Jacob Anderskov

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Jacob Anderskov, Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2018
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson
Jacob Anderskov 2015,
photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson

Jacob Anderskov (* 1975 ) is a Danish jazz pianist .

Life

Anderskov studied from 2002 at the Rytmisk Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, as well as musicology at the University of Copenhagen and in New York in 1999/2000. From the 2000s he worked in the Danish and international jazz scene, a. a. with Lotte anchor , Jesper Lovdal , Stefan Pasborg , Kresten Osgood ; Since then, recordings have been made with Liudas Mockūnas , Benjamin Koppel , Marc Berstein as well as in numerous projects under his own name, u. a. Anderskov Accident, Agnostic Revelations and the Jacob Anderskov Trio u. a. with Kasper Tom Christiansen , Michael Formanek , Peter Dahlgren , Kasper Tranberg , Airto Moreira , Gerald Cleaver and Jim Black . In the band project Real People he played with Rudresh Mahanthappa , in the band project Lovedale (album Coziness Kills , 2008), with Cuong Vu , Chris Speed , Jonas Westergaard and Anders Mogensen . In the field of jazz he was involved in 35 recording sessions between 2000 and 2012.

Anderskov was named by Jazz Podium as one of the most extraordinary artists in contemporary music; He has received numerous awards, including the Danish Music Award in the “Danish Jazz Composer of the Year 2013” ​​category.

Discographic notes

  • Unity of Action (2005)
  • Panta Rhei (ILK Music, 2007) solo
  • Frank Gratkowski / Jacob Anderskov: Ardent Grass ( Red Toucan Records , 2010)
  • Strings, Percussion & Piano (ILK, 2013), with Ida Nørholm, Peter Bruun , Anette Slaatto, Christine Pryn
  • Granular Alchemy (2013), with Gerald Cleaver, Michael Formanek, and Chris Speed
  • Kinetics (The Path) (2015), with Adam Pultz Melbye and Anders Vestergaard
  • Statics (The Map) (2015) solo
  • Dynamics (The Terrain) (2015), with Gerald Cleaver and Nils Davidsen
  • Fosterchild Dear Earthling (ILK Music, 2019, with Sebastian Gille , Kasper Tranberg, David Helm , Fabian Arends )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacob Anderskov at Discovery Records
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 10, 2016)
  3. ^ Review of the album Unity of Action in JazzTimes
  4. ^ Review of the album in JazzTimes
  5. ↑ Habitable Exomusics - The Trilogy
  6. ↑ Anderskov Blog 6
personal data
SURNAME Anderskov, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975