Plays Jazz, by Kresten Osgood Quintet

Plays Jazz

by Kresten Osgood Quintet

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1.	GAZZELONI 04:00	buy track
2.	THOUGHTS FROM DUKE 03:57	buy track
3.	LITTLE NILES  07:41	buy track
4.	LA BERTHE  03:54	buy track
5.	BLUES IN MY SLEEP  03:23	buy track
6.	CRAZY WITCH GAME  03:12	buy track
7.	BRILLIANT CORNERS 08:54	buy track
8.	STAR CROSSED LOVERS 05:59	buy track
9.	WATERBABIES 06:41	buy track
10.	REINCARNATION OF A LOVEBIRD  06:37	buy track
11.	FRIDAY THE  08:11	buy track
12.	MONK FONK  04:03	buy track
13.	DE DET 03:42	buy track
14.	TCHICAI IN HEAVEN  06:23	buy track
15.	ROUND MIDNIGHT 07:06	buy track

about

From the already vibrant scene of Copenhagen rises a group extraordinaire! A quintet led by Kresten Osgood, one of the busiest and finest European improvising drummers, featuring hand picked selection of the most prolific younger generation improvisers from the local scene. The outcome is ballistic! Their album is as straight forward as it's name suggests, Kresten Osgood Quintet indeed plays jazz, interpreting a wide selection of less known tunes from Dolphy, Monk, Mingus, Ellington, Davis, Jerome Cooper, Elmo Hope, and a few Osgood's originals. And they play jazz in the truest spirit of the legends mentioned above - full of the forward pointing character, taking a lot of chances, balancing with the perfect taste between what these tunes are (tradition) and the individual qualities of the performers' personal voices (future). Here's an album for fans of standard jazz and avant-garde aficionados alike. Here's a new direction, a fresh rendition of and for jazz.

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released November 30, 2018

Erik Kimestad - trumpet
Mads Egetoft - saxophone
Jeppe Zeeberg - piano
Matthias Petri - bass
Kresten Osgood - drums

Composers: Eric Dolphy (#1), Steve and Iqua Colson (#2), Randy Weston (#3), Elmo Hope (#4), James Cotton (#5), Thelonious Monk (#7, 11, 15), Duke Ellington (#8), Miles Davis (#9), Charles Mingus (#10), Jerome Cooper (#12), Kresten Osgood (#6, 13, 14).

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Reviews:

"Osgood Quintet suggests a clever and playful perspective of the jazz legacy; a perspective that bridges the distances between the past and the present, or between what is considered as traditional and what is perceived as free and avant-garde." (Eyal Hareuveni - Salt Peanuts)

"En anbefalelsesværdig plade til jazzfans i mange aldre."
(Niels Overgård - Jazz Nyt - Denmark)

"[Kresten Osgood] has the ability to deliver an authentic performance in any circumstance. Perhaps that is why these fifteen tracks work so well."
(Mark Corroto - All About Jazz - USA)

"A terrific two disc set from drummer Kresten Osgood and his crack quintet."
(Dan McClenaghan - All About Jazz - USA)

"Kresten Osgood brings a great deal of wit and energy to this very well played double album consisting of songs by American jazz and blues stalwarts."
(Tim Niland - Music and More - Jazz And Blues - USA)

"Sounds fresh." (Tom Hull - on the Web - USA)

"Players treat the material in a very playful manner and give way to a
passionate interplay." (Vital Weekly - The Netherlands)

"Each of these discs salutes earlier innovators, but in such a way that matches individuality with influence." (Ken Waxman - Jazzword - USA)

"It’s an approach that a lot of contemporary jazz musicians could learn from. Or maybe they can’t, and that’s the point that justifies this swell double album’s existence." (Bill Meyer - Dusted Magazine - USA)

"Pushing towards the edge." (Ronald Atkins - Jazz Journal - United Kingdom)

"This fabulous and spiritual album is not a time copy of what you got from the legendary American musicians, but an original recording from some of the best Danish musicians of today." (Jan Granile - Jazz Special - Denmark)

"This music has unmatched possibilities and is totally timeless."
(Tor Hammerø - Nettavisen - Norway)

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Kresten Osgood Copenhagen, Denmark

Kresten Osgood is an outstanding drummer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and communicator.

Known as one of the major forces of European improvised music, he recorded and performed with Paul Bley, Yusef Lateef, mouse on mars, John Tchicai, Wadada Leo Smith, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Thicai, Derek Bailey, Sam Rivers, Masabumi Kikuchi, Dr Lonnie Smith, Oliver Lake and many more. ... more