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August Rosenbaum
AR has worked with artists such as Quadron, Robin Hannibal, Jesper Just, Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan and renowned composer Else-Marie Pade
Awards
Jacob Gade Foundation Grand Prize (2004)
Wilhelm Hansen Foundation (2008)
Thanks To Scandinavia (in Memory of Sanna & Victor Borge)
(2008)
Leonie Sonning Talent Award (2011)
Danish Arts Agency Grant (2011)
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August Rosenbaum Trio: Live LP
by Mark Corroto
The jazz piano trio survives. With all the changes in music, the birth of sampling, the death of the record store, and the fracturing of jazz genres, the piano trio continues to adapt and transmogrify, making it an evolutionary legacy.Sometimes, an evolutionary variation displays traits of both the new era and its primordial ancestors. Such is the sophomore release by August Rosenbaum's trio. The Danish pianist's music is packaged as an LP and an EP, two things that ...
Continue ReadingAugust Rosenbaum: Beholder
by Mark Corroto
Considering the maturity and sophistication Beholder displays, it might be astonishing to learn that its composer/pianist, August Rosenbaum, is just 22. But, there it is. This youthful Danish jazzman recorded this Brooklyn session with countryman Jakob Bro (guitar) and Americans Dan Weiss (drums) and Thomas Morgan (bass).
What disturbs the norm here is the quiet patience these eight compositions display. Take “Shoyn Fargessen," a decelerated stride piano piece that Rosenbaum plays solo. He reveals that the grandeur is ...
Continue Reading“This is a very strong recording ... Beholder is filled with passionate minimalism, haiku. The songs seem to form and then reform simultaneously.” Jason Moran
“With elegant sound and meticulously crafted songs, August Rosenbaum creates a remarkable debut record.” Zeena Parkins
"Rosenbaum reacts with a stoical procession, absorbing all forms of music as if he were a black hole in space." Mark Corroto
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August Rosenbaum
Location: Copenhagen
Instrument: Piano
Born: April 30, 1987
