MASS FOR THE SEA
Ung Klang
Leader Ella van der Pals, Martha Gislinge
All music by Thomas Agergaard
Conductor - Tobias van der Pals
Releas 2023
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PAPER TRIO
HIPPO ROAD
The Paper Trio was created when Thomas was asked to play a concert at a Paper Museum/Gallery in the countryside of Denmark. Luck had it that Randi and I were the other 2 musicians in the band.
But the gig had its caveats.We could only get money if we used actual paper to make our sounds. So we all scrambled to find interesting types of paper in the studio there and we briefly practiced incorporating these sounds to our normal trio world.
Lo and behold! It worked. The public loved the paper sounds and the Paper Trio was born. After that concert we were all inspired to take this trio into the studio and capture these sounds, and more.
You can hear the recorded sounds of paper stamping machines and other paper fabrication machines used. Each piece was introduced in the studio simply with a mood or title, and then we started to play.
We hope you enjoy this effort as much as we have enjoyed making it.
14 etudes of Randi, Thomas and Greg put into one mighty set where improvised music blends with
intuition, impossible dynamics and abstract and non-linear narrative.
Somewhere between free jazz, open form improvisations, sonorous textures and frenetic type of
dynamics it won't let you sit down in one place.
It is pretty difficult to list all the influences and bits that you can associate with. I feel this is
unnecessary and also leaves more space for things that can drive your imagination wherever you
take it.
Excellent part of it - is just impossible array of technicality to the play of all the musicians here as
well as their education .yes, it is all abstract but at the same time intoxicating and involving.
CD Release July 2024
(CD Time Span Records TSRCD202406
OBS Only as physical CD.
300 ex.
113 DKR
Earth Calls concert first version USMIFKA 9-11 - 2016 ... In 1977 the spacecraft Voyager was sent on to a scientific journey into space. On board was "The Golden Record": a CD on which scientists had carefully chosen different fragments of sounds from the planet Earth. A message in a bottle, sent into the vast cosmic sea hoping to encounter with foreign civilisations. Among many other things, on the CD was the bulgarian folksong: "Izlel e delju Haidutin". The Voyager-spacecraft has recorded the interaction between the solarwind and the magnetic fields from the planets in our solarsystem. NASA has transformed these vibrations into sound, and thereby made it possible for the human ear to "hear" the planets.
NARRATIONS
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsax
Bjarne Roupe': Guitar
Niclas Campagnol: Drums
Joel Illerhag: Double Bass
Recorded 2023 at The Village Recording
Sound engineer: Thomas Vang
Mixet by Kæv Gliemann
KÆV PRODUCTION V/JESPER GLIEMANN
GARDEN OF SOUNDS
Thomas Agergaard: Tenor Saxophone
Lars Jansson: Piano
Recorded 2023
Sound Engineer: Boe Larsen
Mill Factory Studio Copenhagen
Produced by Thomas Lyngdam
All compositions by Thomas Agergaard and Lars Jansson
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Garden of Sounds is a fascinating jazz collaboration by Swedish pianist/composer Lars Jansson and Danish saxophonist/flutist/composer Thomas Agergaard. Both artists are celebrated as significant, influential figures in Scandinavian jazz, and this album pays homage to some of their own greatest influences including John Cage, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. The eighteen tracks on the album are seventeen originals by the two composers, both singly and jointly, plus their arrangement of Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy."
The album has a very "live," immediate feeling much like being in the room with the performers and experiencing the music as it is created. A significant portion of the album is comprised of two "Birds Flying Suites." The first Suite is in three parts and the second is in four and both are freely improvised adventures in musical discovery. Although the two artists have performed together often, they had never ventured into this form of improvisation before, and the results are both inspiring and beautiful to listen to. In his liner notes for the album, producer Thomas Lyngdam-Lange says: "A sense of space is how I would describe this project, and what I am searching for as a producer. To find the rooms or niches in the music where the unexpected happens. This album is full of these moments."
Garden of Sounds begins with the title track, Lars Jansson's homage to American classical composer John Cage (1912-92). Smooth, open and very soulful, Jansson's piano and Agergaard's sax let us know right away that we are embarking on a very special musical experience! Agergaard's "Everyday" is a celebration of the magic in the quiet moments of everyday life. Very relaxed and smooth with a hint of mystery, it's a favorite. "Kids Playing" (Jansson) expresses the joy and freedom of being "in the moment" combined with the innocence of children just being themselves and following their imaginations. "I Loves You Porgy" comes from George Gershwin's folk opera, Porgy and Bess, and Agergaard's arrangement was inspired by Keith Jarret's recording of the song. Both artists really shine on this one! Uncomplicated and from the heart, it's also a favorite. "Birds Flying Suite 1" features Agergaard on alto flute along with Jansson's piano, and all three parts of the suite express the ease and freedom of birds in flight, letting the wind currents and breezes carry them along. "Memories Of Summer" (Agergaard) was composed on a summer morning - "The melody was just there in the room." Smooth and carefree with an infectious piano rhythm, this one feels very blissful to me. "Quiet View" (Agergaard) is much darker and more somber - almost an instrumental soliloquy. I really like this one, too! "A Rare Italian Bird" (Jansson) is a tribute to the Italian clarinetist and ornithologist Gabriele Mirabassi. A duet for piano and flute, it is also a nod to John Cage, as playing Cage's music is one of Mirabassi's favorite things to do. The second "Birds Flying Suite" feels even more spontaneous than the first one and is a mix of sax and piano, and flute and piano. The interplay between the musicians is sometimes mysterious and sometimes playful, but is always honest and in the moment. I love the rhythmic piano groove and how it contrasts with the flute in Part 4 - a great ending to an excellent album!
CASCADES
Artur Tuznik: Piano
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsax, Sopranosax
Recorded 2022 DKDM Concerthal
Mixet by Kæv Gliemann KÆV PRODUCTION V/JESPER GLIEMANN
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Over several years, Agergaard and Tuznik have developed their unique collaboration. In 2022 they released their first album, Cascade - recorded in the Concert Hall at Rosenørns Alle. It is a completely improvised work, where we work across styles and with radical changes of moods and styles. We ourselves feel that we contribute with a new and radically developed intuitive interplay. The gradually many concerts we have played, each concert stood on its own with a specific repertoire for each concert. This style will continue and we hope you will give us the opportunity under your auspices. They have developed their interplay from fixed forms to completely open processes, where stylistic directions can change suddenly and at any time, but somehow it is always an organic musical transformation. Cascades is an intense journey without a safety net, a journey where stylistic designations are abolished, but images from the history of music suddenly arise, from late romantic processes to impressionism, and into jazz and contemporary music
OLD WORLDS
THOMAS AGERGAARD: TENORSAX
BJARNE ROUPE: GUITAR
LISBET: DRUMS, PERCUSSION
KLAVS HOVMAN: DOUBLE BASS
RECORDED 2022 BY KÆV GLIEMAN PRODUCTIONS
Cascades
Thomas Agergaard
Arthur Tuznik
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BLACK SWAN
Kathrine Windfeld Big Band
Plays Thomas Agergaard.
Recorded by The Village 2017
Sound Engineer Thomas Vang
Sopported by Statens Kunstfond, DMF, DKF
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Recording from 2018 live at Gustavs Bistro, Copenhagen With Artur Tuznik: Piano. Thomas Agergaard: Soprano Saxophone
Third Voyage
Captain Grant's Children
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsaxophone
Torben Westergaard: Bass
Martin Maretti Andersen: Drums
The Village Recording 2010
Sound engineer Thomas Vang
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THOMAS AGERGAARD: TENORSAX
MARILYN MAZUR: DRUMS, PERCUSSION
KLAVS HOVMAN: DOUBLE BASS
Reed5
Jeanette Balland: Alto Saxophone
Sven Buller: Oboe
Klaus Tönshoff: Bb Clarinet
Dorte Bennike: Basson
Maria Sook Garmark: Bass Clarinet
Recorded Mill Factory Studio
2013
Sound engineer Boe Larsen
Reed5 Editering by Thomas Agergaard
Mixet by Thomas Agergaard
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Thomas Agergaard
Genius Loci
The Spirit Of A Place - The Arctic
Thomas Agergaard
All music composed by Thomas Agergaard
For the exhibition Short Myths and Tales at the Royal Library in Copenhagen
Release date
2009
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LIFT
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THOMAS AGERGAARD
CONVOCATION
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsax, Alt Flute
Randi Pontoppidan: Vocal, Live Electronics
Sissel Vera Pettersen: Vocal, Live Electronics
Recorded by John Fomsgaard 2008
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Thomas Agergaard
The Time Span Band
+ Reed 5
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsax, Flute. Peter Fuglsang: Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Bb Clarinet. Anders Banke: Alto Saxophone, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet. Jakob Munck: Bass Trombone. Jeppe Kjellberg: Guitar. Kim Kristensen: Piano, Keybords. Peter Bruun: Drums. Peter Eldh: Double Bass
Reed5
Jeanette Balland: Alto Saxophone
Sven Buller: Oboe
Klaus Tönshoff: Bb Clarinet
Dorte Bennike: Basson
Morten Jota Kristiansen: Bass Clarinet
Recorded Studio 2 DR Rosenørns Alle
2008 Producer Ole Matthiessen
Reed5 Editering Thomas Agergaard
Supported by DMF, KODA and DKF
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DEEP
COMPOSER: Thomas Agergaard
Conductor - Tobias van der Pals
Ung Klang - Leader, Ella van der Pals, Martha Gislinge
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FLOWER MACHINE
SIMON SPANG-HANSSEN: TENORSAX / SOPRANOSAX
THOMAS AGERGAARD: TENORSAX/ FLUTE
MARILYN MAZUR: DRUMS/ PERCUSSION
KLAVS HOVMAN: DOUBLE BASS
Recorded 2001 Sun Studio by Bjarne Hansen
Supported by KODA and the Danish Jazz-Society
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THE ALL EAR TRIO / BOILER
BASS CLARINET, VOCALS & TENOR SAXOPHONE
FLUTE, SOPRANO & TENOR SAXOPHONE: THOMAS AGERGAARD
DRUMS, BALLOPHONE & PERCUSSION: PETER OLE JØRGENSEN
SIRONE: (Morris June Jones) DOUBLE BASS
Produced by P.O. Jørgensen
Cover by P.O. Jørgensen, Layout by Renée Paaschburg.
Recorded at Vang Studios Februar 2005
Mixed and Mastered at Ninth World Music Studios October 2006
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The Andrew Hill Jazzpar Octet + 1
The Day The World Stood Still
Andrew Hill: Piano. Scott Colley: Double Bass. Nasheet Waits: Drums. Staffan Svensson: Trompet. Thomas Agergaard: Tenor Saxophone, Flute. Peter Fuglesang: Alto sax, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet. Liudas Mockunas: Soprano Sax, Bariton Sax, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet.
Special Guest Appearance on #5 Leonora Zenzalai Helm: Vocal
All Compositions by Andrew Hill
Sound Engineer for Radio Transmission Ole Matthiessen
Mixed and edited by Lars Palsig and Cim Meyer
CD Producer Cim Meyer 2003
Executive Producer Søren Friis
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THOMAS AGERGAARD LITTLE MACHINE
JAZZPAR 2002 OCTET
Geraldine Keller: Vocal. Thomas Agergaard: Tenor Saxophone. Peter Fuglesang: Sax / Bass Clarinet. Klaus Löhrer: Bass Trombone / Tuba. Hank Roberts: Cello. Krister Jonsson: Guitar. Miroslav Vitous: Double Bass. Jim Black: Drums.
All compositions byThomas Agergaard
Live Recorded 2002
Sound Engineer Lars Palsig
Mill Factory Studio Copenhagen
Produced by Ole Matthiessen
Final Mastering Jan Eliasson
Cover Art Thomas Agergaard
Cover design Morten Agergaard
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Thomas Agergaard
OK NOK ... KONGO
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsax, Soprano sax, Flute
Peter Fuglsang: Alto sax, Bb Clarinet
Kasper Tranberg: Cornet
Mads Hyhne: Trombone
Martin Maretti Andersen: Drums
Nils Bo Davidsen: Double bass
Release date
200O
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Green Cities
Thomas Agergaard: Tenor Saxophone
Lars Jansson: Piano
Anders Kjellberg: Drums
Lennart Ginman: Double Bass
Recorded 1995
Sound Engineer: Hans Nielsen
All compositions by Thomas Agergaard
Except The Great Belonging by Lars Jansson
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Moonstone Journey
Music by John Tchicai
Played by OK NOK ... KONGO
John Tchicai: Tenorsax and Sopranosax
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorsax, Sopranosax, Flute
Peter Fuglsang: Altosax, Bass Clarinet, Bb Clarinet
Mads Hyhne: Trombone
Niclas Knudsen: Guitar
Martin Maretti Andersen: Drums
Nils Bo Davidsen: Double Bass
Produced By Thomas Agergaard and John Tchicai
1999
Cover Art: Per Maquard Otzen
Cover design: Lars Møller Nielsen
Sound Engineer: Thomas Brekling, T. Fals
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OK NOK ... KONGO PLAYS MUSIC BY THOMAS AGERGAARD AND JOHN TCHICAI :
Thomas Agergaard: Tenor Saxophone and Flute
John Tchicai: Tenor saxophone and Vocal.
Peter Fuglsang: Alto saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Bb Clarinet. Jakob Dinesen: Tenor Saxophone. Staffan Svensson: Trompet, Vocal Mads Hyhne: Trombone. Niclas Knudsen: Guitar. Magriet Naber: Piano. Mark Oi: Guitar. Martin Maretti Andersen: Drums. Nils Bo Davidsen: Double Bass. Children's voices Maja Ravn, Pulsk Ravn, Carl Quist Møller .
Produced By Thomas Agergaard and John Tchicai
1996
Cover Art: Thomas Agergaard. Cover design: Morten Agergaard.
Sound Track Studio By Ole Hansen
And Denmarks Radio by Ole Matthiessen/ Sound Engineer: Bo Kristiansen
Bless your heart Live Recording Kellerdirk Summer 1996
Supported by DJBFA, Statens Kunstfond, Dansk Jazzmusiker Forening & KODA
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EMBLA
Thomas Agergaard: Tenor Saxophone, Ocarina
Staffan Svensson: Trompet
Carsten Dahl, Piano
Anders Hentze: Drums
Niels Præstholm: Double Bass
Contemporary Danish Jazz
1994
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ROUNDS
Thomas Agergaard: Quartet
Thomas Agergaard: Tenorm Saxophone
Carsten Dahl: Piano
Lennart Ginman Double Bass
Thomas Blachman: Drums
Recorded 1992 New Heart BeBop Studio, Copenhagen
Cover Design: Morten Agergaard
Supported by Statens Musikråd
Mastering by Theis Frandsen
All Compositions by Thomas Agergaard
Except: 3 Days Visit, By Thomas Blachman
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TIME
SPAN
RECORDS
Devoted to music of the now
BACH PERSPECTIVE
Jeg har samarbejdet med Tobias van der Pals i mange år, men vi har kun spillet sammen ved forskellige projekter.
Under Corona pandemien opstod muligheden for st udbygge samarbejdet og vi dannede Bach Perspective, her er vores første single.
Tak til støtte fra KODA Kultur og tak til Jesper Andersen fra DKDM Han Xu studerende fra Kina stod for indspilningen. Gateway har igen været en fantastisk samarbejdspartner.
Det smukke cover er udarbejdet af Morten Agergaard, også tak for det smukke greb.
Growth
All Music composed by Thomas Agergaard
Vinder af Kolding Biblioteks lydskulptur Konkurrence
Composed 2009