Kjeld Lauritsen

”You play like me, only upside down”. These were the words of legendary blues piano master ”Champion Jack Dupree”, when he met Kjeld Lauritsen and acquainted his keyboard playing many years ago.

Kjeld, heavily inspired by the modern jazz masters, worked hard on his right-hand solo playing, leaving the left hand alone. No so Dupree, with his heavy twohanded approach. Kjeld started working at the bottom of the keyboard, which has helped him a lot later in his career.

Tired of the worn-out pianos and loud guitars in blues he began a career as a Hammond Player. His organ-jazz has been so much in demand that he hardly has played a piano-gig since then.

Following the great masters, he mixes jazz and blues, but always with some compositions of his own and an unexpected twist to his music. A mainstay of Copenhagen’s no 1. nightspot, The La Fontaine, he has been a prominent figure in Danish jazz for the last d...

Kjeld Lauritsen

”You play like me, only upside down”. These were the words of legendary blues piano master ”Champion Jack Dupree”, when he met Kjeld Lauritsen and acquainted his keyboard playing many years ago.

Kjeld, heavily inspired by the modern jazz masters, worked hard on his right-hand solo playing, leaving the left hand alone. No so Dupree, with his heavy twohanded approach. Kjeld started working at the bottom of the keyboard, which has helped him a lot later in his career.

Tired of the worn-out pianos and loud guitars in blues he began a career as a Hammond Player. His organ-jazz has been so much in demand that he hardly has played a piano-gig since then.

Following the great masters, he mixes jazz and blues, but always with some compositions of his own and an unexpected twist to his music. A mainstay of Copenhagen’s no 1. nightspot, The La Fontaine, he has been a prominent figure in Danish jazz for the last decades.

Recently he recorded the trio record ”Jukebox Jazz” and this funky music will be presented at the concert together with compositions by the Guitar player Per Gade.

Per Gade

Many years on the road with world renowned drummer Billy Cobham made Per tired of looking at airports and hotel rooms. After his homecoming he teamed up with Hammond Organist Kjeld Lauritsen where he is the perfect choice with tasty comping and great soloing.

Being call nr. 1 for many occasions he is among other things member of the Danish Radio Big Band. Although he has recorded 2 albums under his own name, he never finds the time to follow up on his solo-career, and Kjeld Lauritsen is one of the guys who profits from this guitar hero.

Esben Bach
One of the best drummers around, Esben has the power to lift any group. He has the steady beat perfect for a groovy jazz group like Kjeld Lauritsen’s trio. He has a long tradition in Danish Music including being a house drummer at the la Fontaine and playing big stages with Uffe Steen and Bobo Moreno....

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