Hans Henrik Bay - The Dragon (2024)

The head of The Dragon, guitarist and composer Hans Henrik Bay has road roots. He, 25 years ago, helped start “Ensemble New”, which played with great success on many stages from Jive in the Umbrella to Blue Note Club in New York City.
The Dragon will play original Hans Henrik Bay songs, where the inspiration can come from the Blue Note Sound from the 1960s. Ballads and up-tempo numbers will vary. You will be able to trace a Balkan inspiration in some places. It is a recent vein that Hans Henrik Bay has accessed. Some of the compositions will be quite composed. However, everything will be tasted with jazz spices, so you get an indication of what a contemporary jazz musician can do to bring the inspiring Blue Note Sound a little further. There will also be room for some standards, and we will not get tastings from Bay’s previous release, “Dreams”, which was inspired by fusion music.
Hans Henrik Bay – guitar, Niels Vincentz – Sax, Torben Bødker Bjørnskov – bass, Anders Mogensen – drums

Tracklist:
1.01 - Hans Henrik Bay - Prelude For A Dragon (2:24)
1.02 - Hans Henrik Bay - The Dragon (6:59)
1.03 - Hans Henrik Bay - Gudbjoerg (4:19)
1.04 - Hans Henrik Bay - The Dragon Smiles (5:18)
1.05 - Hans Henrik Bay - Ballad of the Sad Young Men (4:09)
1.06 - Hans Henrik Bay - Prelude #2 (1:39)
1.07 - Hans Henrik Bay - The Dragon Flies (5:14)
1.08 - Hans Henrik Bay - I Fall In Love Too Easily (3:56)