EMIL HESS - SAXOPHONES & COMPOSITION

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Emil Hess (b. April 16th 1965 ) is a Danish saxophone player and composer based in Copenhagen . He plays all saxophones, clarinet, bassclarinet, flute and piano. He has released 9 CD´s with his own music and he regularly plays in New York City where he is leading the group Hess /Huntley together with the American drummer Richard Livingston Huntley. He leads Emil Hess Quartet & Emil Hess Evolution Orchestra. He also co-leads the ToneArtensemble and the Scandinavian Jazz Quartet and the Saxophone Quartet United Notions.

E. Hess has composed for and played many constellations. He has received several composers Awards from the Danish Art Society. He has composed 172 compositions for small groups and larger ensembles and film productions. He has played with Mulgrew Miller, Cameron Brown, Lars Jansson, Dave Ballou, Thomas Clausen , Jan Kaspersen , Jacob Fisher, Søren Lee , Klüvers Big Band , Ted Curson, Bill Dobbins and Carmen Bradford. He currently plays with Hess /Huntley, ToneARt Ensemble, the Saxophone Quartet United Notions, Scandinavian Jazz Quartet, different Big Bands, Emil Hess Trio, the duo Danish Songs and plays with/composes for different projects in the Copenhagen-based composers association ToneArt. During his career E. Hess has played at many clubs and festivals in Scandinavia , USA , Africa, China and most of Europe with appearances at e.g. Knitting Factory (NYC), Copenhagen Jazzfestval, and Beijing International Jazz Festival.

Emil Hess is a associate professor at Aarhus University from where he holds a Masters degree in Music. He has also studied two years at Berklee College of Music in Boston and City College in New York . His teachers have been, among others, Jerry Bergonzi, Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Ron Carter and Bill Pierce

 

 

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Selected discography of Emil Hess :

2009: Emil Hess Evolution Orchestra CaliBrated Records CALI102

1. Urban Anthropology -2. Folk Song 2 - 3. Grand Tango con Amore -4. Blue -5. Show me the way -6. Prelude 7. Something Beautiful -8. Variations -9. Earth -10. Folk Song 1 -11. Call me Crazy -12. Thoughts

Emil Hess saxes og clarinets, Compositions og arrangementsr.

Simon Spang-Ha nssen   saxofoner - Thomas Fryland  trompet & flugelhorn- Klaus Löhrer basun,tuba –Phillip Andersen valdhorn - Søren Lee guitarer - Ayi Solomon percussion - Kasper Tagel kontrabas - Chano Olskær trommer

 

2009: DVD Emil Hess Evolution Orchestra REEl T

Live fra JazzHouse og Focus studio - 8 kompositioner same lineup as CD.

2007: ANADYOMENE – HESS/DAYYANI TRIO - Calibrated 061

Camilla Dayyani sang, Emil Hess saxofoner og klarinetter, Nikolaj Hess flygel

Tue Lautrup violin, Karen Johanne Pedersen violin, Samira Dayyani cello

EH kompostioner:

Pigen der vandrer - Emil Hess /Johannes V. Jensen - Det døende barn Emil Hess /H. C. Andersen - Anadyomene Emil Hess /Sophus Claussen - Amerika Emil Hess /H. C. Andersen - Dandse, dandse, Dukke min! Emil Hess /H. C. Andersen - Du stærke død Emil Hess / H.C. Andersen - Oden til alt hvad er Emil Hess / Camilla Dayyani Jeg elsker dig Emil Hess /H. C. Andersen - Wedding Song Emil Hess

 

2006: ConFluencia.- Proyecto de Composittoes Boliviano - Danes Noneto Artekorp.

E. H. komp. : ”Bolivian Dream”

 

2005: Emil Hess / Richard Huntley : Working: New York- Copenhagen. Nycoja 101

Emil Hess , Dave Ballou, Nikolaj Hess , Cameron Brown og Richard Huntley.

E. H. komp.: Eastern Aliance , Six & Four, Duke, Working, Something Beatiful, Tango Con Amore. Union Sq.

 

2005: DVD: MYTE OG MENNESKE med muisk af 3x Hess . Her Livir Bygdin og Recitativ af EH.

 

2003: ToneArtensemble 2003: PLAYS Music Mecca CD 4044-2

E. H. Komp. : Reflections on New York , Diffrent Neighborhoods

 

2001: Skovens nat: Music by Emil Hess Music. Hess CD 101Dist. Music Mecca

Thomas Clausen , Søren Lee , Marc Davis, Richard Huntley og Emil Hess .

Overture, Diset Drøm, Parringsduel, Solsortens Sang, Alfetagfat, Spætten og Uglen, Grævlinge Grove, Murren i Muld, Forfædres Kalden.

 

Silent Knowlegde : Scandinavian Jazz Quartet Abovoice1006.

Inderholder 4 E.H. kompositioner: Music Poem, Masquerade, Luna, Santa Domingo.

 

2000: Sporvognsfilmen Linie 5 .

Indeholder et 15 min. langt soundtrack skevet og indspillet af E.H.

 

1999: The Great Bridge : Hess/Huntley Group, Storyville STCD4234..

Indspillet i New York sammen med Mulgrew Miller, Søren Lee , Cameron Brown og Richard Huntley.

CDen indeholder 9 E.H. kompositioner: East Village , Waltz For Jette, Blackwells Island , The Great Bridge, Late Night in New York City , 212 West 91 st , Dance in the Morning Mist, Midnight Express, A Tale for Those Who Were.

 

1997: A Night in Bilbao : Scandinavian Jazz Quartet + den svenske pianist Lars Jansson,

Music Mecca CD 2031-2.

Indeholder 5 E.H. kompositioner: Red, Watch that Bird, No Smoke, African Eye og Længselslandskaber.

 

1994: New Deal : Scandinavian Jazz Quartet, Intermusic Right CD020.

Indeholder 3 E.H. kompositioner: Pigen med den røde hat, Another Story og Ballad for Nanna.

 

 

 

 

 Reviews

 All but the two standards were composed by Hess and each song has aspects that stand out. “East Village” utilizes a New Orleans rhythm,”Waltz for Jette” is a lyrical ballad feature for Hess soprano, “Blackwells Island” becomes a tenor-drums duet and “the Great Bridge” is a Bluish ballad. The cooking “Bessie´s Blues” is taken by soprano by Hess who swings and does not sound derivative of John Coltrane. “Late Night in New York ” is moody and introspective, “212 West 91 st cooks on rhythm changes and “Dance In The Morning Mist” is another colourful original. “Everything Happens To Me” is taken as a tenor-bass duet, “ Midnight Express” is a wistful closer. There is solo space for each of the musicians but Emil Hess is the main voice throughout and really distinguishes himself. Recommended.Scott Yanow i “Cadence: The review of jazz & blues. Creative improvised music” New York .

He has a great authority – and at the same time a sense of controlling his expression and constantly making it alive and meaningful. Kjeld Frandsen in ”Jazz Special”.

Great tunes... a lot of good music.
Hess has gathered an extremely competent team to play his music. Huntley plays energetic, deliberate and creates drive. Clausen is both a fine soloist and a good accompanist, Søren Lee contributes with a fine, often blues-inspired guitar playing. Hess himself plays inventive and at the same time with an relaxed and powerful tone . Jan Strand in Jazzspecial  

***** 5 stars out of 6
Emil Hess has been inspired by the forest at night on the CD " Forest Night" which has resulted in a dreamily beautiful record. It is as if the subject has been a true and sense opening spring to musical inspiration. The nine tracks on the CD are full-bodied and evocative and have titles like "Misty Dream", "Song of the blackbird", "Badgers groove", "Mumbling in mould" and "Mating Duel" - the last one a fiery, merry and warm-blooded thing. There is space for cheerfulness in the music but generally it is performed with a gentle, lyrical and extremely differentiated and organical tone Jørgen Bollerup Hansen in Aarhus Stiftstidende