Caesar Frazier - Live At Jazzcup (2023) [Hi-Res]

Jazz has always had its more or less 'secret' personalities, legends even, who made significant and influential contributions to the genre without becoming household names. One such example is the brilliant organist Caesar Frazier. The road that brought him from Lake Helen in Florida to Copenhagen, Denmark, is long and winding. But throughout his historic career as one of the hardest-working artists in jazz and soul music, Frazier learned that if you want something done right, you have to do it your own way - and follow your own path. And that's just what he’s done on his first live album, recorded in a club in the heart of Copenhagen on a warm weekend in November. The set includes well-loved familiar classics and standards such as A Night In Tunisia, Willow Weep For Me, You Don't Know What Love Is, and Jive, as well as his own King Of Leone and Thieves In the Temple by Prince - nine tracks in all. And Frazier, now a spirited 74-year-old, has never sounded better as he drives the music and the musicians with his potent playing on the Hammond B3. Drummer Kresten Osgood defies all musical categorizations. He is a hungry and dedicated musician who always plays for the musical moment, whatever the context. His incredible career includes celebrated work as a rapper, composer, pianist, organist, vocalist, saxophonist, and trumpeter. His musicality has brought him together with some of the greatest musical luminaries, including Billy Preston, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Sam Rivers, and Yusef Lateef. He has received numerous honors during his career and toured the world as a performer, and to describe his published body of work as vast would be an epic understatement. Guitarist Johannes Wamberg is one of the brightest musical minds of his generation, casually bridging genres and elevating every musical moment to which he lends his sound and talent. Wamberg is equally at home in pop, rock, fusion, funk, and seemingly every sub-genre of jazz imaginable. Saxophonist and composer Jonas Kullhammar has been one of Sweden's most celebrated musicians since his quartet's breakthrough in 1998. His discography now includes countless albums, and the list of awards, honors, and accolades he has received is far too long to list here. Osgood, Wamberg, and Kullhammar make up three-quarters of the new Caesar Frazier Quartet. It's a compelling group offering exciting musical experiences to listeners drawn to vintage jazz and soul, with its span of generations and material. It's all held together and led fearlessly by one of the greatest heroes on his instrument.

Caesar Frazier - Hammond B3;
Jonas Kullhammar - tenor sax;
Johannes Wamberg - guitar;
Kresten Osgood - drums.