Simon Spang-Hanssen TRIO                                                                   

Matthias Petri, bass

David Besiakov, drums

Simon Spang-Hanssen, tenor & soprano-saxophones, flute

Contemporary jazz with branches to Africa, Latin-America, Rollins, Coltrane, Monk…
Music by S.S.H. and chosen standards.

Release : ”Song For Sonny”  ALCD027   25/2 2022

Simon Spang-Hanssen (1955) startede out with  John Tchicai & Strange Brothers and shortly after he received the annual Ben Webster-prize (1978)

He has continued in the same large vein and has performed with a.o. Jan Kaspersen, New Jungle Orchestra, Johnny Dyani, Atilla Engin, Ben Besiakov, Jesper Lundgaard, Alex Riel, Richard Bona, Billy Hart, Michael Gregory Jackson, Nenê Baterista, Alain Apaloo, Nguyên Lê, Maher Mahmoud, Mario Canonge, Linley Marthe,  Thomas Fonnesbæk, Claudia Campagnol, Niclas Campagnol, Ayi Solomon, Kristian Jørgensen…

Matthias Petri ( 1991), has quickly become very present on the scene with a.o..: Mathias Heise, Jacob Fischer, Mads Tolling, Sharon Clark, Løvdal/Windfeld Kvartet, Jesper Thilo, Bjarke Falgren, Eric Reed, Ralph Moore, Kresten Osgood…

David Besiakov (1989) plays in many diverse contexts:  Ben Besiakov, Christina von Bülow, Jesper Thilo, Bo Stief, Oilly Wallace, Anders Christensen, Søren Lee, egne grupper med bl.a. Mads Egetoft…