Hard Bop / Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Third Stream / Pop/Art Song/Folk / Soul Jazz / 21st Century Modern • Denmark
Benjamin Koppel is the third generation of Denmark’s leading musical family. His grandfather was the composer and pianist Herman D. Koppel , and his father is Anders Koppel , who likewise shines in the dual role of musician and composer. Benjamin is self-taught like his father, and they have had a creative collaboration since Benjamin, as an 11-year-old boy soprano, performed some of his father’s songs. In 1997 the collaboration led to Anders Koppel’s Saxophone Concerto No. 1, written especially for Benjamin’s talents, and in 2004 this was followed by Saxophone Concerto No. 2. When Anders Koppel’s double concerto for saxophone and piano was given its first performance, father and son rounded off the concert with a jam session. Benjamin Koppel has recorded innumerable CDs and performed with jazz masters like Randy Brecker, Phil Woods and Kenny Werner.
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