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Jakob Bro

Taking Turns

ECM
Release Date: November 29, 2024

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Recorded ten years ago in New York, and released now for the first time, Taking Turns is a snapshot of Jakob Bro’s music in a period of transition. In a chronological discography of Bro’s sessions, it would follow Gefion, the Danish guitarist’s leader debut for ECM, by a few months. Atmospherically and conceptually, it extends and rounds off work begun earlier with saxophonist Lee Konitz.

A major figure in jazz history from The Birth of the Cool onwards, Konitz came into Jakob Bro’s musical life in 2008, on the recommendation of Paul Motian, and contributed to a trilogy of albums – Balladeering, Time and December Song – issued on Bro’s own label.  The association, Jakob says, changed his priorities. “I felt I had found a direction that worked for me when Lee started playing my pieces.  That might seem obvious, taking the greatness of Konitz as an improviser into consideration, but for me it was a revelation. From Day One, Lee was quite freely interpreting my music, playing around the melodies, hinting at them, not necessarily playing them as written.  And it made me think in a new way about how much music I should bring in, how much direction I should give, for the group sound to find its own natural balance and flow. That’s something I’ve been exploring ever since.”

  • Jakob Bro - Taking Turns. World-class personnel and a set full of subtle, spontaneous ideas / The Guardian
    Posted At: January 10, 2025
    Recorded ten years ago in New York, and released now for the first time, Taking Turns is a snapshot of Jakob Bro’s music in a period of transition. In a chronological discography of Bro’s sessions, it would follow Gefion, the Danish guitarist’s leader debut for ECM, by a few months. Atmospherically and conceptually, it extends and rounds off work begun earlier with saxophonist Lee Konitz.A major figure in j...
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