Upcoming public gigs:
1st Oh People Release Christianshavns Beboerhus 18-21
1st A Plane To Catch @Drop Inn 22-00
3rd Monday Night Bigband @Paradise Jazz
5th Anders Malta's Almost Bigband Christianias Jazzklub
6th Toftemark/ChristensDuo at Teroristen 20-22
7th A Plane to Catch winter Jazz Kayak Bar
9th Jam Host La Fontaine
Toftemark/Benack III 5tet Tour
13th Jönköbing Jazzklubb
14th Utopia Jazz Gothenburg
15th Pakhuset
17th TBA Finland
19th Sellosali Finland
20th Jazzhouse Montmatre Cph
21st Center For Dansk Jazz Historie
22nd Viften I Rødovre
23rd Ballerup Jazzclub
24th Gladsaxe Jazzklub
25th Recording Session
26th Recording Session
27th Musikhuset Aarhus
28th Nanas Stue Sønderho
March
1st Skanderborg Jazzklub
2nd Kulturium Ishøj
3rd Monday Night Bigband
5th Toftemark Christensen Duo - La Fontaine
7th Toftemark 6'tet Søllerød Jazzklub
13th Niclas Badelebens Store Aften
21th Oh People Dropp Inn 17 -21
26th Rolf Thofte 5'tet Lyngby Torbæk Jazzclub
30th Jam Session La Fontaine w. J. Lindberg & J. Henriksson
About:
Andreas Toftemark is a 33-year-old saxophonist and composer who currently lives in Copenhagen. Andreas has performed regularly on the New York jazz scene and European jazz scene including Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Brazil, England, Norway, USA, Holland, Italy, France, and Spain; both as a sideman and bandleader.
Education; Andreas holds a BA from The New School of Jazz in New York where he studied with accomplished musicians such as Reggie Workman, Joel Frahm, Eric Alexander, Ben Wendel, and Peter Bernstein to name a few. Furthermore, Andreas has a European jazz Master's degree from Copenhagen, Berlin and Paris.
Sound; Andreas’ sound is intense but round and clearly reflects the many years he has spent listening to the masters of jazz such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Lester Young, Barry Harris, amongst others. Although Andreas’ style reflects traditional jazz musicians, he has been exploring many genres and has played everything from traditional jazz to bebop, hardbop, Afro-Cuban, folk music, and contemporary Jazz. Furthermore, Andreas doubles on alto-saxophone and Clarinet.
See agenda, or click media for video and sound for more info.
Toftemark receivingThe Bent Jædig Award
By my latest Album
Appears on:
New Single singles
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023
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Reviews of my latest album
jazzjournal.co.uk
4/5 stars
"He is an experienced bandleader and inventive soloist. Perhaps this release will gain him some of the recognition he deserves. It is a superior hard-bop style blowing session...
Wisely he fashions his own variations on the melody without reference to classic versions ... This is a superior ballad interpretation."
Skjazz.sk
”Extremely melodic tenor, without being sleek, the tone is bright, warm, and pleasant, without being too sweet........played with astonishing invention, joy, sincerity and playfulness, that goes hand in hand with a high instrumental skillset...This recording is the strongest proof of inspiration and the inexhaustibility of jazz standards!”
www.ivanrod.dk
"swinging meanwhile adding an open style with an edge, that gives the listeners pallet true umami - a commendable gem”
www.jazzhalo.be
"Andreas Toftemark picks up the true jazz spirit in a fresh and inventive way, a perfect album. for the cozy club feeling"
jazznyt.blogspot.com
"I'm excited and feel like I got a letter from Andreas telling me that jazz is Alive and Well"
www.nettavisen.no
”Here are no big musical surprises – just beautiful, thoughtful, honest music that lasts from now until eternity”
www.rocktimes.info
“Toftemark is a very elegant saxophonist, here I see his closeness to Lester Young very pronounced... incredibly courageous, full of warmth, gripping and professionally executed”
ap-reviews.com
"As fine, contemporary interpreters of the tradition, and with that glimpse of the saxophonist’s compositional prowess, the stage seems well and truly set"