Upcoming public gigs:
4th 20-23 Lea Foxman @Paradise Jazz Club
5th 13-15 Charlie Scotts w. Rolf Thofte 5'tet
5th 16-18 booed for a Private gig
6th 14-17 Christensen/Bangsgaard/Roland/Toftemark @Balders Plads
6th 21-23 A Plane To Catch @Christianshavns Beboerhus
7th 20- 23 Monday Night Bigband @Paradise Jazz Club
8th 16.30 -18.30 Anders Maltas Bigband @Enghave Plads
9th Holst/Toftemark/Christoffersen/Petri 20 - 22 @Søhesten
10th 21- 23 A Plane To Catch @Charlie Scotts
11th 15-17 Christensen/Bangsgaard/Roland/Toftemark @Rannør
11th 00-04 Toftemark/Fog/Seyer Jam Host @La Fontaine
12th 13- 15 Camille Prenent (Fr) Quintet @Charlie Scotts
12th 20.30 -22.30 Toftemark Trio Library bar Placa Hotel
13th 16 -18 A. Maltas Almost Bigband @Christianias Jazz Club
13th 00-04 Toftemark/Moseholm/Arndal Jam Host @La Fontaine
16th Sahra da Silva Band Esbjerg -tba
25th 20.30-22.30 @Library Bar
26th Private Gig 14.30 - 17.30
26th 20.30-22.30 @Library Bar
August
2nd A Plane To Catch TBA
5th Gade Legatet Workshop and Concert
6th Gade Legatet Workshop and Concert
9th A Plane to Catch Slangerup
16th 12-13 Booked for a Private gig
16th 20-22 Booked For a Private Gig
30th La Fontaine Toftemark 4tet Tba
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.
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Toftemark receivingThe Bent Jædig Award
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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"