I'm not sure if the name of this artist is all of the last names of several of the artists, or just the solo bassist - I found this recording The Best of Danish Jazz online at Naxos and decided to get a taste of their take on jazz.
What I found was a really confusing mixture of styles. Basically, this song is an electric bassist with a Victor Wooten-esque sound playing a solo over a big band playing pretty typical sounding backgrounds. The song was pretty neat - the electric bass as a solo instrument sounded very good (I'm not a big fan of acoustic bass solos), partially because he (or she, who knows) stayed up in the higher parts of the bass's range. The aural effect of having a low instrument solo over higher accompaniment is unusual but soothing.
Overall the album was confusing (one track was Duke Ellington - I didn't know he was a Dane). There doesn't seem to be anything noticeably different between Danish and American jazz - they just took it and made it more lame.
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There is a fairly long tradition of jazz in Europe, including the Scandinavian countries. I saw many jazz bands and combos in the Netherlands, most of which are quite good. Bob Brookmeyer is/was(?) the director of jazz studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory, no slouch himself. American jazz musicians started giving concerts in Europe back in the 30s, and were very well received.
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