Last summer, Jonas Due visited KLEIN's Dansepavillon with the band OTOOTO for a blast of a concert to a full house. Now he's back with his new project JD FOUR, consisting of four acclaimed musicians and improvisers from Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

This band is a intimate investigation of harmony, beats, the trumpet and analog synthesis created in order to question “what is the meaning of the trumpet anno 2023”? And if arts, music and improvisation is a mirror of todays society, then how does that translate into a ”jazz” quartet?

Shapes and colors interact in a vivid display of musical talent, while the quartet investigates and unfold the contemporary yet simple compositions of Jonas Due. The band is both a modern musical statement, and a testament to music history and culture - drawing inspiration from danish church-music, synthetic house, R&B, pop and bebop.

Jonas formed the band from a deep urge to begin anew and create somethi...

Last summer, Jonas Due visited KLEIN's Dansepavillon with the band OTOOTO for a blast of a concert to a full house. Now he's back with his new project JD FOUR, consisting of four acclaimed musicians and improvisers from Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

This band is a intimate investigation of harmony, beats, the trumpet and analog synthesis created in order to question “what is the meaning of the trumpet anno 2023”? And if arts, music and improvisation is a mirror of todays society, then how does that translate into a ”jazz” quartet?

Shapes and colors interact in a vivid display of musical talent, while the quartet investigates and unfold the contemporary yet simple compositions of Jonas Due. The band is both a modern musical statement, and a testament to music history and culture - drawing inspiration from danish church-music, synthetic house, R&B, pop and bebop.

Jonas formed the band from a deep urge to begin anew and create something fresh that could become something surprising. He chose bandmembers who did not know each other from before, and this broadened the overall musical pallet, due to each musicians unique and unaffected flavor. The band got together for the first time in the summer of 2022 to perform a handful of concerts during Copenhagen Jazz Festival. In February 2023, the group toured Denmark and Sweden in preparation for going into the studio to record their debut album....

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