Upcoming public gigs:
Juli
4th A Plane To Catch Kayak Bar
5th Jesper Shierling Trio Marstrand 15-17
6th Jesper Shierling Trio Marstrand 15-17
6th 20-22 A Plane To Catch Studenterhuset
7th 16-18 Monday Night Bigband kongenshave
7th 21-23 Maltas Almost Bigband Christianias Jazz Club
8th 21-23 Monday night Bigband Paradise Jazz
9th 24-04 Jam Host La Fontaine
10th 16 -17 Rolf Thofte 5tet -Gråbrødre Torv
10th 20-22 Rolf Thofte 5tet Søhesten
10th 24-04 Jam Host Lafontaine
11th A plane To Catch Charlie Scotts Cph Jazzfestival
12th 15-17 Shierling Trio Marstrand
12th 20-22 Foxman/ Toftemark 4 Søhesten
13th 16.30-18.30 A Plane To Catch Jazz & Roots
13th 19-20 Toftemark Group Byhaven
14th 14-16 Anders Maltas Almost Bigband H9
14th 20-22 Andreas Toftemark Quartet Studenterhuset
14th 24-04 La Fontaine Jam Host
16th Aarhus Jazzfestival tba
19 Aarhus Jazzfestival Tba
25th-27th Samsø Jazz Tba
31st A Plane To Catch Anholt
August
1st A Plane To Catch Anholt TBA
2nd A Plane To Catch Langeland
3rd Toftemark Quartet Østersø Jazz Festival
3rd booked for private evening gig
4th Solskind Østersø jazz Festival
16th Elias Bendix Band Huset i Maghstrædet
17th 18-20 Shierling Trio Marstrand
17th 21 -23 Charlie Scotts Tba
22nd Maltas Almost Bigband Release Christianias Jazz
30th Charlie Scotts Tba
31st Shierling Trio Marstrand
New Single out 15/9/23
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.
A. Toftemark recives
Bent Jædig Award 2023
New Single out
https://orcd.co/andreas_toftemark-november_in_paris
New Single out 11/8/23
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023
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"