Benjamin Koppel & Kenny Werner – Walden (CD)
After listening to the Benjamin Koppel/Miroslav Vitous recording, The Poetic Principle, the American jazz pianist Kenny Werner contacted Benjamin Koppel to let him know that the CD was one of “the best jazz recordings I have heard in a decade or two.” What followed was a collaboration between the American jazz icon and the young Danish sax player […]
Koppel Colley Blade – Collective (CD)
Benjamin Koppel (DK), Scott Colley (US) and Brian Blade (US) met in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2012 when playing two sold-out shows together at the Summer Jazz festival (a subsidiary of the annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival). Koppel and Colley had worked together before, but when Blade joined the two, magic happened. Shortly after the festival, they […]
The Mezzo Sax Encounter (CD)
Peter Jessen of I.K. Gottfried invented the unique mezzo saxophone tuned in G for Benjamin Koppel back in 2007. It didn’t take long before Joe Lovano heard the instrument and ordered one for himself. This became the base for the Mezzo Sax Encounter. Together Joe and Benjamin have explored new territories with this wonderful and […]
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 […]