Born in Odense and based in Copenhagen, Danish pianist and composer Søren Bebe belongs to the tradition of melodic and soulful Northern European musicians who tend to favour a minimal and emotional style in their approach to composition and arrangement. “For years I’ve been inspired by musicians like guitarist Jakob Bro, pianist Tord Gustavsen, bass […]
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Fox Capture Plan: Butterfly
Formed in Tokyo in 2011 by three musicians already active in three separate bands – Ryo Kishimoto on piano (Jabberloop), Hidehiro Kawai (Immigrant’s bossa band) on double bass and Tsukasa Inoue (Nhhmbase) on drums – Fox Capture Plan is a young trio playing an exuberant and infectious brand of contemporary jazz influenced by indie rock […]
Wesseltoft Schwarz Berglund: Trialogue
Since the early 1990s, Norwegian pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft has been a fervent innovator, always keen to experiment with a new and contemporary jazz sound – either as a collaborator with Jan Garbarek, Sidsel Endresel or Arild Andersen, as a solo performer, as a leader with his groundbreaking New Conception of Jazz or as […]
GoGo Penguin: v2.0
GoGo Penguin is a young Manchester-based jazz trio comprised of Chris Illingworth (piano), Nick Blacka (bass) and Rob Turner (drums). Released on 17th February 2014 last on Gondwana Records, v2.0 is the band’s second album which, like a software update, also signals a new line up with Nick Blacka replacing Grant Russell on the double […]
Laurent de Wilde: Fefe Naa Efe
Born in Washington in 1960 but raised in France, Laurent de Wilde is a very interesting jazz pianist sharing his time between Europe and the United States while constantly alternating between acoustic and electronic music. Released in 2012, Over the Clouds is Laurent de Wilde’s first acoustic jazz album since The Present (2006). In the meantime, […]
Stefano Battaglia Trio: Ismaro
Born in Milan in 1965, Stefano Battaglia studied classical piano and has recorded the baroque, renaissance and modern classical repertoire as a soloist or as part of larger ensembles. Since the mid-1980s, while never losing sight of his classical background, Stefano Battaglia’s interest in improvisation has gradually brought him closer to the jazz idiom. His […]
