Tranberg's Terracotta & Real People OUT NOW
Posted: November 21st, 2008
Two new albums featuring yours truly have just been released on Blackout Music:
Real People: Real People
(Rudresh Mahanthappa, sax - Tranberg, tp - Anderskov, pno - Carlo de Rosa, bass - Anders Mogensen, drums). Including compositions by all members of the group.
&
Kasper Tranberg's Terracotta
(trio w/ KT, tp - JA, pno - Jakob Høyer, drums). Find Terracotta on iTunes HERE
Anderskov + Airto on front page of iTunes Jazz Europe
Posted: September 27th, 2008
The Anderskov & Airto: Ears to the Ground album is on the front page of iTunes Jazz in all Europe this week.
In general, downloads are available of the entire Anderskov catalogue (except maybe a few back catalogue items coming up soon).
"einem der spannendsten Musiker in Europa"
Posted: September 7th, 2008
The preview at "Jazz from Copenhagen AM RHEIN", Köln, September 2008, calls Anderskov "one of the most exciting musicians in Europe";
"Der Pianist Jacob Anderskov hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem der spannendsten Musiker in Europa entwickelt mit immer neuen Projekten, die alle Aspekte freier Musik realisieren von überwältigender Schönheit bis zu totaler Freiheit." - Hans Jürgen von Osterhausen
Accident review in Down Beat
Posted: August 15th, 2008
The Anderskov Accident album NEWSPEAK receives 4 out of 5 stars in Down Beat Magazine in the September 2008 issue.
The review states a.o.:
"Keyboardist Jacob Anderskov has almost nonchalantly displayed a dizzying range and curiosity on more than a dozen records cut under his leadership.
Newspeak is the third album credited to his group Anderskov Accident, a wild and woolly octet that attacks his knotty and moody compositions with an appealing loose feel. Within his tunes one can detect a grocery list of ingredients - music from Africa and the Balkans, postbop, dirge - but under his assured leadership the end result never sounds like a hodgepodge.
While the solid tunes are beguiling, equally important to the music's effectiveness is the way the arrangements priviledge ensemble sound. The superb group, including tenor saxophonist Ned Ferm, trombonist Peter Dahlgren and alto saxophonist Jesper Zeuthen, contribute ripping solos, but like a growing number of bandleaders, Anderskov makes sure they don't arrive as isolated packages of information. Each improvisation is deeply connected to every tune, bursting out of the arrangement like a seeking tendril, so that the band doesn't just sit back while one person blows. They are all plucked in all of the time. While the sound is dense, the leader makes good use of dynamics, with a naturalistic ebb and flow that makes those arrangements practically invisible. Watch out for this guy." - Peter Margasak, Down Beat, September 2008.
Reviews from DK, US, Pl.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008
3 new reviews of the latest albums, from magazines in Denmark, USA, Poland:
"With over a dozen CDs as leader since his 2001 debut, Danish pianist Jacob Anderskov is a celebrated name in his home country. But he is patiently working his way - much like the form his music takes - into widespread jazz consciousness, particularly here in the States. Amorphous, introspective - almost meditative - pieces slowly blossom into respective wholes and in whatever context he’s heard, two things remain constant: fluidity and originality.
One of the pianist’s primary musical outlets is his Anderskov Accident group. Their latest, Newspeak, is an octet - three reeds, two brass, piano, bass and drums that work as one, though are also strong individualists; tenor saxist Ned Ferm and trombonist Peter Dahlgren, trumpeter Kasper Tranberg and bass clarinetist Anders Banke all shine. Gorgeous Gil Evans-esque trombone-based brass contrasted by floating reed harmonies are paced by bass and drum-led march figures (“Lisbutin e Mirkola”, “Se Nu Stiger Solen” and “Salene”). This is most definitely a band record and that’s no accident." - Laurence Donohue-Greene, ALL ABOUT JAZZ NYC, July 2008.
Polish magazine Jazzforum gives Accident's Newspeak album the "Rewelecja" stamp in their June 2008 issue.
[The Danish reveiw below states a.o. that "Anderskov is something as rare as a musical seismograph on Danish soil, and is as such invaluable, capacious and engaging."]
"Det har alle dage været en sand og susende lise for den eksperimenterende sjæl at følge Jacob Anderskov og hans værk. Dels fordi Anderskov sammen med blandt andre Kresten Osgood, Jonas Westergaard og Jakob Bro har været en af bannerførerne i den yngre, danske jazzscenbes opbrud i starten af 2000'erne, og dels fordi Anderskov bare er vitterlig suveræn Anderskov med alt, hvad dertil hører af en umiskendelig tindrende alvor, en vedholdende og rummelig nysgerrighed og en omfattende, men afmålt og væsentlig produktivitet. Anderskov er noget så sjældent som en art musikalsk seismograf på dansk jord, og som (netop) det er han vitterligt et uvurderligt, rummeligt og engagerende aktiv for fagfolk såvel som lægmænd."
- Jakob Østergaard Nielsen, Jazzspecial Juni 2008.
Run off groove review
Posted: June 30th, 2008
"The name [Accident] conjures up chaos and disorder, and in fact "The Fourth K" opens up in just that fashion, bringing to mind the collision of sound one might hear on Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz or John Coltrane's Meditations, but when "Lisbutin E Morkola" starts, almost as if you're entering a funeral service, you begin to sense that these guys are going to do things differently. The album seems to be based on the headlines found in today's newspapers, there's a tone to this that is almost unsettling but that is a reflection of an unsettling world. It sounds more like a workshop than a group of musicians, think back to Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra where every sound and burst of energy turns into a specific statement, or helps stir up an emotion in you that is very much of the now. In other words, hearing this makes you feel as if they understand what's going on in the world's confusion, and if you had a way you'd join them in their workshop.
Newspeak says a lot without saying a word, it's one of those albums that would work perfectly live and I hope this album as a whole will be ranked up there with some of Charles Mingus' and Pharoah Sanders' classics." - http://therunoffgroove.blogspot.com/2008/06/run-off-groove-207.html
2 new CD's out May 19th with Anderskov Accident & Jacob Anderskov - Airto Moreira
Posted: May 18th, 2008
Monday May 19th, 2008 marks the simultaneous release of 2 new CD's by Anderskov:
Anderskov Accident: Newspeak
&
Jacob Anderskov & Airto Moreira: Ears to the Ground.
See discography for further info.
Panta Rhei - Review in Jazz Podium
Posted: April 8th, 2008
"Masterpiece" ... "Rarely does one meet such an assembly of virtuosity, emotionalty, versatily of expression as by Anderskov"... "extraordinarily creative" ...
Panta Rhei - Review in Jazz Podium, in German:
"Seit etlichen Jahren begegnet man dem grossen wie jungen und ausserordentlich kreativen Komponisten, Bandleader und Pianisten Jacob Anderskov aus Dänemark. Fasziniert ob dieses grandiosen Beitrags zur aktuellen Musik Europas ist man, egal ob er sein grosses Ensemble Anderskov Accident (alles andere als ein Unfall) leitet oder ganz allein am Piano sitzt. Letzeres hat er mit der neuen CD "Panta Rhei" getan.
Beschäftigt man sich heutzutage mit der neuen Piano-Generation, kann man leicht den ûberblick verlieren ob der grossen Zahl der Begabten und deres zahlreichen Ideen. Aber selten trifft man auf solch eine Ansammlung von Virtuosität, Emotionalität, Ausdrucksbreite wie bei Anderskov.
Dass Anderskov einer der am meisten ausgezeichneten jungen Musiker aus der Welt der Improvisation in Dänemark ist, wo es weiss Gott keinen Mangel an herausragenden Musikern dieses Metiers gibt, kann man nach dem Erlebnis dieses neuen Meisterwerks nachvollziehen. Wieder einmal bietet das Soloklavier den Kern der künstlerischen Aussagen eines ansonsten höchst vielseitigen Künstlers." - Hans Jürgen von Osterhausen, Jazz Podium (De), April 2008.
Final mix & master ready for the Twin CD release with resp. Anderskov Accident & Airto+Anderskov
Posted: March 5th, 2008
The final mix & masters are now ready for the 2 simultaneous upcoming CD releases on May 19th, 2008. The two amazing and unheard of CDs are with respectively Anderskov Accident & Jacob Anderskov - Airto Moreira duo. Stay tuned!
Everything is Babel
Posted: March 1st, 2008
Panta Rhei (everything is flux) now received reviews in languages as diverse as Swedish, Polish, Greek, Italian, German, Danish and English. For obvious reasons I dont understand all of it. If anyone out there masters all these languages simultaneously, we could translate the whole thing a lot of ways...
Geiger review of Panta Rhei (Danish only)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008
"Panta Rhei: "alt er bevægelse", således sagde Heraklit, og han havde ret. Livet er en strøm: fødsel og død, blomstring og forfald. Livet er ikke bare i bevægelse, det er bevægelse. Når det er sagt, så findes der bevægelser, der ingen veje fører hen og bevægelser, der altid er på vej et sted hen. Skeptikere siger ofte om den "frie" jazz, at den er formløs, disharmonisk og ulogisk. Sådanne skeptikere burde lytte til Jacob Anderskov. Så ville de opdage, at den frihed som den "frie" jazz giver er købt med blod, sved og tårer, og at den forudsætter kendskabet til strukturer, såvel harmoniske som abstrakte. For at ødelægge, må man kunne skabe (noget at ødelægge) og for at skabe, må man kunne ødelægge (det allerede skabte). Akkurat som livet er uløseligt knyttet til døden.
Anderskov har kendskab til traditionen, såvel den klassiske som jazzens avantgarde og mainstream. I hans klavermusik er der spor af den klassiske impressionisme (Debussy, Satie, Fauré), men også en avantgardist som Cecil Taylor og mainstreamlegender som Keith Jarrett og Bill Evans. På Panta Rhei får Anderskov også vist sin gæld til den nyere kompositionsmusik i form af tilegnelsen til Györgi Ligeti: "Györgi Ligeti in memoriam". Den bedste hyldest til en kunstner er et originalt stykke musik og ved at fremtræde med sin egen kompositoriske stemme, der samtidig sværmer om Ligetis univers med de klokkeklare dissonanser, så besynger Anderskov Ligeti på den mest indfølte måde.
Panta Rhei består af syv soloklavernumre. Syv konversationer med kunstneren selv. Udgivelsen med An Auf viste en Anderskov, der havde nået et nyt lyrisk plateau, men på grund af albummets elektroakustiske natur var det umuligt at høre klaverimprovisationerne uden en vis grad af elektronisk "forvrængning". Her får man solospillet i dets reneste form, og det er en nydelse at følge Anderskov – og det uanset om han følger mere harmoniske veje som i "Reactio: Eisenach - Djoliba" eller eksperimenterer med dissonanser som i førnævnte komposition til Györgi Ligeti.
Fra brede blokke af akkorder til frit flyvende triller, fra det tunge melankolske til den florlette lyrisme. Jacob Anderskov mestrer ethvert aspekt af sit instrument. Eller rettere sagt, han kender vejene og vildvejene i den kunstneriske praksis. Opmærksomheden omkring at hvert øjeblik må tælle, at det er i øjeblikket musikken skabes. Introduktionen til "Contradictio: Danbury - Paide" river næsten hjertestrengene fra hinanden, men kompositionen udvikler sig og balancerer mellem to "melodier", en harmonisk og en abstrakt. Det er næsten en kontrapunktisk teknik som hos Bach, men opdateret til et nutidigt formsprog, hvor det moderne og klassiske står side om side.
Jacob Anderskovs musik er stadigvæk ikke let. Det kræver tålmodighed at bevæge sig ind i hans univers, en overgivelse og en fordybelse. Når det er sagt, så er Panta Rhei hans hidtil mest åbne invitation til lytteren. Et velafrundet portræt af kunstneren som modent menneske.
- Jakob Bækgaard, Geiger.dk - januar 2008
JACOB ANDERSKOV SOLO @ Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Søndag d. 27.januar kl 20.30
Posted: January 25th, 2008
JACOB ANDERSKOV SOLO @ Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Søndag d. 27.januar kl 20.30 - kun eet sæt - dobbeltkoncert med Little Red Suitcase.
Fra Informations foromtale af koncerten fredag 25/1-08: "Den danske jazzpianist Jacob Anderskov har høstet stor opnærksomhed og anerkendelse for sine kunstnerisk overskudsprægede og improviserede musikalske storylines. Hans seneste plade, "Panta Rhei", refererer til Heraklits bemærkning om, at alting flyder, og man må sandelig sige, at pladen flyder musikalsk og lækkert, og at hver lytning er som at hoppe i et musikalsk renselsesbad på ny."
Naja pictures
Posted: January 22nd, 2008
Finally I found the time to upload some pictures of my wonderful daughter, who arrived in late October 2007. See www.jacobanderskov.dk/content.php?b=NAJA
Panta Rhei
Posted: January 14th, 2008
Panta Rhei receives the "REWELACJA" recommendation in the Polish magazine "Audio-Video" (12.2007).
Gaffa on Panta Rhei
Posted: November 12th, 2007
Review of Panta Rhei in Gaffa (Danish only): "Stort soloalbum fra en af den danske jazzscenes bedste pianister; Der er noget mørkt og melankolsk, mystisk og medrivende over jazzpianisten Jacob Anderskovs meget, meget smukke nye soloalbum Panta Rhei. Albummet består af en stribe af pianistens improvisationer og afslører en ikke bare teknisk habil, men også kunstnerisk meget overskudsbetonet storyteller med ublokeret adgang til sit eget stof. Anderskovs evne til at udfolde en historie er særlig tydelig i længere skæringer som Extractio: Skumring og Reactio: Eisenach - Djoliba. Begge de nævnte skæringer er dybt originale fortællinger fremført med kunstnerisk ekvilibrisme og udtalt sans for fortælleteknik og rytmik. Trods en indbygget kompleksitet er begge skæringer meget tilgængelige, smukke og forførende. Begge skæringer sender da også tankerne i retningen af Keith Jarrett og dennes soloimprovisationer. Men Jacob Anderskov fremstår alligevel som i besiddelse af sin helt egen originale profil og i den forstand som en stor selvstændig kunstner. Panta Rhei er ikke bare noget af det bedste hidtil fra Anderskovs egen hånd, det er også noget af det bedste hidtil i år fra den danske jazzscene." -Ivan Rod, Gaffa.dk, 5/11-2007.
PANTA RHEI (Solo piano album) OUT NOW
Posted: November 5th, 2007
Panta Rhei, the first Jacob Anderskov Solo Piano CD, is out now on ILK (ILK136CD). See Discography for details.
Calendar and discography updated
Posted: September 15th, 2007
The calendar and discography sites were updated today. Check out upcoming concerts and tourperiods, as well as info on the soon-to-be-released Jacob Anderskov Solo Piano CD "Panta Rhei".
Festival time
Posted: July 7th, 2007
For good time, make it Festival time. The CPH & Aarhus Jazz Festivals are happening during the next couple of weeks. Check Calendar for concert info. And have a nice summer...
Label feature on ILK in AAJ-NYC
Posted: July 5th, 2007
The "Label Spotlight" article in the All About Jazz - New York, July 2007 issue, is about ILK. If you're not in NYC to pick up the magazine by hand, you can read the whole article in the web version of AAJ-NYC at
www.allaboutjazz.com
AN AUF
Posted: June 26th, 2007
The Album "AN AUF" was elected as "new music album of the week" in the programme "Lyt til Nyt" ("listen to new music") on DR, Danish National Radio, June 26th. The programme, in which 5 tracks from the album were aired, will be on the web for a couple of weeks to come. Hear the programme at
www.dr.dk/P2/lyttilnyt
Lovedale awarded at the DMA Jazz 2007
Posted: June 10th, 2007
Lovedale's album "Grill Music" received the award as "Danish Jazz Album of the Year" at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2007.
Lovedale nominated for DMA
Posted: May 15th, 2007
Lovedale nominated for DMA. Winners will be announced June 8th.
An Auf CD out now(dk)/ soon(intl)
Posted: May 14th, 2007
An auf: An auf (ILK132CD)
Jacob Anderskov, piano.
Jakob Riis, computer.
CD out May 14th (in Denmark). International releaase early August 2007.
If a sole android in an urban desert is recalling its early hallucinogene experiences, will there be a sound?
And if there were, what would it sound like?
... see Discography for further info.
reviews of paa dansk
Posted: March 28th, 2007
New reviews of Jacob Anderskov på dansk.
Cadence Magazine (USA) states a.o.:
"Danish pianist Jacob Anderskov’s playing comes across to me as a quiet celebration, even in passages of high density or volume. His virtuosity is never in question, and his conception of note and chord relations is deliciously complex. Yet, every note is meditative, seemingly born of long introspection.
His warm tones and effortless chromaticism conjure shades of Messiaen and Cage in ways that only Richard Grossman’s pianism has done previously.
He is aided throughout the disc by some top-flight playing, sensitive and skilled in equal measure and when appropriate. Swells and fades are group efforts, the sense of ensemble interplay pervasive throughout, no mean feat in the larger group tracks.
The two-drum lineup is especially well conceived, and the music blends freedom and tradition in a manner that is often revelatory. Experienced lovers of new-thing mayhem will hear instrumental relationships anew while power and energy still abound. Connoisseurs of the piano should also take note, as this is one of the most original voices I’ve heard on the instrument in some time. " - Marc Medwin, Cadence Magazine, March 2007.
Click here for more quotes on jacob anderskov på dansk
ANDERSKOV ACCIDENT
Posted: February 19th, 2007
ANDERSKOV ACCIDENT concerts: Dexter, Odense, Friday Feb.23rd. Holbaek Jazzklub, Holbaek, Saturday, Feb.24th.
Real People
Posted: January 30th, 2007
The Real People (Rudy Mahanthappa, Kasper Tranberg, Jacob Anderskov, Carlos de Rosa, Anders Mogensen) tour in DK & De in late January featured music written by all bandmembers. It included concerts, live recordings and studio recordings. - and, by the way, was a blast ...
Jacob Anderskov På Dansk LIVE 07-01-07
Posted: January 10th, 2007
På Dansk: Koncerten søndag d. 7. januar 2007 på Statens Museum for Kunst var første og foreløbigt eneste live-præsentation af CD'en JACOB ANDERSKOV PÅ DANSK. 400 tilskuere overværede 10 sange fra højskolesangbogen sat i dialog med udvalgte kunstværker fra museets samlinger. Tak til alle medvirkende og tilskuere.
Welcome
Posted: December 20th, 2006
Welcome to the homepage of Jacob Anderskov. The page features information on discography, biography, other -ographys and miscellaneous information.
A couple of additional features will be added in near future.
- Enjoy your stay.
Jacob Anderskov På Dansk reviews
Posted: December 16th, 2006
The new CD "Jacob Anderskov På Dansk" is getting reviews more diverse than any of my previous albums. Among the reviewers have been jazznyt.blogspot.com, dr.dk/jazz, Højskolebladet, Jazz Special and Politiken.
Jacob Anderskov På Dansk
Posted: November 30th, 2006
New CD out now:
JACOB ANDERSKOV PÅ DANSK.
11 traditional Danish songs, in radically yet loyally changed versions.
See "discography" for more info - or "contact" for info on how to get it.
Fall 2006 summary
Posted: November 20th, 2006
Managed to get through an exciting fall schedule without scratches.
Some of the high points were:
Lovedale tour in late september,
my first longer SOLO tour in early october,
an Accident tour in Balkan in late October, and an Accident tour in Denmark-Germany-France-Holland in mid-November.
Thanks to everybody who came to the concerts!
Posted: November 21st, 2008
Two new albums featuring yours truly have just been released on Blackout Music:
Real People: Real People
(Rudresh Mahanthappa, sax - Tranberg, tp - Anderskov, pno - Carlo de Rosa, bass - Anders Mogensen, drums). Including compositions by all members of the group.
&
Kasper Tranberg's Terracotta
(trio w/ KT, tp - JA, pno - Jakob Høyer, drums). Find Terracotta on iTunes HERE
Anderskov + Airto on front page of iTunes Jazz Europe
Posted: September 27th, 2008
The Anderskov & Airto: Ears to the Ground album is on the front page of iTunes Jazz in all Europe this week.
In general, downloads are available of the entire Anderskov catalogue (except maybe a few back catalogue items coming up soon).
"einem der spannendsten Musiker in Europa"
Posted: September 7th, 2008
The preview at "Jazz from Copenhagen AM RHEIN", Köln, September 2008, calls Anderskov "one of the most exciting musicians in Europe";
"Der Pianist Jacob Anderskov hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem der spannendsten Musiker in Europa entwickelt mit immer neuen Projekten, die alle Aspekte freier Musik realisieren von überwältigender Schönheit bis zu totaler Freiheit." - Hans Jürgen von Osterhausen
Accident review in Down Beat
Posted: August 15th, 2008
The Anderskov Accident album NEWSPEAK receives 4 out of 5 stars in Down Beat Magazine in the September 2008 issue.
The review states a.o.:
"Keyboardist Jacob Anderskov has almost nonchalantly displayed a dizzying range and curiosity on more than a dozen records cut under his leadership.
Newspeak is the third album credited to his group Anderskov Accident, a wild and woolly octet that attacks his knotty and moody compositions with an appealing loose feel. Within his tunes one can detect a grocery list of ingredients - music from Africa and the Balkans, postbop, dirge - but under his assured leadership the end result never sounds like a hodgepodge.
While the solid tunes are beguiling, equally important to the music's effectiveness is the way the arrangements priviledge ensemble sound. The superb group, including tenor saxophonist Ned Ferm, trombonist Peter Dahlgren and alto saxophonist Jesper Zeuthen, contribute ripping solos, but like a growing number of bandleaders, Anderskov makes sure they don't arrive as isolated packages of information. Each improvisation is deeply connected to every tune, bursting out of the arrangement like a seeking tendril, so that the band doesn't just sit back while one person blows. They are all plucked in all of the time. While the sound is dense, the leader makes good use of dynamics, with a naturalistic ebb and flow that makes those arrangements practically invisible. Watch out for this guy." - Peter Margasak, Down Beat, September 2008.
Reviews from DK, US, Pl.
Posted: July 3rd, 2008
3 new reviews of the latest albums, from magazines in Denmark, USA, Poland:
"With over a dozen CDs as leader since his 2001 debut, Danish pianist Jacob Anderskov is a celebrated name in his home country. But he is patiently working his way - much like the form his music takes - into widespread jazz consciousness, particularly here in the States. Amorphous, introspective - almost meditative - pieces slowly blossom into respective wholes and in whatever context he’s heard, two things remain constant: fluidity and originality.
One of the pianist’s primary musical outlets is his Anderskov Accident group. Their latest, Newspeak, is an octet - three reeds, two brass, piano, bass and drums that work as one, though are also strong individualists; tenor saxist Ned Ferm and trombonist Peter Dahlgren, trumpeter Kasper Tranberg and bass clarinetist Anders Banke all shine. Gorgeous Gil Evans-esque trombone-based brass contrasted by floating reed harmonies are paced by bass and drum-led march figures (“Lisbutin e Mirkola”, “Se Nu Stiger Solen” and “Salene”). This is most definitely a band record and that’s no accident." - Laurence Donohue-Greene, ALL ABOUT JAZZ NYC, July 2008.
Polish magazine Jazzforum gives Accident's Newspeak album the "Rewelecja" stamp in their June 2008 issue.
[The Danish reveiw below states a.o. that "Anderskov is something as rare as a musical seismograph on Danish soil, and is as such invaluable, capacious and engaging."]
"Det har alle dage været en sand og susende lise for den eksperimenterende sjæl at følge Jacob Anderskov og hans værk. Dels fordi Anderskov sammen med blandt andre Kresten Osgood, Jonas Westergaard og Jakob Bro har været en af bannerførerne i den yngre, danske jazzscenbes opbrud i starten af 2000'erne, og dels fordi Anderskov bare er vitterlig suveræn Anderskov med alt, hvad dertil hører af en umiskendelig tindrende alvor, en vedholdende og rummelig nysgerrighed og en omfattende, men afmålt og væsentlig produktivitet. Anderskov er noget så sjældent som en art musikalsk seismograf på dansk jord, og som (netop) det er han vitterligt et uvurderligt, rummeligt og engagerende aktiv for fagfolk såvel som lægmænd."
- Jakob Østergaard Nielsen, Jazzspecial Juni 2008.
Run off groove review
Posted: June 30th, 2008
"The name [Accident] conjures up chaos and disorder, and in fact "The Fourth K" opens up in just that fashion, bringing to mind the collision of sound one might hear on Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz or John Coltrane's Meditations, but when "Lisbutin E Morkola" starts, almost as if you're entering a funeral service, you begin to sense that these guys are going to do things differently. The album seems to be based on the headlines found in today's newspapers, there's a tone to this that is almost unsettling but that is a reflection of an unsettling world. It sounds more like a workshop than a group of musicians, think back to Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra where every sound and burst of energy turns into a specific statement, or helps stir up an emotion in you that is very much of the now. In other words, hearing this makes you feel as if they understand what's going on in the world's confusion, and if you had a way you'd join them in their workshop.
Newspeak says a lot without saying a word, it's one of those albums that would work perfectly live and I hope this album as a whole will be ranked up there with some of Charles Mingus' and Pharoah Sanders' classics." - http://therunoffgroove.blogspot.com/2008/06/run-off-groove-207.html
2 new CD's out May 19th with Anderskov Accident & Jacob Anderskov - Airto Moreira
Posted: May 18th, 2008
Monday May 19th, 2008 marks the simultaneous release of 2 new CD's by Anderskov:
Anderskov Accident: Newspeak
&
Jacob Anderskov & Airto Moreira: Ears to the Ground.
See discography for further info.
Panta Rhei - Review in Jazz Podium
Posted: April 8th, 2008
"Masterpiece" ... "Rarely does one meet such an assembly of virtuosity, emotionalty, versatily of expression as by Anderskov"... "extraordinarily creative" ...
Panta Rhei - Review in Jazz Podium, in German:
"Seit etlichen Jahren begegnet man dem grossen wie jungen und ausserordentlich kreativen Komponisten, Bandleader und Pianisten Jacob Anderskov aus Dänemark. Fasziniert ob dieses grandiosen Beitrags zur aktuellen Musik Europas ist man, egal ob er sein grosses Ensemble Anderskov Accident (alles andere als ein Unfall) leitet oder ganz allein am Piano sitzt. Letzeres hat er mit der neuen CD "Panta Rhei" getan.
Beschäftigt man sich heutzutage mit der neuen Piano-Generation, kann man leicht den ûberblick verlieren ob der grossen Zahl der Begabten und deres zahlreichen Ideen. Aber selten trifft man auf solch eine Ansammlung von Virtuosität, Emotionalität, Ausdrucksbreite wie bei Anderskov.
Dass Anderskov einer der am meisten ausgezeichneten jungen Musiker aus der Welt der Improvisation in Dänemark ist, wo es weiss Gott keinen Mangel an herausragenden Musikern dieses Metiers gibt, kann man nach dem Erlebnis dieses neuen Meisterwerks nachvollziehen. Wieder einmal bietet das Soloklavier den Kern der künstlerischen Aussagen eines ansonsten höchst vielseitigen Künstlers." - Hans Jürgen von Osterhausen, Jazz Podium (De), April 2008.
Final mix & master ready for the Twin CD release with resp. Anderskov Accident & Airto+Anderskov
Posted: March 5th, 2008
The final mix & masters are now ready for the 2 simultaneous upcoming CD releases on May 19th, 2008. The two amazing and unheard of CDs are with respectively Anderskov Accident & Jacob Anderskov - Airto Moreira duo. Stay tuned!
Everything is Babel
Posted: March 1st, 2008
Panta Rhei (everything is flux) now received reviews in languages as diverse as Swedish, Polish, Greek, Italian, German, Danish and English. For obvious reasons I dont understand all of it. If anyone out there masters all these languages simultaneously, we could translate the whole thing a lot of ways...
Geiger review of Panta Rhei (Danish only)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008
"Panta Rhei: "alt er bevægelse", således sagde Heraklit, og han havde ret. Livet er en strøm: fødsel og død, blomstring og forfald. Livet er ikke bare i bevægelse, det er bevægelse. Når det er sagt, så findes der bevægelser, der ingen veje fører hen og bevægelser, der altid er på vej et sted hen. Skeptikere siger ofte om den "frie" jazz, at den er formløs, disharmonisk og ulogisk. Sådanne skeptikere burde lytte til Jacob Anderskov. Så ville de opdage, at den frihed som den "frie" jazz giver er købt med blod, sved og tårer, og at den forudsætter kendskabet til strukturer, såvel harmoniske som abstrakte. For at ødelægge, må man kunne skabe (noget at ødelægge) og for at skabe, må man kunne ødelægge (det allerede skabte). Akkurat som livet er uløseligt knyttet til døden.
Anderskov har kendskab til traditionen, såvel den klassiske som jazzens avantgarde og mainstream. I hans klavermusik er der spor af den klassiske impressionisme (Debussy, Satie, Fauré), men også en avantgardist som Cecil Taylor og mainstreamlegender som Keith Jarrett og Bill Evans. På Panta Rhei får Anderskov også vist sin gæld til den nyere kompositionsmusik i form af tilegnelsen til Györgi Ligeti: "Györgi Ligeti in memoriam". Den bedste hyldest til en kunstner er et originalt stykke musik og ved at fremtræde med sin egen kompositoriske stemme, der samtidig sværmer om Ligetis univers med de klokkeklare dissonanser, så besynger Anderskov Ligeti på den mest indfølte måde.
Panta Rhei består af syv soloklavernumre. Syv konversationer med kunstneren selv. Udgivelsen med An Auf viste en Anderskov, der havde nået et nyt lyrisk plateau, men på grund af albummets elektroakustiske natur var det umuligt at høre klaverimprovisationerne uden en vis grad af elektronisk "forvrængning". Her får man solospillet i dets reneste form, og det er en nydelse at følge Anderskov – og det uanset om han følger mere harmoniske veje som i "Reactio: Eisenach - Djoliba" eller eksperimenterer med dissonanser som i førnævnte komposition til Györgi Ligeti.
Fra brede blokke af akkorder til frit flyvende triller, fra det tunge melankolske til den florlette lyrisme. Jacob Anderskov mestrer ethvert aspekt af sit instrument. Eller rettere sagt, han kender vejene og vildvejene i den kunstneriske praksis. Opmærksomheden omkring at hvert øjeblik må tælle, at det er i øjeblikket musikken skabes. Introduktionen til "Contradictio: Danbury - Paide" river næsten hjertestrengene fra hinanden, men kompositionen udvikler sig og balancerer mellem to "melodier", en harmonisk og en abstrakt. Det er næsten en kontrapunktisk teknik som hos Bach, men opdateret til et nutidigt formsprog, hvor det moderne og klassiske står side om side.
Jacob Anderskovs musik er stadigvæk ikke let. Det kræver tålmodighed at bevæge sig ind i hans univers, en overgivelse og en fordybelse. Når det er sagt, så er Panta Rhei hans hidtil mest åbne invitation til lytteren. Et velafrundet portræt af kunstneren som modent menneske.
- Jakob Bækgaard, Geiger.dk - januar 2008
JACOB ANDERSKOV SOLO @ Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Søndag d. 27.januar kl 20.30
Posted: January 25th, 2008
JACOB ANDERSKOV SOLO @ Copenhagen Jazzhouse, Søndag d. 27.januar kl 20.30 - kun eet sæt - dobbeltkoncert med Little Red Suitcase.
Fra Informations foromtale af koncerten fredag 25/1-08: "Den danske jazzpianist Jacob Anderskov har høstet stor opnærksomhed og anerkendelse for sine kunstnerisk overskudsprægede og improviserede musikalske storylines. Hans seneste plade, "Panta Rhei", refererer til Heraklits bemærkning om, at alting flyder, og man må sandelig sige, at pladen flyder musikalsk og lækkert, og at hver lytning er som at hoppe i et musikalsk renselsesbad på ny."
Naja pictures
Posted: January 22nd, 2008
Finally I found the time to upload some pictures of my wonderful daughter, who arrived in late October 2007. See www.jacobanderskov.dk/content.php?b=NAJA
Panta Rhei
Posted: January 14th, 2008
Panta Rhei receives the "REWELACJA" recommendation in the Polish magazine "Audio-Video" (12.2007).
Gaffa on Panta Rhei
Posted: November 12th, 2007
Review of Panta Rhei in Gaffa (Danish only): "Stort soloalbum fra en af den danske jazzscenes bedste pianister; Der er noget mørkt og melankolsk, mystisk og medrivende over jazzpianisten Jacob Anderskovs meget, meget smukke nye soloalbum Panta Rhei. Albummet består af en stribe af pianistens improvisationer og afslører en ikke bare teknisk habil, men også kunstnerisk meget overskudsbetonet storyteller med ublokeret adgang til sit eget stof. Anderskovs evne til at udfolde en historie er særlig tydelig i længere skæringer som Extractio: Skumring og Reactio: Eisenach - Djoliba. Begge de nævnte skæringer er dybt originale fortællinger fremført med kunstnerisk ekvilibrisme og udtalt sans for fortælleteknik og rytmik. Trods en indbygget kompleksitet er begge skæringer meget tilgængelige, smukke og forførende. Begge skæringer sender da også tankerne i retningen af Keith Jarrett og dennes soloimprovisationer. Men Jacob Anderskov fremstår alligevel som i besiddelse af sin helt egen originale profil og i den forstand som en stor selvstændig kunstner. Panta Rhei er ikke bare noget af det bedste hidtil fra Anderskovs egen hånd, det er også noget af det bedste hidtil i år fra den danske jazzscene." -Ivan Rod, Gaffa.dk, 5/11-2007.
PANTA RHEI (Solo piano album) OUT NOW
Posted: November 5th, 2007
Panta Rhei, the first Jacob Anderskov Solo Piano CD, is out now on ILK (ILK136CD). See Discography for details.
Calendar and discography updated
Posted: September 15th, 2007
The calendar and discography sites were updated today. Check out upcoming concerts and tourperiods, as well as info on the soon-to-be-released Jacob Anderskov Solo Piano CD "Panta Rhei".
Festival time
Posted: July 7th, 2007
For good time, make it Festival time. The CPH & Aarhus Jazz Festivals are happening during the next couple of weeks. Check Calendar for concert info. And have a nice summer...
Label feature on ILK in AAJ-NYC
Posted: July 5th, 2007
The "Label Spotlight" article in the All About Jazz - New York, July 2007 issue, is about ILK. If you're not in NYC to pick up the magazine by hand, you can read the whole article in the web version of AAJ-NYC at
www.allaboutjazz.com
AN AUF
Posted: June 26th, 2007
The Album "AN AUF" was elected as "new music album of the week" in the programme "Lyt til Nyt" ("listen to new music") on DR, Danish National Radio, June 26th. The programme, in which 5 tracks from the album were aired, will be on the web for a couple of weeks to come. Hear the programme at
www.dr.dk/P2/lyttilnyt
Lovedale awarded at the DMA Jazz 2007
Posted: June 10th, 2007
Lovedale's album "Grill Music" received the award as "Danish Jazz Album of the Year" at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2007.
Lovedale nominated for DMA
Posted: May 15th, 2007
Lovedale nominated for DMA. Winners will be announced June 8th.
An Auf CD out now(dk)/ soon(intl)
Posted: May 14th, 2007
An auf: An auf (ILK132CD)
Jacob Anderskov, piano.
Jakob Riis, computer.
CD out May 14th (in Denmark). International releaase early August 2007.
If a sole android in an urban desert is recalling its early hallucinogene experiences, will there be a sound?
And if there were, what would it sound like?
... see Discography for further info.
reviews of paa dansk
Posted: March 28th, 2007
New reviews of Jacob Anderskov på dansk.
Cadence Magazine (USA) states a.o.:
"Danish pianist Jacob Anderskov’s playing comes across to me as a quiet celebration, even in passages of high density or volume. His virtuosity is never in question, and his conception of note and chord relations is deliciously complex. Yet, every note is meditative, seemingly born of long introspection.
His warm tones and effortless chromaticism conjure shades of Messiaen and Cage in ways that only Richard Grossman’s pianism has done previously.
He is aided throughout the disc by some top-flight playing, sensitive and skilled in equal measure and when appropriate. Swells and fades are group efforts, the sense of ensemble interplay pervasive throughout, no mean feat in the larger group tracks.
The two-drum lineup is especially well conceived, and the music blends freedom and tradition in a manner that is often revelatory. Experienced lovers of new-thing mayhem will hear instrumental relationships anew while power and energy still abound. Connoisseurs of the piano should also take note, as this is one of the most original voices I’ve heard on the instrument in some time. " - Marc Medwin, Cadence Magazine, March 2007.
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ANDERSKOV ACCIDENT
Posted: February 19th, 2007
ANDERSKOV ACCIDENT concerts: Dexter, Odense, Friday Feb.23rd. Holbaek Jazzklub, Holbaek, Saturday, Feb.24th.
Real People
Posted: January 30th, 2007
The Real People (Rudy Mahanthappa, Kasper Tranberg, Jacob Anderskov, Carlos de Rosa, Anders Mogensen) tour in DK & De in late January featured music written by all bandmembers. It included concerts, live recordings and studio recordings. - and, by the way, was a blast ...
Jacob Anderskov På Dansk LIVE 07-01-07
Posted: January 10th, 2007
På Dansk: Koncerten søndag d. 7. januar 2007 på Statens Museum for Kunst var første og foreløbigt eneste live-præsentation af CD'en JACOB ANDERSKOV PÅ DANSK. 400 tilskuere overværede 10 sange fra højskolesangbogen sat i dialog med udvalgte kunstværker fra museets samlinger. Tak til alle medvirkende og tilskuere.
Welcome
Posted: December 20th, 2006
Welcome to the homepage of Jacob Anderskov. The page features information on discography, biography, other -ographys and miscellaneous information.
A couple of additional features will be added in near future.
- Enjoy your stay.
Jacob Anderskov På Dansk reviews
Posted: December 16th, 2006
The new CD "Jacob Anderskov På Dansk" is getting reviews more diverse than any of my previous albums. Among the reviewers have been jazznyt.blogspot.com, dr.dk/jazz, Højskolebladet, Jazz Special and Politiken.
Jacob Anderskov På Dansk
Posted: November 30th, 2006
New CD out now:
JACOB ANDERSKOV PÅ DANSK.
11 traditional Danish songs, in radically yet loyally changed versions.
See "discography" for more info - or "contact" for info on how to get it.
Fall 2006 summary
Posted: November 20th, 2006
Managed to get through an exciting fall schedule without scratches.
Some of the high points were:
Lovedale tour in late september,
my first longer SOLO tour in early october,
an Accident tour in Balkan in late October, and an Accident tour in Denmark-Germany-France-Holland in mid-November.
Thanks to everybody who came to the concerts!
