For the past 25 years, Kresten Osgood has been centrally located in Danish musical life. He has been called "the best thing that has happened to the Danish jazz since the 80s", "The wild man in the Danish jazz coat of arms" and the newspaper headline in Information: "the trend in Danish jazz is called Osgood" is unmistakable. for the past 10 years, his quintet has been one of the city's strongest bands. In 2018 they released the album Kresten Osgood Kvintet plays Jazz
the other members of the quintet are among the very strongest cards on the Copenhagen jazz scene:

trumpet - Erik Kimestad. Despite his young age, he is already a cult musician in Norway and inner Copenhagen...he sets a new level in terms of harmonic overview and instrumental excellence. A dazzling improviser both in complex harmonic landscapes and completely free processes.

sax - Mads Egetoft. Egetoft is a completely fresh sound on the saxophone. He plays with a cry and a level of ab...

For the past 25 years, Kresten Osgood has been centrally located in Danish musical life. He has been called "the best thing that has happened to the Danish jazz since the 80s", "The wild man in the Danish jazz coat of arms" and the newspaper headline in Information: "the trend in Danish jazz is called Osgood" is unmistakable. for the past 10 years, his quintet has been one of the city's strongest bands. In 2018 they released the album Kresten Osgood Kvintet plays Jazz
the other members of the quintet are among the very strongest cards on the Copenhagen jazz scene:

trumpet - Erik Kimestad. Despite his young age, he is already a cult musician in Norway and inner Copenhagen...he sets a new level in terms of harmonic overview and instrumental excellence. A dazzling improviser both in complex harmonic landscapes and completely free processes.

sax - Mads Egetoft. Egetoft is a completely fresh sound on the saxophone. He plays with a cry and a level of abstraction reminiscent of Archie Shepp. His tone on the sax and quivering expression are completely new, he is known from among others Boujeloud and his own Doom orchestra.

piano - Jeppe Zeeberg. One of the most important musicians of his generation. He is known from bands such as Dødens Garderobe and Sølvtøjet, Horse and not least the fantastic quartet The Absolute Pinnacle Of Human Achievement. He is behind a sea of exciting publications under his own name. His at once fragmented style and clear aesthetics create a sound that is truly fresh on the piano front in Denmark. Zeeberg is a fearless and intense improviser who does not look back.

bass - Mathias Petri. A young virtuoso bass player who follows in the wake of other great Danish bass players. Everyone wants to play with Petri who, with his enormous integrity, unfolds completely freely, whether it is mainstream jazz or avant-garde.
His tone is round, his swing is deep and he is a brilliant natural bass talent....

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