Torben Waldorff

PR-Ann Braithwaite (781) 259-9600 [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2009
TORBEN WALDORFF - AFTERBURN
is a shining example of today's vibrant international jazz scene.
-All About Jazz

Featuring DONNY MCCASLIN, SAM YAHEL, MATT CLOHESY, JON WIKAN

“Torben has made a stellar recording. I just love it. It's a joy to listen to from beginning to end.”
–Maria Schneider

NEW YORK BASED FAN-FUNDED RECORD LABEL ARTISTSHARE’S ONLY EUROPEAN ARTIST TORBEN WALDORFF RELEASES “AFTERBURN”, HIS SECOND AT ARTISTSHARE. Setting up for for the festival summer 09’

Best CDs of 2008: Ottawa Citizen, Jazz.pt-Portugal, somethingelsereviews.com-USA, Jazzman-France, Weekendavisen-Denmark

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“Choc” recommendation..“-we have recently heard Kurt Rosenwinkel and Mark Turner... But this new collaboration[ ] goes even further in matter of interplay and potential: with diabolic precision, their phrases makes great moments of dishevelled lyricism… unison lines and controlled skids with extreme musicality… The young rhythm section is at insolent playful ease from beginning to end … played in a state of grace…Terribly good jazz, insolently extrovert, incredibly revitalizing. Brillantissime.”
-Alex Dutilh, JAZZMAN, France, June 2008

“..expansive jazz of the kind that thrives in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn and is spreading around the world. Waldorff, McCaslin and Yahel are leaders among the articulate standard bearers of the movement. They play off one another with fiery inventiveness and with grace that allows the music to breathe.”
-Doug Ramsey, ARTSJOURNAL.COM, August 2008

The dialogue between Waldorff and McCaslin is the main attraction[..burn]… with many rich moments featuring the two in near-perfect alliance.
-Mitch Myers, DOWNBEAT, January 2009

…Waldorff surrounds himself here with some of the finest young players on New York’s underground jazz scene...[ ] A fluent post-Rosenwinkel player Waldorff swings persuasively [ ] while navigating challenging unisons with McCaslin…
-Bill Milkowski, JAZZTIMES, November 2008

“an impressive display of jazz played at the highest level.” …Waldorff and McCaslin are a potent combination. -Best of 2008 list
-Doug Fischer, OTTAWA CITIZEN, June, 2008

Waldorff is a new electric guitarist on the scene deserving a close listen and keen attention. Waldorff offers an amplified sound that is warm, effusive, and uncomplicated… hits on six shared cylinders of trust, unification, symmetry, balance, benevolence, and spirit.
-Michael G. Nastos, ALL MUSIC, October 2008

Once again one is astonished at Torbens New York sound, this fascinating mix of sharp-edged, tight jazz, up-to-date commitment and poetry… Rarely does modern jazz flow so beautifully on strings. Waldorff is worldclass. No wonder New York celebrates him.
-Alexander Schmitz, JAZZPODIUM, Germany, September 2008

“Waldorff was a student with McCaslin--at Berklee College of Music in the 1980s, and together they have developed an almost telepathic understanding…“Heimat” turns the set more meditative, with an articulate solo by Waldorff that keeps lingering on the memory long after it's over.”
-Eyal Hareuveni, ALLABOUTJAZZ, Israel, May, 2008

“Marking the release of his new album, “Afterburn” (ArtistShare), the proficient Danish guitarist Torben Waldorff enlists some capable compatriots..”
-Nate Chinen, NEW YORK TIMES, June 2008

“the quintet explores Waldorff's sophisticated harmonies and elaborate structures with sympathetic accord and virtuosic interplay… With an almost telepathic rapport, McCaslin and Waldorff… alter, embellish and extend each other's phrases with uncanny precision. Their emotionally vibrant unison- offer thrilling highlights on a session with no shortage of effervescence.” inventive and emotionally resonant—highly recommended.”
-Troy Collins, ALLABOUTJAZZ, May, 2008

“guitarist Torben Waldorff runs this catchy "Squealfish" through some relentless high-octane paces to create a compelling piece of music… This bespeaks an accomplished piece of musicianship and simpatico.”
-Ralph A. Miriello, JAZZ.COM, June, 2008

“Danish guitarist Torben Waldorff has a decidedly New York sound - edgy and intense, yet lyrical and accessible - in this exciting session.” 4 stars
-Irwin Block, MONTREAL GAZETTE, May, 2008

“Torben Waldorff has been interacting fruitfully with a clutch of local [nyc] players for some time now, and the results are all over his newly issued ArtistShare CD.
-TIME OUT, New York, June 2008

“As a listener, you have a sense that the musicians act as a cohesive unit…The tunes have an upright jazz stride that allows the music to stand up straight and proud…Very little is regulated in these compositions, which opens them up to liberating sensations.”
-Susan Frances, JAZZREVIEW.COM, June 2008
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