The Art of The Quartet - Vol. 1 Benjamin Koppel, Kenny Werner, Scott Colley, Jack DeJohnette

• 1 Free I 09:59
• 2 Bells of Beliefs 10:51
• 3 Night Seeing 11:47
• 4 Ahmad the Terrible 09:24
• Total Runtime 42:01

Info for The Art of The Quartet - Vol. 1

American star pianist Kenny Werner and Scandinavian saxophonist Benjamin Koppel have become musical brothers through their 15 years of frequent musical collaboration. Their duo album WALDEN has been highly acclaimed, as have their long string of other releases, including COALITION with Lionel Loueke and FREEBOP with David Liebman. Scott Colley, known for his work with Carmen McCrae, Herbie Hancock and Jim Hall, has been working with Kenny for ages. Kenny and Jack DeJohnette (known from his work with Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett) have also been playing together for decades. Scott and Benjamin are close friends and musical comrades. Both the duo and their working trio, the KOPPEL-COLLEY-BLADE COLLECTIVE, work together with top drummer Brian Blade. Scott and Jack have often played together, including in the group HUDSON with John Scofield. All in all, these four musicians know each other very well, they are all part of a jazz family that is constantly exploring the possibilities and boundaries of musical expression in the field of what we know as jazz.

Benjamin Koppel, alto saxophone
Kenny Werner, piano
Scott Colley, double bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums

Benjamin Koppel
Danish saxophonist and composer, is one of the most award-winning musicians of his generation, known for his versatility and virtuosity.

Koppel’s musical background is deeply rooted in his family, being the grandson of famous Danish classic composer Herman D. Koppel, and the son of the greatest Danish beat musician of his generation; Anders Koppel, who had great success worldwide with the band ”Savage Rose”. The music genre of the family spreads out from classical to jazz and pop genre and Benjamin Koppel masters all the genres with the outmost perfection.

He formed his first band when he was 15 years old. He has appeared on more than 200 recordings, and composed more than 300 music pieces for recordings, movies and theatre. The variety of his musical collaborations is wide, and has established him as a sought after musician internationally. As a soloist and bandleader, he has performed/recorded with Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Lee Konitz, Kenny Werner, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, Jim Hall, David Liebman, Randy Brecker, David Sanchez, Markus Stockhausen, Phil Woods, Daniel Humair, Palle Danielsson, Alex Riel, Miroslav Vitous, Anders Koppel, Inger Dam Jensen, Michala Petri, Adam Nussbaum, Chano Dominguez, Paul Bley, Charlie Mariano, Portinho, Sheryl Crow, and others.

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