Artist:Jakob Bro
Song:Mild
Album:Bay of Rainbows
Danish jazz guitarist Jakob Bro will probably remind you of Bill Frisell. He plays in an atmospheric style that a lot of European jazz musicians favor. Not surprisingly, he records for the German label ECM. He was born Apr. 11, 1978 in Risskov, Denmark. Bro listened to his dad's jazz record collection and played the trumpet as a child. He took up guitar as a teen and studied at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen. Then he moved to the US and studied at Berklee in Boston and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York. Drummer Paul Motian spotted Bro and hired him to play in his Electric Bebop Band. Bro appeared on Motian's 2004 album Garden of Eden. Bro has also recorded with Paul Bley, Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Mark Turner and Kenny Wheeler. Bro started out recording on his own label. He signed with ECM for his 2015 album Gefion. Bro usually records with a trio. On that album it was Thomas Morgan on bass and Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen. The 2018 album Bay of Rainbows was recorded live at The Jazz Standard in New York City. Morgan is still playing bass. The new drummer is Joey Baron who has been around since the 70s. Bro's latest album is Once Around the Room (A Tribute to Paul Motian) with special guest saxophonist Joe Lovano. This was released in 2022. Bro has composed the music for a new film called Music for Black Pigeons which premieres today in Knoxville. Then he is playing a week at the Village Vanguard in New York followed by stops in South America and then back to Europe. Here's Jakob Bro with Thomas Morgan and Joey Baron performing Mild at Brorson's Church in Copenhagen during the Winter Jazz Festival Feb. 7, 2019.
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