This is a dynamite band with a bunch of my favorite musicians. The music is diverse and draws on a lot of different inspirations from rock to classical music - but always rooted in the tradition of jazz.

Our debut album First Movement was released in the summer of 2021.

ABOUT THE MUSICIANS

Kasper Tranberg is one of Denmark's foremost and most original jazz trumpeters and improvis- ers. His soulful playing has brought him into many different bands and constellations, and he has performed with Marc Ducret, Tyshawn Sorey, Jesper Zeuthen, Tim Berne and Yusef Lateef.

He has released 10 albums under his own name, most recently the acclaimed 'Nobody's Heart'.

Christian Vuust has performed many places with his soft and swinging saxophone, among others with bands such as Pauseland, 5 x Vuust, Den Danske Salmeduo and in a highly praised duo collaboration with the American pianist Aaron Parks.

Gorm Askjær is a guitarist and composer who works in the borderland between jazz and classi- cal music. He has made a name for himself with the orchestras GA Trio and GA Secret Safari. He has also composed, among other things, the large-scale work Curiosity Symphony for Aarhus Sinfonietta and Aarhus Jazz Orchestra with 2 soloists.

Thomas Sejthen is a versatile double bassist who, in addition to performing with his own trio, is always busy with orchestras such as INDRA, Uffe Steen Trio and Admiral Awesome.

Morten Nottelmann is a groovy and imaginative drummer with a past in the Dutch jazz scene, but now living in Denmark, where he is a frequently used sideman.

MUSIC

VIDEO

FIRST MOVEMENT (Album teaser)

IN THE DARK OF THE LIGHT (Single teaser)

PRESS MATERIAL

REVIEWS

Aarhusianske Gorm Askjær går egne veje i jazzen. Han vælger ruter, der er knapt så nedslidte og tager os med på en hemmelig safari (...) First Movement er et stærkt og originalt album med materiale til mange lytte-stunder.

– Niels Overgård, JazzNyt

”…dette er strålende musikk som både er varierte i form og spennende (…) hele veien skifter stemningene i musikken, ikke bare fra låt til låt, men også innenfor hver komposisjon, så hver komposisjon blir nærmest et eget «verk».”

– Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts

”Nytt og spennende fra danene”

– Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen

“Kraftfuldhed, glæde, spontanitet og noget uventet. Det er smuk musik ... det er musik, som har noget nerve og noget kant”.

- Niels Christian Cederberg, P8 Jazz

“En eksotisk safari, der bringer lytteren i den form for spændingsskabende uvished, der øger nysgerrigheden og appetitten på mere”

– Jakob Hassing, Jazz Special

(English translations of all reviews can be found in the English press text)