Lineup
En vaskeægte Myspace historie:
Ideen til bandet opstod, da den i N.Y. bosiddende jazzsaxofonist Stephan Kammerer skrev til Jens Jefsen via Myspace.
Stephan og Jens er i familie, men havde indtil den dag endnu kun hørt om hinanden (Jens er Stephans mors fætter)
Stephan og Jens har nu sammensat et band, der udover de to hovedpersoner også includerer den i New York bosiddende pianist John Chin, og den spanske trommeslager Marc Ayza.
Et band med fire topmusikere:
Stephan Kammerer:
Er uddannet saxofonist fra Berklee College Of Music, Boston. Har turneret med Maynard Ferguson og The Artie Shaw Orchestra. Han leder sin egen kvartet i NYC med John Chin på klaver , Matt Clohesy på bas og Mark Ferber på trommer. Denne gruppe optrådte fornylig på Jazz at The Lincoln Center. Stephan er i øjeblikket CD aktuel med Krackedlenz Project. Han har blandt andet optrådt med Antonio Sanchez, Lionel Loueke, Ingrid Jensen, David “Fathead” Newman, Jon Hendix, Benny Green og mange flere.
Jens Jefsen:
Hører til blandt eliten af danske jazzbassister og har gennem mange år vundet anerkendelse for sit lyriske og lydhøre spil. Han har optrådt med rigtig mange jazzberømtheder, lige fra Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Ben Webster til nuværende solister som Dave Samuels og Adam Nussbaum. Som medlem af Klüvers Big Band med solister som Bob Mintzer, Jerry Bergonzi, Paquito D'Rivera, John Abercrombie. Har siden 1987 haft egen trio og kvartet.
John Chin:
Er en fremadstormende ung koreansk jazzpianist i New York. Han er i øjeblikket CD aktuel med Blackout Conception der har høstet mange anmelderroser, en anmelder skrev “Chin charts a bright course with Blackout Conception that augurs well for the future”. Medvirkende er blandt andre saxofonisten Mark Turner, trommeslageren Billy Campbell og bassisten Chris Higgins. Han kan ofte høres med Dan Rieser, Chris Cheek, Donny McCaslin eller som “side man” med Irwin Mayfield eller Sue Giles.
Marc Ayza:
Ung og talentfuld jazztrommeslager, født i Barcelona.
Har studeret hos Jorge Rossy og Quim Soler, og i New York hos Nasheet Waits, Eric McPherson og Brian Blade. I New York spillede han desuden med Jason Lindner, Sheila Jordan, Steve Kuhn, Antonio Hart, Seamus Blake og Mulgrew Miller. Er CD aktuel med Raynald Colom Quintet, Andreu Zaragoza Quartet, og med sin egen CD Offering, hvorpå Marc beviser, ifølge en anmeldelse i allaboutjazz.com, at han kan løfte opgaven at kombinere jazz og hip hop på en kunstnerisk måde. En opgave der af andre er løst før med blandede resultater, og Marc bevæger sig hjemmevant i begge genrer, som han limer sammen med sit overdådige og lydhøre spil.
A True MySpace story.
The idea for this band came when the New York based saxophonist and composer Stephan Kammerer contacted the Danish bassist and composer Jens Jefsen through Myspace.
Stephan and Jens are related, but had till that day only heard of each other (Jens is Stephan's mothers cousin).
Soon plans where made to meet in a quartet. Along with Stephan from the US comes pianist John Chin. And from Spain comes drummer Marc Ayza.
has toured with Maynard Ferguson Big Bob Nuoveau and The Artie Shaw Orchestra. He currently leads his own Quartet in New York featuring John Chin on Piano, Matt Clohesy on bass and Mark Ferber on drums. This group recently performed at Jazz at The Lincoln Center. He currently has a CD out called Krackedlenz Project. He has performed with Antonio Sanchez, Lionel Loueke, Ingrid Jensen, David “Fathead” Newman, Jon Hendix, Benny Green and many more.
belongs to the elite of the Danish bass players and has through many years gained recognition for his lyrical and responsive playing. He has played with many american artists like Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge.
is an up and coming artist who’s new release Blackout Conception is being highly lauded by critics. One critic wrote “Chin charts a bright course with Blackout Conception that augurs well for the future”. Blackout Conception features Mark Turner
on tenor sax, Billy Campbell on drums and Chris Higgins on bass. John is very busy on the scene in New York and can be heard with artists such as Dan Rieser, Chris Cheek, Donny McCaslin or as sideman with Irwin Mayfield and Sue Giles.
Marc Ayza
accomplishes a task that many have attempted with uneven results: artfully combining jazz and hip hop. The two idioms have had countless encounters, sometimes subtly cross-pollinating ideas. Ayza gigs very well on both sides of the street.
The Spain-based drummer/composer's dexterous traps have been heard in performances with jazz names such as Jason Lindner, Claudia Acuna, Mulgrew Miller and Giulia Valle as well as involvement in Spain's hip hop music scene and New York rap artist Core Rhythm. From Jeff "Tain" Watts-like dynamics to the backbeats of The Roots' drummer "?uestlove," Ayza can deliver a variety of rhythms.
Ayza succeeds in showing the continuity between both hip hop and jazz.
accomplishes a task that many have attempted with uneven results: artfully combining jazz and hip hop. The two idioms have had countless encounters, sometimes subtly cross-pollinating ideas. Ayza gigs very well on both sides of the street.
The Spain-based drummer/composer's dexterous traps have been heard in performances with jazz names such as Jason Lindner, Claudia Acuna, Mulgrew Miller and Giulia Valle as well as involvement in Spain's hip hop music scene and New York rap artist Core Rhythm. From Jeff "Tain" Watts-like dynamics to the backbeats of The Roots' drummer "?uestlove," Ayza can deliver a variety of rhythms.
Ayza succeeds in showing the continuity between both hip hop and jazz.
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