Migration” is creating quite a stir. Jakob Baekgaard at Allaboutjazz.com called it “A blueprint for great things
to come, Migration is also a work of art in its own right, documenting some of the greatest talents on the Danish jazz scene.” Despite the strong LQÀXHQFH� RI� IRONORULF� PXVLF� IURP� DOO�over the World, the general vibe is still Scandinavian. It is about beauty in simplicity, and the focus is clearly on expression rather than perfection.
Line-up Martin Stender: Saxophone
Lars Greve: Saxophone, ClarinetMathias Holm: Keys
Victor Dybbroe: PercussionMads Forsby: Drums
www.girlsinairports.net
3.GIRLS IN AIRPORTSPirates and Tankers
4.CATHRINE LEGARDH & SIGURDUR FLOSASONMorning in May
“There is edge, controlled madness and melody at the same time. ‘LAND & SKY’ is a highly recommendable album and good example of very rare, grand, Danish jazz in a well known jazz tone, that is not afraid of challenging the familiar or even taking it a step further.” – Jazznyt.
Cathrine Legardh and Icelandic Sigurdur Flosason created twenty songs during six months - crossing the Atlantic, in cyberspace, over the phone and even while held up by ash from an active volcano in Iceland. First lyrics (Legardh) then music (Flosason) – each word and line carefully nurtured by tone and harmony. Exactly one year after the beginning of the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull, the album “Land & Sky” was ready to be released.
Line-upCathrine Legardh: Vocals
Sigurdur Flosason: Alto Saxophone Peter Rosendal: PianoLennart Ginman: Bass
Andreas Fryland: Drums
www.legardh.dk
5.KJÆRGAARD-STREET-CYRILLERow No. 18
Featuring the Danish pianist and rising talent, Søren Kjærgaard, iconic drummer Andrew Cyrille and renowned bassist Ben Street, this cross-generational trio has been hailed by international critics for their previous two releases. Highlighting the compositional voice of Søren Kjærgaard, the three musicians challenge the traditional trio format, and their efforts in breaking new musical grounds has brought them to the stages of festivals and venues in Denmark, Spain, Italy, Canada and the US. The third and present album “Femklang” is a work relying on its slow unravelling pulse to evoke a suspended, weightless sound world. The music, which is primarily written by Kjærgaard, explores sound and silence on equal terms, as two inseparable aspects, converging composition and improvisation LQWR�DQ�RSHQ�VRQLF�¿HOG�ZLWK�URRP�IRU�HDFK�LQGLYLGXDO�voice to unfold.
Line-upSøren Kjærgaard: Piano
Ben Street: BassAndrew Cyrille: Drums
www.sorenkjaergaard.com
6.MADS VINDING TRIOOpen Minds
Mads Vinding Trio has become somewhat of a concept - a mixture of jazz standards and original compositions - always performed with an emphasis on lyrical interplay. Mads Vinding is one of the many world-famous Danish bass players. He has performed all over the world and recorded with an LPSUHVVLYH� OLVW� RI� MD]]�PDVWHUV�� �%LOO\�+DUW� LV� RQH� RI� WKH�PRVW� LQÀXHQWLDO��melodic and creative drummers in jazz. He has recorded more than 600 records with people like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter DQG�KDV� WZLFH�ZRQ� WKH�¿UVW�SODFH� LQ�'RZQ�%HDW�&ULWLFV�3ROO��)UHQFK�ERUQ�Jean-Michel Pilc, now a American citizen residing in New York, is a self-taught pianist. Mads Vinding did not know him when Billy Hart suggested him as the pianist for this recoding – but what a surprise it turned out to be.
Line-upMads Vinding: Bass
Billy Hart: DrumsJean-Michel Pilc: Piano
www.vinding.dk
5.KJÆRGAARD-STREET-CYRILLERow No. 18
Featuring the Danish pianist and rising talent, Søren Kjærgaard, iconic drummer Andrew Cyrille and renowned bassist Ben Street, this cross-generational trio has been hailed by international critics for their previous two releases. Highlighting the compositional voice of Søren Kjærgaard, the three musicians challenge the traditional trio format, and their efforts in breaking new musical grounds has brought them to the stages of festivals and venues in Denmark, Spain, Italy, Canada and the US. The third and present album “Femklang” is a work relying on its slow unravelling pulse to evoke a suspended, weightless sound world. The music, which is primarily written by Kjærgaard, explores sound and silence on equal terms, as two inseparable aspects, converging composition and improvisation LQWR�DQ�RSHQ�VRQLF�¿HOG�ZLWK�URRP�IRU�HDFK�LQGLYLGXDO�voice to unfold.
Line-upSøren Kjærgaard: Piano
Ben Street: BassAndrew Cyrille: Drums
www.sorenkjaergaard.com
6.MADS VINDING TRIOOpen Minds
Mads Vinding Trio has become somewhat of a concept - a mixture of jazz standards and original compositions - always performed with an emphasis on lyrical interplay. Mads Vinding is one of the many world-famous Danish bass players. He has performed all over the world and recorded with an LPSUHVVLYH� OLVW� RI� MD]]�PDVWHUV�� �%LOO\�+DUW� LV� RQH� RI� WKH�PRVW� LQÀXHQWLDO��melodic and creative drummers in jazz. He has recorded more than 600 records with people like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter DQG�KDV� WZLFH�ZRQ� WKH�¿UVW�SODFH� LQ�'RZQ�%HDW�&ULWLFV�3ROO��)UHQFK�ERUQ�Jean-Michel Pilc, now a American citizen residing in New York, is a self-taught pianist. Mads Vinding did not know him when Billy Hart suggested him as the pianist for this recoding – but what a surprise it turned out to be.
Line-upMads Vinding: Bass
Billy Hart: DrumsJean-Michel Pilc: Piano
www.vinding.dk
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When August Rosenbaum released his solo-debut album “Beholder” at the tender age of 22, it was clear that a star of Danish jazz was in the making. Original, conceptual and challenging, “Beholder” left the mind spinning and clearly demonstrated the extent of the young man’s talent. Now teaming up with childhood musical friends, Jesper Thorn and Rasmus Lund as the August Rosenbaum Trio, their ¿UVW�/3�WRJHWKHU�UHYHDOV�D�PRUH�
subdued and tender musical repertoire. The themes on the eight live recordings are simple and the progressions subtle. The temper is Scandinavian, neither WRR� UXVKHG� QRU� EROG� RU� ÀDVK\��&OHDU�� FRQ¿GHQW� DQG� LQFLVLYH��the music is determined, though often it is unresolved. With this album, the August Rosenbaum Trio have created a rich investigation of emotion - a work of jazz that swells with soul, heartbreak, and above all, hope.
Line-up August Rosenbaum: Piano
Jesper Thorn: BassRasmus Lund: Drums
www.augustrosenbaum.com
Toldam gathered the orchestra spring 2010, choosing some of the best and most original musicians on the vibrant Danish jazz/avantgarde-scene. All of whom KDYH�EHHQ�OHDGLQJ�¿JXUHV��FUHDWLQJ�new waves in Danish jazz the past 20 years.Simon Toldam´s natural orchestration talent is sparkling in this orchestra. All compositions
DUH� ZULWWHQ� IRU� WKH� VSHFL¿F�musicians, highlighting the extreme amount of personality and original sound. In their own anarchistic respectfulness, the musicians transform Toldams music into intense tableaux’s celebrating the moment.Stork is hymns, improvisations, explosions, tranquillity and surprises.
Line-up Simon Toldam: Piano
Jimmy Nyborg: TrumpetSture Ericson: Alto Saxophone,
Bass ClarinetPeter Bruun: Drums
Nils Bo Davidsen: Bass
www.simontoldam.com
9.AUGUST ROSENBAUM TRIOPannon
10.SIMON TOLDAMTV up
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IKI is bubbling intuition and
exploding improvisation! IKI
is a philosophy, it’s being in
the present and creating mu-
sic on the spot, only by using
the human voice, exploring its
many facets and sounds. The
9 female musicians from Den-
mark, Finland, Norway and
Iceland evolve and transform
singing, and bring it into new
unchartered territories.
In 2011 the band released their
debut album “IKI” and received
a Danish Music Award for Best
Vocal Jazz Release of the Year.
Each of IKI’s concerts is a uni-
verse of its own. The band’s cu-
riosity and intuitive approach
to music already brought them
to numerous concert venues,
TV and radio in the Nordic
countries. They have worked
together with dancers, actors
and poets and made movie
soundtracks.
Line-up
Anna Mose (DK)
Johanna Sulkunen (FIN)
Mari Tveito (NOR)
6R¿H�+ROP��'.�Mia Marlen Berg (NOR)
Anna María Björnsdóttir (IS)
Guro Tveitnes (NOR)
Kamilla Kovacs (DK)
Mette Skou (DK)
www.ikivocal.com
11.IKI“Muisto”
“...you can get a feeling of
elevation, maybe even levitation.
It’s that stunning...my favorite
record of the year so far.” – Mark
Saleski, Jazz.com
Equilibrium is a fresh blend of
styles and genres (creative jazz,
chamber music, folk music,
live electronic voicescapes and
more). The group consists of
Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug,
Equilibrium’s main composer,
Sissel Vera Pettersen, a
Norwegian vocalist (now based
in Copenhagen) and Joachim
Badenhorst; a Belgian who has
spent the last two years based
mostly in Brooklyn.
The song “Sires” is, according
to Mikkel “a very typical
improvisation for us, as one of
the things that always inspires
us is to see if we can blend our
sounds so much we can’t tell who
is doing what.” Sissel thinks of
it as “almost more of a little pop
tune.... I really like the wavy feel
of it”
Line-up
Sissel Vera Pettersen: Voice,
Soprano Saxophone, Live
Electronics
Mikkel Ploug: Electric and
Acoustic Guitars
Joachim Badenhorst: Clarinet,
Bass Clarinet
www.mikkelploug.com
12.EQUILIBRIUMSires
The two musicians met in 2008 – Spejderrobot, a new up and coming electronic artist – Emil de Waal jazz drummer with an impressive curriculum RI� LQWHUQDWLRQDO�UHOHDVHV�DQG�D�VWULQJ�RI�KLJK�SUR¿OH�collaborations. Together they released their debut electro-impro-akustika album: Emil de Waal + 6SHMGHUURERW� LQ� ������ ZKLFK� UHFHLYHG� VHYHUDO� ¿YH�VWDU�UHYLHZV�LQ�WKH�'DQLVK�PXVLF�SUHVV��/LNH�WKH�¿UVW�release Number Two’s focal point is exploring the tension between electronic and analog/instrumental music, however with a stronger emphasis on the electronic side. Besides, the album features
interesting international artists, who Emil de Waal and Spejderrobot have toured with over the last couple of years e.g. Chinese multi- instrumentalist Xiao He, French/Danish avant-garde guitarist Hasse Poulsen.
Line-up Emil De Waal: Drums
Spejderrobot: Electronics
www.myspace.com/emildewaalspejderrobot
13.EMIL DE WAAL + SPEJDERROBOTAdele
14.SØREN DAHL JEPPESEN WITH ÓSKAR GUDJÓNSSONAlmost Home
”Perfectly seamless” is a very apt description of Søren Dahl Jeppesen’s sonic universe. On his past two releases, the young guitarist has struck a beautiful spheric vein, where quiet soundscapes form the base for a melodic and Nordic tone.”In November 2011 Red Sky and the 31-year-old guitarist was nominated for two Danish Music Awards (Grammy) in the categories ”Best Jazz Album” and ”Best New Jazz Artist” with these words. Red Sky was released only 1 ½ years after the equally acclaimed debut album Route One and Dahl Jeppesen collaborates once again with the Icelandic saxophonist Óskar Gudjónsson. The steady rhythm section consists of Klaus Nørgaard and Jakob Høyer.
Line-upSøren Dahl Jeppesen: Guitar
Óskar Gudjónsson: SaxophoneKlaus Nørgaard: BassJakob Høyer: Drums
www.sorendahljeppesen.dk
The two musicians met in 2008 – Spejderrobot, a new up and coming electronic artist – Emil de Waal jazz drummer with an impressive curriculum RI� LQWHUQDWLRQDO�UHOHDVHV�DQG�D�VWULQJ�RI�KLJK�SUR¿OH�collaborations. Together they released their debut electro-impro-akustika album: Emil de Waal + 6SHMGHUURERW� LQ� ������ ZKLFK� UHFHLYHG� VHYHUDO� ¿YH�VWDU�UHYLHZV�LQ�WKH�'DQLVK�PXVLF�SUHVV��/LNH�WKH�¿UVW�release Number Two’s focal point is exploring the tension between electronic and analog/instrumental music, however with a stronger emphasis on the electronic side. Besides, the album features
interesting international artists, who Emil de Waal and Spejderrobot have toured with over the last couple of years e.g. Chinese multi- instrumentalist Xiao He, French/Danish avant-garde guitarist Hasse Poulsen.
Line-up Emil De Waal: Drums
Spejderrobot: Electronics
www.myspace.com/emildewaalspejderrobot
13.EMIL DE WAAL + SPEJDERROBOTAdele
14.SØREN DAHL JEPPESEN WITH ÓSKAR GUDJÓNSSONAlmost Home
”Perfectly seamless” is a very apt description of Søren Dahl Jeppesen’s sonic universe. On his past two releases, the young guitarist has struck a beautiful spheric vein, where quiet soundscapes form the base for a melodic and Nordic tone.”In November 2011 Red Sky and the 31-year-old guitarist was nominated for two Danish Music Awards (Grammy) in the categories ”Best Jazz Album” and ”Best New Jazz Artist” with these words. Red Sky was released only 1 ½ years after the equally acclaimed debut album Route One and Dahl Jeppesen collaborates once again with the Icelandic saxophonist Óskar Gudjónsson. The steady rhythm section consists of Klaus Nørgaard and Jakob Høyer.
Line-upSøren Dahl Jeppesen: Guitar
Óskar Gudjónsson: SaxophoneKlaus Nørgaard: BassJakob Høyer: Drums
www.sorendahljeppesen.dk
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” – A musical monument where each tone and micro pause speaks with force and meaning. – And at least it is indisputably the Danish jazz record of the year!” Jazznyt,
Norway
Listening to the music, one will
hear that the repertoire consists of
Zeuthen’s often folkish melodies
and manifests itself in an area of
the music where the listener will
be able to recognize the melodies,
regardless of whether he has
heard them before or not.
It is all melodies that have
appeared by themselves and that
the “composer” has caught in the
PRPHQW�� %XW� ¿UVW� DQG� IRUHPRVW��this trio will offer mind-blowing
improvisations of great force and
the listeners will be taken on a
journey to unknown places.
Line-upJesper Zeuthen: Alto Saxophone
Thomas Præstegaard: Drums
Adam Pultz Melby: Double Bass
www.jesperzeuthen.com
15.JESPER ZEUTHEN TRIOTræet
16.KIRAAm i mad?
Billie Holiday’s wonderful voice has made a deep
impression on many of us. Vocalist Kira Skov also
fell under Billie’s spell: “I’ve been listening to Billie Holiday since my early teens. What I’m really aiming at with my interpretations is to bring Billie’s spirit to life for a spell.”35-year old Kira Skov has toured in Denmark and
abroad with Kira And The Kindred Spirits and the
British trip-hop star Tricky. Few can project a rock
tune like Kira, but she felt a need to develop other
facets of her musical personality. A new and very
special sensibility must, as one reviewer ventured,
“lead her artistically to new places”. With this
release, it has led her straight into the arms of Billie
Holiday. This particular song is however Kira´s own
composition.
Line-upKira Skov: Vocals
Mads Hyhne: Trombone
Jakob Dinesen: Tenor Sax
Heine Hansen: Piano
Nicolai Munch-Hansen: Double Bass
RJ Miller: Drums
www.myspace.com/kiraonline
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“This quartet displays strong unity with everyone contributing to the overwhelming spontaneity... air RI� ÀH[LELOLW\�� IXQ� DQG� WRJHWKHUQHVV�probably made this album a joy to make, and it is certainly a joy to listen to.” - All About Jazz Magazine, USA
Listening to the music of Delerium
feels like an exciting journey, delving
headlong into the multi-faceted jazz
from the northern latitudes. The group
FRQVLVWV�RI� IRXU� OHDGLQJ�¿JXUHV�RI� WKH�European jazz and improvised music
scene, three Danes and a Finn; four
genuine musical trailblazers of their
JHQHUDWLRQ��7RQDO�¿UHZRUNV��KDXQWLQJ�melodies, locked-in grooves, far-out
abstractions, percussive explosions,
solid swing, a deep and heartfelt
feeling of the blues; the soulful essence
of the musical expression of Delerium.
Line-upMikko Innanen: Saxophones
Kasper Tranberg: Cornet
Jonas Westergaard: Bass
Stefan Pasborg: Drums & Percussion
www.ILKmusic.com
17.DELIRIUMThe Coda of Ornette Coleman’s Blues Connotation and Other Sources of Inspiration
18.ANDERSKOV ACCIDENTPortrait Of The Lullaby As An Upper
Danish Pianist and Composer Jacob Anderskov has
UHOHDVHG�¿IWHHQ�KLJKO\�DFFODLPHG�DOEXPV�DV�D�/HDGHU��+H�has been mentioned in several international “best of the
year”- listings with every album of his in recent years.
Anderskov Accident, his medium-large ensemble, has
been in existence since 1999, has four albums out and has
toured in most countries of the western hemisphere.
7KH�PXVLF�MX[WDSRVHV�DQG�XQL¿HV�QHZ�FRPELQDWLRQV�RI�H�J��writing vs. freedom, time vs. rubato, broad beats vs. solid
grooves. Rhythmically, structurally and emotionally, there
is nothing like it. Anderskov Accident has constantly had a
visionary kind of irrational approach to music. The music
can be frenetic one moment, and straight down beautiful
or revelatory the next.
Line-upKasper Tranberg: Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Laura Toxværd: Alto Sax
Mads Hyhne: Trombone
Jacob Anderskov: Wurlitzer
Nils Davidsen: Bass
Tom Rainey: Drums
www.jacobanderskov.dk
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Østergaard Art Quartet is a collaboration between three countries and four unique musicians. Their debut album “Stories from the Village” (BoogiePost Recordings) is telling stories late at night between the light of burning candles, during hands in a friendly game of cards. Dissonant and brutal grooves are mixed with the most sincere, almost romantic harmonies. It is an intense meet-ing of love somewhere between the motorways of Europe and the Nordic tundra.The bandleader, Michala Østergaard-Nielsen, is a highly interesting musician with a unique voice on the Nordic
music scene today and is described as having an almost zen-like attitude towards drumming, improvisation and music.
Line-upMichala Østergaard-Nielsen (DK): Drums, PercussionKasper Tranberg (DK): Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn
Per Jørgensen (NO): Trumpet, Vocal & DaraboukaMarc Ducret (F): Electric & Acoustic Guitar
www.myspace.com/michalaostergaard
The Danish saxophone player, composer and conductor Lars Møller (b. 1966) is a leading 6FDQGLQDYLDQ� MD]]� ¿JXUH�� $V� D�composer he delicately combines his knowledge of the American jazz tradition with the melodic Nordic tradition and a very broad awareness of European classical music into a unique lyrical and forceful personal expression. From 1997 to 2011 Lars Møller was artistic director of The Orchestra - containing some of the best jazz musicians from the Danish/Swed-
ish jazz community. The band has a particular warm ensemble sound and is considered one of the best Big Bands in Scandinavia. In 2012 Lars Møller was appointed new artistic director of Klüvers Big Band, Aarhus, Denmark. In 2011 the album “Episodes” was given a special prize by the Danish Arts Council.
Line-upLars Møller: Conductor
Tuva Semmingsen: VocalsPeter Fuglsang, Kasper Wagner,
Pelle Fridell, Hans Ulrik, Jan Harbeck: Saxophones
Christer Gustafsson, Bjørn Ringkøbing, Maj-Berit Guassora,
Hendrik Jørgensen: TrompetSteen Hansen, Jakob Riis,
Niels Gerhardt, Klaus Löhrer: Trombones
Henrik Gunde: PianoMads Kjølby Olesen: Guitar
Kasper Vadsholt: BassJonas Holgersson: Drums
www.larsmoller.com
19.ØSTERGAARD ART QUARTETThe Storyteller
20.LARS MØLLER AND THE ORCHESTRAFolksong No. 1
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