JazzKamikaze

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = JazzKamikaze

| image = jazzkamikaze.jpg

| origin = Copenhagen, Denmark

| genre = Contemporary jazz

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = Herman

| website = {{Official website}}

| current_members = Morten Schantz
Marius Neset
Daniel Heløy Davidsen
Kristor Brødsgaard
Anton Eger

}}

Image:Jazzkamikaze_DSC02557.jpg

JazzKamikaze is a contemporary jazz band with members from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36236 |title=Jazz Kamikaze: Supersonic Revolutions (2010) Review |publisher=All About Jazz |date=2010-04-23 |accessdate=2013-09-03}}

Biography

It is not easy to describe their music, but it can be said that they play a mix of be-bop, funk, fusion, rock and hip-hop.

In Norway they have appeared at Kongsberg Jazzfestival and Moldejazz and internationally at North Sea Jazz Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web |url=http://www.challengerecords.com/products/1333439225 |title=JazzKamikaze - The Return of JazzKamikaze Review |publisher=Challenge Records |accessdate=2013-09-03}}

Moldejazz presented the band in 2008 as:

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... These are young musicians who offer themselves and their talent without significant backpacks and traditions,
where Coltrane and Coldplay are playing hide and seek with each other - and often Genesis and Radiohead lurks in the wings....{{cite web |url=http://www.moldejazz.no/2008/index.php?page_id=7028 |title=Moldejazz: JazzKamikaze |publisher=Moldejazz |accessdate=2013-09-03}}

Honors

2005: Ung Jazz award of the JazzDanmark{{cite web |url=http://artplaneta.com/balt07/jazzkamikaze_en.html |title=JazzKamikaze Biography |publisher=ArtPlaneta.com |accessdate=2013-09-03}}
2005: Young Nordic Jazz Comets

Discography

2005: Mission I, (Stunt){{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=24220#.UiX4GNK-2m4 |title=Jazz Kamikaze: Mission 1 (2006) Review |publisher=All About Jazz |date=2010-04-23 |accessdate=2013-09-03}}
2007: Travelling at the Speed of Sound (Stunt)
2008: Emerging Pilots (SevenSeas)
2009: The Revolution's in Your Hands (SevenSeas)
2010: Supersonic Revolutions (SevenSeas)
2012: The Return of JazzKamikaze (Stunt)
2017: Level (MITU)