Brooklyn Jazz Session (CD)
Marie Carmen Koppel is mostly known as a great gospel and soul singer, but on this album she debuts as a jazz singer. In the fall of 2010, the two Koppels, Benjamin and Marie, travelled to Brooklyn for a recording with three top musicians of New York. These first 11 tracks are mostly composed by […]
Hammond Street (CD)
Hammond Street is a groovy and jazzy trio album, recorded in Los Angeles, USA in January 2006 by the Danish saxophone player Benjamin Koppel, the Hammond organ player Larry Goldings and the drummer Bill Stewart. Hammond Street is the street where everything happens. It crosses Sunset Boulevard where the jet set cruise in their big […]
The Adventures of a Polar Expedition (CD)
The poles. Arctic seas as far as the eye can reach, polar bears, seals, and sled dogs. Humans and animals who live on the edge of existence and become one with the elements. The incredible variety of shades of white on the North Pole and in Greenland. The many expeditions that went out, and the […]
Romeo & Julie – Vendsyssel Teater 2020 (CD)
In 2020 a unique version of the famous play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare found place at Vendsyssel Theatre in northern Denmark – a version with original jazzmusic. Benjamin Koppel where asked to compose music and give his own take on the famous love story. The music is performed by some of Denmarks most […]
Les Mobiles (CD)
Benjamin Koppel’s label Cowbell usually publishes jazz music but here comes a classical release: Soulful and atmospheric music. With the rare composition of harp, cello and saxophone, the trio consisting of Tine Rehling, Henrik Dam Thomsen and Benjamin Koppel move effortlessly around in a sonorous and adventurous universe. The trio shines in soulful and impressive […]
Søren Sko & Benjamin Koppel – On Cole (CD)
Når to af dansk musiklivs største profiler slår pjalterne sammen om deres fælles passion for jazzcrooner no #1 Nat King Coles musik, bliver der for alvor pustet nyt liv i de gamle klassikere. Den danske sanger Søren Sko har, lige siden den efterhånden legendariske duo Sko & Torp debuterede i 1989, været en uundværlig bestanddel […]
Søren Sko & Benjamin Koppel, Live at Bremen Theatre (CD)
Når to af dansk musiklivs største profiler slår pjalterne sammen om deres fælles passion for jazzcrooner no #1 Nat King Coles musik, bliver der for alvor pustet nyt liv i de gamle klassikere. Den danske sanger Søren Sko har, lige siden den efterhånden legendariske duo Sko & Torp debuterede i 1989, været en uundværlig bestanddel […]
The Art of the Quartet (CD)
American top pianist Kenny Werner and Scandinavian star saxophonist Benjamin Koppel have become musical brothers through 15 years of ongoing frequent musical collaboration. Their duo album WALDEN was highly acclaimed, as has their long line of other releases, including COALITION with Lionel Loueke and FREEBOP with David Liebman. Scott Colley, known from his work with […]
The Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue (CD)
Recorded live at Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen during the 2019 edition of Koppel’s Summer Jazz Festival, Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue features Koppel, Brecker, Colley and Purdie backed by top Danish musicians in keyboardist Jacob Christoffersen, Hammond organist Dan Hemmer, percussionist Jacob Andersen and guitarist Søren Heller, an impressive newcomer on the Scandinavian music […]
Monicas Vals (CD)
En samling af nyfortolkninger af sange fra Monica Zetterlunds vidunderlige univers, fortolket af Koppel og den svenske sangerinde og skuespiller Mari Götesdotter, der tilsammen udgør hovednavnene i en teaterkoncertopsætning om Monicas liv. Indspillet med tre af Skandinaviens mest efterspurgte musikere, Søren Møller, Johnny Åman og Peter Nilsson. Monica Zetterlund var en af sin tids allerstørste […]