Andreas Toftemark Sextet at Søhesten during Copenhagen Winter Jazz

Saxophonist Andreas Toftemark has quickly made his mark on the Danish jazz scene, with several releases under his own name, glowing reviews, awards and a long list of concerts at home and abroad. During Copenhagen Winter Jazz he presents his new sextet at Søhesten.

With the sextet, Toftemark challenges himself as both composer and artist. Over the past couple of years he has worked on new, through-composed pieces and arrangements for three horns and rhythm section, combining the aesthetics of 60s hard bop with hymns and modern spiritual jazz. The result is a fresh take on modern through-composed jazz, delivered by some of the most sought-after young musicians on the Danish straight-ahead and modern mainstream scene.

Toftemark studied at The New School in New York (2018), was named European Jazz Master in 2023 and received the Bent Jædig Award the same year. After nine year...

Andreas Toftemark Sextet at Søhesten during Copenhagen Winter Jazz

Saxophonist Andreas Toftemark has quickly made his mark on the Danish jazz scene, with several releases under his own name, glowing reviews, awards and a long list of concerts at home and abroad. During Copenhagen Winter Jazz he presents his new sextet at Søhesten.

With the sextet, Toftemark challenges himself as both composer and artist. Over the past couple of years he has worked on new, through-composed pieces and arrangements for three horns and rhythm section, combining the aesthetics of 60s hard bop with hymns and modern spiritual jazz. The result is a fresh take on modern through-composed jazz, delivered by some of the most sought-after young musicians on the Danish straight-ahead and modern mainstream scene.

Toftemark studied at The New School in New York (2018), was named European Jazz Master in 2023 and received the Bent Jædig Award the same year. After nine years in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin and four years in New York, he has returned to Europe and established himself as one of Denmark’s leading young saxophonists. He has performed with internationally acclaimed musicians and played in countries including Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil and the USA.

Critics have embraced him. Politiken described how he burst onto the scene with technical command and musicality, Rocktimes calls him a “very elegant saxophonist”, and Jazznyt hears a musician proving that jazz is alive and well....

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