NIKOLAJ BENTZON
Genres: Hard Bop, Funk Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Third Stream, Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, Classic Fusion • Denmark

From a musical family, Bentzon took up the piano at an early age, and distinguished himself at 19 as the best soloist at the Dunkerque Jazz Festival. In 1983, he began his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and was honoured with The Oscar Peterson Jazz Ward before he graduated. Over the years, he has played with a who´s-who of jazz artists, including Clark Terry, Maria Schneider, Toots Thielemans, Joe Lovano, Carla Bley, Jon Faddis, and Joe Henderson. He continues to be singled out by critics and juries alike for his work at the piano as well as for his compositions. Bentzon isn´t easy to categorize. As a recording artist, he has eighteen albums as a leader (and many more as a sideman), and they range widely in genre and style. His piano trio is featured in five recordings, the most recent of which is Bentzon with the Odense read more...