The Poetic Principle, by Benjamin Koppel, Miroslav Vitous, Anders Koppel, Carsten Dahl & Stefan Pasborg

The Poetic Principle

by Benjamin Koppel, Miroslav Vitous, Anders Koppel, Carsten Dahl & Stefan Pasborg

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1.	A Dream Within a Dream 11:36	buy track
2.	The Balloon Hoax 07:16	buy track
3.	An Enigma 06:51	buy track
4.	The Valley of Unrest 03:03	buy track
5.	Bridal Ballad 05:25	buy track
6.	Listeners' Lure 02:27	buy track
7.	The Man of the Crowd 05:12	buy track
8.	What is Poetry? 04:37	buy track
9.	The Sleeper 00:47	buy track
10.	The Purloined Letter 04:18	buy track
11.	The City in the Sea 10:05	buy track
12.	The Tell-Tale Heart 04:41	buy track
13.	Metzengerstein 01:31	buy track
14.	A Dream 06:23	buy track

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On the album The Poetic Principle, Benjamin Koppel embraces and challenges the American and European Jazz tradition together with the bass giant Miroslav Vitous.

The album title The Poetic Principle stems from the Edgar Allen Poe essay by the same title. Here Poe describes what is essential for the poem: it must be precise, focused and intense.

With Poe and this poetical principle as the foundation for the musical idea, Benjamin Koppel has laid out some basic compositional lines which are interpreted by the bass player Miroslav Vitous (CZ) - one of the founding members of the renowned Jazz fusion band Weather Report - in cooperation with Danish top Jazz artists such as 2 x Koppel, Pasborg, Dahl, Andersson and Andersen. Together they set out on a collective course towards a higher time and being.

The music of The Poetic Principle suspends all fixed points and the lyrical structures will definitely entice the listener. On the album, however one will also find more experimenting quartet tracks, where two double basses, percussion and a tubax (a cross-over instrument between the baritone saxophone and the tuba) elevates the music into another dimension. This connection between something beautiful and poetic as well as the challenging and different is also reflected in the track titles, which all refer to essays and short stories by Edgar Allen Poe.

Benjamin Koppel - soprano, alto & barione sax & tubax

Miroslav Vitous: bass

Anders Koppel - hammond organ

Stefan Pasborg - drums

Carsten Dahl - piano

Thommy Andersson - bass

Jacob Andersen - percussion

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released January 1, 2008

All tracks composed by Benjamin Koppel, except #7 & #12 by Anders Koppel
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Benjamin Koppel Copenhagen, Denmark

Benjamin Koppel is a superb Danish musician from an illustrious music family. He is all about music—of just about any kind. He is known for his versatility and virtuosity as a saxophonist and composer. His approach is thoughtful, not manic, and he glides effortlessly from phrase to phrase when he pours out blazing bebop licks, quick and smooth. ... more

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May 26

Pflegi Muri, Pflegidach

Muri, Switzerland
May 29

Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg

Aalborg, Denmark
May 30

Fasching

Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 7

Bremen Teater

Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun 8

Bremen Teater

Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun 14

Musikkens Hus

Aalborg, Denmark
Sep 10

Fasching

Stockholm, Sweden

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