Jakob Bro Discography of CDs

Jakob Bro CD discography Dark places can be foreboding, and also comforting or beautiful if put into proper context. Trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has always used introspection as a means for making his music, but on this recording he's all but snuffed out the candlelight, inspired by the wispy smoke that trails to the ceiling. During the 2000s he retained a regular working band of very young musicians, and for Dark Eyes he's formed a new band of promising up-and-coming players from Northern Europe, with instrumentation modified from the piano/bass/drums backup trio. The very subtle Danish guitarist Jakob Bro (from Paul Motian's band), multiple competition prize-winner Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila, Danish electric bass guitarist Anders Christensen (ex-Ravonettes and Motian), and drummer Olavi Louhivuori (also an accomplished pianist, violinist, and cellist) from Finland are all new names to the ECM family, playing with extraordinary reserve and even a bit of reticence. That subtle sense of territorial division between the band and Stanko marks a new, still toned-down chapter for the Polish trumpeter, beyond his previous suspended night-shaded productions. "So Nice" is certainly all that, a pristine, slow, piano-lined piece with a solemn viewpoint. Inspired by the expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, "The Dark Eyes of Martha Hirsch" evokes strong amounts of sunken sadness in a unison piano/guitar/trumpet line, while "Last Song" exudes a finality within the same type of democratic instrumental structure. Departing from feelings of gloom, the ambience remains, replaced with more joy during the pretty three-minute piece "May Sun" sans Stanko with Tuomarila's repeat piano lines tumbling down the stairs, while "Terminal 7" and "Grand Central," with a pedal point base, both ruminate with the flowing ...

Jakob Bro albums Liner Note Author: Povl Dissing. Recording information: STC Studios, Copenhagen (01/2010). Photographers: Jan Persson; Helene Hasen. Personnel: Povl Dissing (vocals); Jakob Bro (guitar); Jakob Dinesen (saxophone); Kasper Tranberg (trumpet, cornet); Mads Hyhne (trombone); Jakob Hoyer (drums, percussion); Marie Fisker, Mette Lindberg (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Andreas Hviid; Anders Christensen.

Jakob Bro music CDs Liner Note Author: Peter Laugesen. Recording information: STC Studio. Photographer: Morten Germund. Personnel: Jakob Bro (guitar); Ned Ferm (saxophone); Mads Hyhne (trombone); Jakob Hoyer (drums). Audio Mixer: Andreas Hviid.

Jakob Bro discography The follow-up to I HAVE THE ROOM ABOVE HER, Paul Motian's lauded collaboration with guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, 2006's GARDEN OF EDEN finds the veteran jazz drummer leading a much larger ensemble through a remarkable set. As with the previous outing, Motian presents inventive covers of tunes by Jerome Kern (a light, gentle take on "Bill") and Thelonious Monk (the shuffling rendition of "Evidence"), but that's where obvious similarities between the two albums end. GARDEN features the ...

Jakob Bro songs Recording information: Studio Minudio (04/14/2004/04/15/2004). Photographer: Amelie Deschamps. Personnel: Jakob Bro (vocals, guitar); Jacob Bro (guitar); Soeren Kjaergaard (electric piano); Soren Kjærgaard (Wurlitzer organ, loops); Jonas Westergaard (acoustic bass); Jeppe Gram (drums). Audio Mixer: John Fomsgård.

Jakob Bro CD discography Recording information: Systems 2, Brooklyn, NY (11/19/2006/11/20/2006). Arranger: Jakob Dinesen. Personnel: Jakob Dinesen (tenor saxophone); Jakob Bro (guitar); Nasheet Waits (drums). Audio Mixer: John Fomsgaard.

Jakob Bro albums Liner Note Author: Ib Skovgaard. Recording information: The Danish Broadcasting Corporation Studios (05/2007-06/2007). Author: Jonas Westergaard. Photographer: Nicola Fasano. Unknown Contributor Role: Soren Friis . Personnel: Jonas Westergaard (bass instrument); Jakob Bro (guitar); Peter Fuglsang (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet); Neils Vincentz (flute, saxophone); Jesper Zeuthen (alto saxophone); Kasper Tranberg (trumpet); Mads Hyhne (trombone); Soren Kjaergaard (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Jakob Hoyer (drums). Audio Mixers: John Fomsgaard; Lars Palsig.