Tordenskjolds Soldater

An incredibly soulful set of jazz from the Danish scene at the start of the 70s – and a record that's much more in keeping with the spiritual sounds of the American underground at the time! The set boasts some tremendous tenor work from Jesper Nehammar – a player we don't know at all, but who's clearly drawn a lot of energy from both John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, especially the modal structures to the way he builds a solo, then soars out on his own! Ole Matthiessen plays piano in the group, and also wrote most of the tunes – and he's got this McCoy Tyner-like ability to block out wonderful phrases that really set the rhythms on fire, driven on by some more subtle efforts from Henrik Hove on bass and Jon Finsen on drums.

PERSONNEL:

• Jesper Nehammer - tenor sax
• Ole Mathiessen - piano
• Henrik Hove - bass
• Jon Finsen - drums

Recorded on June 16, 1970

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Message For Mike
• A2. Peace
• A3. Memories For Isadora Duncan

• SIDE B
• B1. Pharoah
• B2. Brother Yusef
• B3. More Peace
• B4. Voodoo Dance