Jakob Bro brings together an international version of his big band for Vinterjazz 2025 featuring Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, Spanish Jorge Rossy and Danish poet Peter Laugesen.
After a series of international tours and critically acclaimed releases on ECM Records, guitarist Jakob Bro returns with his "big band" of three or four saxophonists, two drummers and two bassists: "It is my laboratory as a composer, where my simple songs are "sung" in chorus focusing on the song and melody. The compositions are interpreted by some of my close musical friends, a collective group exciting musicians, who give the songs edge, wildness and hopefully moments of beauty," he explains....
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Jakob Bro brings together an international version of his big band for Vinterjazz 2025 featuring Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, Spanish Jorge Rossy and Danish poet Peter Laugesen.
After a series of international tours and critically acclaimed releases on ECM Records, guitarist Jakob Bro returns with his "big band" of three or four saxophonists, two drummers and two bassists: "It is my laboratory as a composer, where my simple songs are "sung" in chorus focusing on the song and melody. The compositions are interpreted by some of my close musical friends, a collective group exciting musicians, who give the songs edge, wildness and hopefully moments of beauty," he explains.
For two decades, this group has evolved around alto saxophonists Jesper Zeuthen and Andrew D'Angelo, the original Jakob Bro trio consisting of bassist Anders Christensen and drummer Jakob Hรธyer, as well as Kresten Osgood and poet Peter Laugesen - their latest album Hymnotic/Salmodisk was released ten years ago (2015) alongside Jakob Bro's international breakthrough, and this summer the band was in the studio to record a new album, which is expected to be released in February 2025.
Jakob Bro skaber nye forbindelser og samler en international udgave af sin storgruppe til Vinterjazz 2025 featuring den chilenske tenorsaxofonist Melissa Aldana, spanske Jorge Rossy og den danske digter Peter Laugesen.
Efter en rรฆkke internationale turnรฉer og anmelderroste udgivelser pรฅ ECM Records vender guitarist Jakob Bro tilbage med sit "storband" med tre-fire saxofonister, to trommeslagere og to bassister: "Det er mit laboratorium som komponist, hvor mine simple sange bliver "sunget" i kor med tyk streg under sangen og melodien. Kompositionerne bliver fortolket af nogle af mine tรฆtte musikalske venner og bliver lรธftet af en kollektiv gruppe af fantastiske, spรฆndende musikere, som giver sangene kant, vildskab og forhรฅbentlig momenter af skรธnhed," forklarer han.
Ny musik i februar 2025
I to รฅrtier har denne gruppe udviklet sig omkring altsaxofonisterne Jesper Zeuthen og Andrew D'Angelo, den oprindelige Jakob Bro trio bestรฅende af bassist Anders Christensen og trommeslager Jakob Hรธyer, samt Kresten Osgood og digter Peter Laugesen - deres seneste album Hymnotic/Salmodisk udkom for ti รฅr siden (2015) sidelรธbende med Jakob Bros internationale gennembrud, og i sommers var bandet i studiet for at indspille et nyt album, som forventes at udkomme i februar 2025.
Derfor har Jakob Bro samlet storbandet til en turnรฉ i januar-februar, som udover den velkendte kerne byder pรฅ fire internationale gรฆster i form af den fremadstormende Blue Note-saxofonist Melissa Aldana, barytonsaxofonisten Hanne de Backer, kontrabassist Yannick Peeters og den spanske trommeslager Jorge Rossy (f. 1964), der har spillet med legender som Wayne Shorter, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley og var mangeรฅrigt medlem af Brad Mehldau Trio.
"Jeg lรฆrte tidligt af Paul Motian, hvor afgรธrende det var at afprรธve kompositioner i forskellige line-ups. Paul gjorde det hele tiden, og sangene fik nyt liv. De blev ikke ligegyldige eller overspillede, men blomstrede op og gik i andre retninger. Der er sรฅ meget รฅbenhed i musikken, at sangen kan fortolkes pรฅ et hav af mรฅder afhรฆngig af orkestrering, line-up, situation og rummet. Jeg glรฆder mig helt vildt til, at vi skal kaste os ud pรฅ dybt vand foran et publikum med nye stemmer og finde frem til nogle helt nye steder sammen," understreger Jakob Bro.
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