Karl Pooper

Karl-Heinz Schütz and Frédéric Chaslin met at the Vienna State Opera, where Schütz is principal flutist and Chaslin appears regularly as conductor.

Karl Seglem is described as one of the most exciting contemporary tenor saxophonists and composers in Norway. This country has spawned quite a plethora of distinctive musicians that have made it their enterprise to merge musical traditions, often from their respective homesteads, with contemporary expressions, world music and improvisational jazz. Karl Seglem looms prominently among these and he is unquestionably one of the great innovators and visionaries of Norwegian music; reinvigorating both Norwegian traditional genres and jazz with his unwavering will to fuse expressions, pursue crossover ventures and embrace new instruments, sounds and perspectives.

It is a happy coincidence when, on the occasion of a remarkable opera premiere, a bassist celebrated by the professional world and one of his singer colleagues develop a closer friendship and discover their common preference for the Wienerlied, and it is a godsend for all lovers of this genre when a project spontaneously developed by both ends in a joint Wienerlied production.

Karl Olandersson releases his fourth album with his quartet, active since 2017.

Karl Bjorå's Jazzland Recordings debut, "I Would Have Made It", is his third release under his own name, and it displays both his maturity as an artist and composer, yet retains his endlessly playful nature, embracing unlikely combinations of tones and textures, styles and rhythms.