Unmistakably now one of the best pianists in Europe, Jacob Karlzon’s music and personality are possessed of a radiance and vitality that has won audiences worldwide.
But Karlzon wants more - in terms of sound, composition and concept - and doesn’t really care much for categories and genre-labeling. Instead, Karlzon chooses to draw tastefully and fervently from the best of two worlds - the openness, curiosity and energy of jazz, and the power, catchiness and the production techniques of pop.
Unmistakably now one of the best pianists in Europe, Jacob Karlzon’s music and personality are possessed of a radiance and vitality that has won audiences over worldwide. But Karlzon wants more – in terms of sound, composition and concept – and doesn’t really care much for categories and genre-labelling. Instead, Karlzon chooses to draw tastefully and fervently from the best of two worlds - the openness, curiosity and energy of jazz, and the power, catchiness and the production techniques of pop. And so it is on his latest album “Shine” – first and foremost an instrumental song album with which Karlzon perfectly captures the spirit of the age and swims with the tide of extraordinarily successful piano frontier-crossers the likes of Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds or Francesco Tristano, for whom, regardless of how different they may be, it i...
BesetzungJacob Karlzon / piano, keys, synths & programming
Hans Andersson / bass
Robert Mehmet Ikiz / drums
Music composed by Jacob Karlzon, except 03 by U2
Produced by Jacob Karlzon & Lars Nilsson
Recording, sound design, mixed and mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento Studio,Gothenburg, March 2014.
Nilento Studio production team: Michael Dahlvid, Jenny Nilsson and Joakim Nilsson. Additional recordings at ChassRoom, Malmö
Cover art: Embroidered Explosion © by Jiri Geller, 2001
