Jacob Karlzon
Shine

When asked about his consistently surprising sonic landscapes, Jacob Karlzon laughs. Not ironically, but with great joy. And as loudly and warmly as a man of his stature can laugh. "As a child and teenager, I used to listen to a lot of metal and electro music. Even though the music itself isn't typically for pianists, the energy it conveys, that's something! Listening to music that you don't play yourself opens up entirely new horizons." Jacob Karlzon's horizon is broad indeed. The pianist, awarded Jazz Musician of the Year in his native Sweden in 2010, loves working with extremes. Jacob Karlzon stops at nothing to create grand musical landscapes through the power of his tones and sounds. He does this with his own unique methods: both brilliant technique in playing and brilliant play with the technique. In addition to his instrumental abilities, it's also a vivid imagination for modern sounds that shapes his music. Jacob Karlzon creates music for the inner film; a grand mental cinema that encompasses all genres and emotional states – even in his concerts: "Playing live is the primal state of music for me, I love it." With his JK3, he showcases unbridled joy of playing without any filters. It doesn't get any better than that.