Time passes by so quickly, but allow us to just sum up some of the recent great releases on Your Favourite Records and Your Favourite Jazz. Jens Jepsen's debut "Walking between the sun and the Atmosphere" (yfrcd 006) was released in the beginning of April and kicked off by a great release-concert in Copenhagen. First reviews are already out there...Per Løkkegaards "Petrus Kapell"-project sent out their country-jazzy-dusty debut "A Call For Silence" (yfjcd 015) mid-april and has already received great reviews at a.o. AllAboutJazz and Jazznyt-blog
Claus Høxbroe & Årets Længste Dag is a joint-venture by beatpoet Claus Høxbroe (doh) and musicians Peter Tinning and Kasper Schulz. The three met (and clicked) during the 2009 Copenhagen Jazzfestival after which followed a couple of tours in Denmark and Sweden, and in turn, their debut "Nye Rytmer - live i studiet" (2010).
Petrus Kapell is the project of guitarist/composer Per Lyhne Løkkegaard. Raised in a musical family Per's whole life has revolved around music, and with a background as a sideman for pop-artists such as Kim Richey (US) and Bryan Rice (DK), he brings a freshness of rock and country to the jazzy sound of the Petrus Kapell-compositions.
With a knack for the catchy melody and riffs that just work Jens Jepsen started out his career playing various open stages in and around Copenhagen, slowly but steadily building a place for himself on this, often overcrowded scene. With inspiration from, and respect for, artists such as Jonatha Brooke, John Mayer and Joni Mitchell, he delivers catchy, "no bull" pop-songs with many layers in both music and lyrics.
