Emil Hess Quartet feat. Thomas Clausen, Earle & Huntley (DK/CAN/US) at Copenhagen Jazz Festival at Christians Kirke

EMIL HESS QUARTET feat. Thomas Clausen

Saxophonist Emil Hess, who along with 3 X HESS won the Danish Music Award 2014 for best Danish jazz release, has assembled an exciting quartet with musicians from Denmark, Canada and New York, USA.
At this concert he will be presenting music from his new album with the Emil Hess Quartet, "Now You Hear It".

In 2014 -2016 the quartet played concerts at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival and elsewhere while recording a new album. All of these activities have now led to a quartet with great sensitivity and mutual understanding. New Nordic jazz with a transatlantic dimension....

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EMIL HESS QUARTET feat. Thomas Clausen

Saxophonist Emil Hess, who along with 3 X HESS won the Danish Music Award 2014 for best Danish jazz release, has assembled an exciting quartet with musicians from Denmark, Canada and New York, USA.
At this concert he will be presenting music from his new album with the Emil Hess Quartet, "Now You Hear It".

In 2014 -2016 the quartet played concerts at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival and elsewhere while recording a new album. All of these activities have now led to a quartet with great sensitivity and mutual understanding. New Nordic jazz with a transatlantic dimension.
Grooves and beautiful melodies, improvisation, openness and musical understanding.

Emil Hess, Copenhagen-based saxophonist and composer. Hess has written 300 compositions, released 13 albums and has played over 1000 concerts in Denmark and abroad.

Thomas Clausen, one of Denmark's finest pianists, has played with everyone and everything in Danish and international jazz.

Rich Huntley, busy, professional New York drummer has played all around the world. He is a teacher at Manhattan School of Music and has worked with Emil Hess since 1996.

Graig Earle is one of Denmarks most sought-after bass players who plays with Niels Lan Doky and others.

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