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Palle Mikkelborg/Jakob Bro/Marilyn Mazur

Strands - Live at the Danish Radio Concert Hall

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Release Date: November 10, 2023

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Lyskaster (excerpt) - LIVE
1 Gefion  
2 Oktober  
3 Returnings  
4 Strands  
5 Youth  
6 Lyskaster  
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“When we walked out on stage it felt like a homecoming,” says guitarist 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 from three generations of Danish jazz, come together. The concert, in February 2023, was particularly poignant since it marked a return to performance for trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, who delivers characteristically thoughtful playing here, always in service of the group context.

Repertoire - primarily by Bro but also including Mikkelborg’s piece “Youth” as well as “Returnings”, co-written by Palle and Jakob - is addressed in spontaneous and exploratory spirit. Material is gently transformed and reinvented as Marilyn Mazur’s subtle percussion language of blossoming gongs, bowed metals and rumbling drums blends with Bro’s drifting and rippling washes of sound.  The music’s atmospheric qualities, as well its eruptive moments, are enhanced by the resonant acoustics of the Danish Radio Concert Hall. 

  • Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur - Strands makes JAZZIZ: The Week in Jazz
    Posted At: January 8, 2024 12:00 AM
    “When we walked out on stage it felt like a homecoming,” says guitarist 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 from three generations of Danish jazz, come together. The concert, in February 2023, was particularly poignant since it marked a return to performance fo...
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  • 'Strands' is an absorbing listen from three creative masters: Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro & Marilyn Mazur / All About Jazz
    Posted At: November 10, 2023 12:00 AM
    All About Jazz - Karl Ackermann writes…Strands brings together three of Denmark's finest artists, in their ancestral home. Palle Mikkelborg and Marilyn Mazur have a substantial history together, as does Jakob Bro but to a lesser extent. Bro penned five of the six compositions, one with Mikkelborg, who also contributed one of his pieces. In a storied career which dates to the '60s, Mikkelborg has recorded as...
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