Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur
Strands: Live At The Danish Radio Concert Hall [ ECM / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "When we walked out on stage it felt like a homecoming," says Jakob Bro of this texturally spacious and emotionally charged live recording from Copenhagen, on which three of the defining protagonists of improvisation in Denmark, leading musicians... |
PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Three Nocturnal Movements / Symphony No. 8 / Lysning Peter Herresthal (violin), Jakob Kullberg (cello) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Celebrating his 90th birthday in 2022, Per Nørgård is undoubtedly one of the most important Danish composers since Nielsen. |
Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano
Once Around the Room - A Tribute to Paul Motian (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 22/Feb/2023 ] On Once Around The Room ECM recording artists and key jazz musicians from several generations unite in a small ensemble to celebrate the musical legacy of drum icon Paul Motian in a big way. Joe Lovano and Jakob Bro lead a party of seven through... |
Jakob Bro / Joe Lovano
Once Around the Room - A Tribute to Paul Motian [ ECM / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] On Once Around The Room ECM recording artists and key jazz musicians from several generations unite in a small ensemble to celebrate the musical legacy of drum icon Paul Motian in a big way. Joe Lovano and Jakob Bro lead a party of seven through... |
ALBERT SCHNELZER
Schnelzer: A Freak in Burbank Ilya Gringolts (violin), Cecilia Zilliacus (violin), Jakob Koranyi (cello), David Huang & Henrik Måwe (piano) Västerås Sinfonietta [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Chamber and orchestral works from a leading Swedish composer. |
J. S. BACH
Bach on the Rauwolf Lute Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS / CD - released 5/Nov/2021 ] Jakob Lindberg returns to Bach with his 16th-century lute. |
PER NORGARD / KAIJA SAARIAHO
Remembering - Nørgård & Saariaho: Cello Concertos Jakob Kullberg (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Michael Francis, John Storgards, Sinfonia Varsovia, Szymon Bywalec [ BIS / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "[Nørgård and Kullberg's] partnership reflects an intensity of vision on both sides, and a sense of creative adventure that's mirrored by Kullberg's further pairing with Finnish composer, Kaija Saariaho…Throughout, the orchestral support is sterling" |
Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy
Uma Elmo [ ECM / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] With Uma Elmo, his fifth album as a leader for ECM, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro presents a new trio featuring Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Spanish drummer Jorge Rossy. Astonishingly, given the trio's musical synergy, the first time these... |
Jakob Bro
Uma Elmo (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] With Uma Elmo, his fifth album as a leader for ECM, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro presents a new trio featuring Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and Spanish drummer Jorge Rossy. Astonishingly, given the trio's musical synergy, the first time these... |
JAN ANTONIN LOSY
Losy: Note d'oro - Lute Music Jakob Lindberg (lute by Sixtus Rauwolf, Augsburg c. 1590) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Jan/2020 ] "The quality of Losy's music and the superb interpretations by Jakob Lindberg are further enhanced by a third factor - the instrument he plays. He employs a unique instrument with a beautiful and distinctive sound." MusicWeb Recommended |
Jakob Bro
Bay Of Rainbows [ ECM / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "There is no hurry to this music, but there is great depth," observed London Jazz News about Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's trio with two kindred-spirit Americans: bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Joey Baron. This poetically attuned group follows its... |
Jakob Bro
Bay Of Rainbows (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "There is no hurry to this music, but there is great depth," observed London Jazz News about Danish guitarist Jakob Bro's trio with two kindred-spirit Americans: bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Joey Baron. This poetically attuned group follows its... |
DOWLAND / HOLBORNE / BYRD / BRITTEN etc
Nocturnal - lute music from Dowland to Britten Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] One of today's foremost exponents of his instrument, Jakob Lindberg arrived at the lute by way of the guitar and played both for several years. When he decided to devote himself exclusively to the historic lute repertoire it was with some regret that... |
Jakob Bro (guitar) with Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jon Christensen (drums), Thomas Morgan (double bass)
Returnings [ ECM / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] "Danish guitarist Jakob Bro creates magical music, impossible to categorize", wrote Downbeat recently. On 'Returnings' the magic is intensified as Bro and musical soul-mate Thomas Morgan reconnect with two living legends of European jazz, trumpeter... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Lute By Sixtus Rauwolf: French & German Baroque Music Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "He is stately and expressive in Reusner's Padoana while seizing upon the extravagant trills and strums evoked by the Dufault and the elegant deportment of the Mouton. Lindberg similarly relishes the toccata-like textures, bittersweet harmonies and m |
NORGARD / SORENSEN / HELLSTENIUS / SAARIAHO
Nordsending: Nordic String Trios Trio Aristos: Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin) Alexander Øllgard (viola) Jakob Kullberg (cello) [ BIS / CD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] Nordsendingwas the name given by southern Norwegian people of the late Medieval and Early Modern period to magical attacks from the sorcerous sub-Arctic and Arctic. It was the 'broadcast from the north'. Other peoples had other names for it, but they... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Consolation - Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul Natalya Pasichnyk (piano), Jakob Koranyi (cello), Luthando Qave (baritone), Emil Jonason (clarinet), Christian Svarfvar (violin) [ BIS / CD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] In Ukraine, as in many other parts of Europe, the late nineteenth century saw the emergence of a national spirit which resulted in a movement to explore and cultivate popular culture. But the country would have to wait until 1991 for independence,... |
Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron
Streams (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 18/Nov/2016 ] On his second leader album for ECM - following on from the prizewinning Gefion - Danish guitarist Jakob Bro continues to refine his trio project, with its emphases on melody, sound, space, layered textures and interaction. The rapport between Bro and... |
MILANO, F. da / DALL'AQUILA, M. / JOSQUIN DES PREZ / RIPA, A. da
Lute Recital: Italian Lute Virtuosi of the Renaissance Jakob Lindberg (six course lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Lindberg's tempos always feel spot on, allowing the music to breathe (as does the exemplary recording)…a captivating conspectus of a golden age aglow with confidences and delights" Five Stars BBC Music |
Jakob
Sines [ Valve CD / CD - released 22/Oct/2014 ] Sines is as much soundscape as rock-show - an echo of the expansive surroundings of the band's native Hawke's Bay, personifying rough seas and sweeping landscapes. Each element in the vigorous trio that comprises JAKOB is as essential to the... |