Jakob Bro

Jakob Bro

Jakob Bro
Background information
Born (1978-04-11) April 11, 1978
Denmark
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Guitarist, composer, bandleader
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2002–present
Associated acts I Got You On Tape
Tomasz Stańko
Teitur
Paul Motian
Website http://www.jakobbro.com

Jakob Bro (1978) is a Danish guitar player and composer living in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He is currently leading a trio with Joey Baron and Thomas Morgan. This trio recorded a new album for ECM Records in November 2015[1] set to come out in the autumn 2016. He is also working with Palle Mikkelborg and with Bro/Knak, a collaboration with the Danish electronica producer Thomas Knak (Opiate).

He is a former member of Paul Motian & The Electric Bebop Band[2] (Garden of Eden, ECM – 2006) and a current member of Tomasz Stanko’s Dark Eyes Quintet[3] (Dark Eyes, ECM – 2009).

He has released 12 records as a bandleader including musicians like Lee Konitz,[4] Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Bley, Chris Cheek, Thomas Morgan, Ben Street, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Andrew D’Angelo, Chris Speed, George Garzone, Oscar Noriega, David Virelles and many more. He has toured in Japan, China, South Corea, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, South Africa, USA and most of Europe.

In 2016 and 2013 Jakob Bro received The Carl Prize ‘Jazz Composer of the Year’[5] (for the albums Gefion and Bro/Knak). From 2003-2016 he received six Danish Music Awards; three for ‘Danish Jazz Album of the Year’ (Gefion,[6] Balladeering[7] and Sidetracked[8]), two for ‘Danish Crossover Album of the Year’ (Bro/Knak[9] and Sidetracked[10]) and one for ‘New Danish Jazz Artist of the Year’ (for the album Beautiful Day[11]).

In 2009 and 2013 Bro received The Jazz Special Prize for ‘Danish Jazz Album of the Year’ (for the albums Balladeering and December Song) and in 2013 he also received ‘The Jazznyt Prize’ founded by Niels Overgaard[12] (for December Song). In 2012 he received the 'DJBFA honorary award' and in 2006 and 2012 The Danish Arts Foundation rewarded Bro for his recordings Pearl River and Bro/Knak.

In 2014 Jakob Bro was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize[13] for his trilogy Balladeering/Time/December Song.

Discography

As leader

  • Hymnotic/Salmodisk (Loveland Records 2015)
  • Gefion (ECM Records 2015)
  • December Song (Loveland Records 2013)
  • Bro/Knak (Loveland Records 2011)
  • Time (Loveland Records 2011)
  • Balladeering (Loveland Records 2009)
  • Who Said Gay Paree (Loveland Records 2008)
  • White Rainbow (Loveland Records 2008)
  • The Stars Are All New Songs (Loveland Records 2008)
  • Pearl River (Loveland Records 2007)
  • Sidetracked (Loveland Records 2005)
  • Daydreamer (Loveland Records 2003)

As sideman

  • With Paul Motian: Garden of Eden (ECM, 2004)
  • With Tomasz Stańko: Dark Eyes (ECM, 2009)
  • With Søren Dahl Jeppesen: Route One (Dog Day Music, 2010)
  • With Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard: Vesper (Hiatus records, 2012)
  • With Povl Dissing: That Lucky Old Sun (Stunt Records)
  • With Beautiful Day: Copenhagen Melodrama (Loveland Records)
  • With Bandapart: Visions Du Lamarck (Blackout Music)
  • With I Got You On Tape: 2 (Auditorium)
  • With Jonas Westergaard: Helgoland (Stunt Records)
  • With Teitur: The Singer (Arlo & Betty Recordings)
  • With Nicolai Munch-Hansen: Wanna Do Right... (Loveland Records)
  • With Steffen Brandt: Baby Blue (Alarm Music)
  • With Jakob Buchanan: I Land in The Green Land (Buchanan Records)
  • With August Rosenbaum: Heights (Hiatus Records)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.ecmrecords.com/artists/1435047311/a-hrefartists-1435047311-jakob-brojakob-bro-a
  2. ↑ https://ecmreviews.com/2014/05/25/garden-of-eden/
  3. ↑ http://player.ecmrecords.com/stanko-us
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTMS7gd2z4
  5. ↑ https://mutuks.com/2016/04/20/carl-prisen-2016/
  6. ↑ http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/dma-jazz/%C3%A5rets-danske-jazzudgivelse
  7. ↑ http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/dma-jazz/%C3%A5rets-danske-jazzudgivelse
  8. ↑ http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/dma-jazz/%C3%A5rets-danske-jazzudgivelse
  9. ↑ http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/danish-music-awards-jazz/%C3%A5rets-danske-s%C3%A6rudgivelse-tidl-crossover
  10. ↑ http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/danish-music-awards-jazz/%C3%A5rets-danske-s%C3%A6rudgivelse-tidl-crossover
  11. ↑ http://www.jazzdanmark.dk/da/jazzhistorie/jazzpriser-i-danmark/danish-music-awards-jazz/%C3%A5rets-nye-danske-jazznavn
  12. ↑ http://jazznyt.blogspot.dk/2013/12/arets-bedste-jazzudgivelser-2013.html
  13. ↑ http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-musikpris-1/previous-prize-winners-and-nominees/nominations-2014/jakob-bro

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