NB. Jesper Zeuthen will stand in for Palle Mikkelborg as a resultat of sudden illness.

Experience three of Danish jazz's greatest capacities when Jakob Bro and Palle Mikkelborg revisit the music from their acclaimed ECM record "Returnings" with percussion virtuoso Marilyn Mazur.

"There is air in the music, great freedom and a shared desire to create something that cannot necessarily be explained, but felt". This is how guitarist Jakob Bro describes his collaboration with two of Danish music's biggest profiles - Marilyn Mazur and Palle Mikkelborg.

Jakob Bro says: "I have known Palle since I was a child. I played the trumpet myself and listened to him a lot. Our paths have often crossed. We played two concerts at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival back in 2014, which really opened my eyes to the potential of this constellation. A few years ago we talked about collaborating on music for choirs, but we decided to concentrate on improvised music. Gradu...

NB. Jesper Zeuthen will stand in for Palle Mikkelborg as a resultat of sudden illness.

Experience three of Danish jazz's greatest capacities when Jakob Bro and Palle Mikkelborg revisit the music from their acclaimed ECM record "Returnings" with percussion virtuoso Marilyn Mazur.

"There is air in the music, great freedom and a shared desire to create something that cannot necessarily be explained, but felt". This is how guitarist Jakob Bro describes his collaboration with two of Danish music's biggest profiles - Marilyn Mazur and Palle Mikkelborg.

Jakob Bro says: "I have known Palle since I was a child. I played the trumpet myself and listened to him a lot. Our paths have often crossed. We played two concerts at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival back in 2014, which really opened my eyes to the potential of this constellation. A few years ago we talked about collaborating on music for choirs, but we decided to concentrate on improvised music. Gradually, the ideas for the album "Returnings" were born.


The album was released on ECM Records in 2018 to great critical acclaim, not least in Politiken, where music editor Thomas Michelsen gave six out of six hearts under the headline: "His album is like falling leaves and slow steps. It is simply pure beauty.”

Over the past few years, Jakob Bro and Palle Mikkelborg have repeatedly revisited the lyrical moods and compositions from "Returnings" with the Denmark’s percussion queen Marilyn Mazur, world-renowned for her collaboration with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Jan Garbarek....

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