Danish Jazz Compilation 2012 - booklet

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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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