DOKY BROTHERS

The Doky Brothers were a straight-ahead mainstream jazz duo that emerged in the mid-'90s with a pair of albums for Blue Note. The group's music was straight out of the hard bop traditions of the '60s, balanced by flourishes of contemporary production and fusion. Natives of Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist Niels Lan Doky (b. October 3, 1963) and bassist Chris Minh Doky (b. February 7, 1969) are the product of a musical family; their father was a physician who played classical guitar, and their mother was a Danish pop singer. After spending a couple of years playing guitar, Niels switched to piano at the age 11, inspired by the Scott Joplin music that was featured in the hit Paul Newman/Robert Redford film The Sting. He gradually became acquainted with the major pianists in jazz history, and began playing professionally at the age of 13. Two years later, he played with trumpeter read more...